Information on the vehicle

The range of information provided will depend upon the policy of the operator, or of the authority if that is responsible for providing the information. In some countries it is a legal requirement to display the conditions of carriage in the saloon of the vehicle, and often this will also include details of the fares to be charged and the payment systems involved. Other regulatory regimes require only that the prevailing fare products are displayed prominently within the vehicles or at their entry doors.

Some operators promote their fare products on the exterior and/or the interior of their vehicles. One common practice is to place a board with the applicable fare in the windscreen such that it can readily be changed when a different fare applies. This is particularly useful in identifying when off-peak fare reductions are applicable.

With informal para-transit operations, the crew is usually incentivized to maximize revenues. The conductor will announce the fares being charged as the vehicle approaches passengers waiting to board, and instances are widespread where these fares vary with the operating characteristics of the hour and may also differ from the authorized fares. Sometimes this is to the advantage of the passenger, if demand on the route is slack, but more commonplace is fare hiking at times of particularly heavy demand.