Background

Applicant seeks a passenger stage certificate to operate between Isla Vista and Santa Barbara. Service will be in the evenings. Patrons will basically be students attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. Proposed fares are $6.00 for round trips and $4.00 for one-way. Applicant also requests a zone of rate freedom of $5.00 above and $4.00 below its fares.

This matter is protested by William Singer (Protestant), operator of an existing service between these two communities. Protestant claims that there is not sufficient potential ridership for competing bus companies, that Applicant is duplicating the routes of Protestant and threatening to undercut his fares, that there are conscious errors in the application, and that procedural errors are present in this application. Protestant requests an evidentiary hearing. Applicant filed a reply to this protest.