Parents face paying up to six times more for children’s school bus fares under a pending increase.
Children and pensioners will pay the same as adults, and all prices will increase from May 1 under a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council proposal announced earlier this year.
One-zone trips, within Napier or Hastings, and all Bee Card fares will increase to $2, except for the Community Service Card fare which increases from $0.50 to $1.50.
For two-zone trips, between Napier and Hastings, Bee Card fares rise to $3, except for Community Service Card holders which go from $1 to $2.50.
Justification for the increases are “rising operational costs and the removal of [NZTA](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/nz-transport-agency/) funding for specific age groups”.
