More than 75 per cent of community transport organisations will be financially unviable once diesel prices reach $3.50 a litre, the Community Transport Organisation has found.

Conducting two surveys across its 65 member network, the advocacy organisation found that if diesel reaches $4.00 a litre, more than 80 per cent of providers will be forced to cut services.

Of those still operating at full capacity, two-thirds will exhaust their ability to deliver services within six weeks (67 per cent).

The monthly fuel costs of those surveyed were also significantly higher than before the fuel crisis, with 30 per cent spending $5,100–$10,000 more per month, and another 22 per cent spending over $10,000 extra per month.

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