School buses raise fares 100 percent‏

JEDDAH: Fares of buses transporting female students to schools and colleges in Jeddah were raised 100 percent last week, from about SR400 to SR800. Company owners attributed the increase to rising fuel prices. However, citizens, like Faisal Ghazi, insist companies are using the rising fuel prices to dramatically increase fees after the start of the second semester, despite the proximity of schools to residential areas. Ghazi called on authorities to monitor the prices of school transport companies in order to ensure that company owners do not take advantage of the situation.   Arab News