How much we pay in PT fares
Looking through the NZTA website recently I managed to find some data I’ve wanted to see for some time about our PT system. In particular information is about fare revenue, the amount of passenger kilometres travelled and the number of kilometres services travel.…
37 Comments Auckland Transport Early October Board Meeting
The Auckland Transport board meeting is on Thursday and below are sections from the various reports that caught my attention.
The first thing I noticed was the huge number of items on the closed agenda with 18 specific items for decision/approval or for noting.…
The costs and trade-offs of free public transport in Auckland
One perennial discussion in transport circles is whether we shouldn’t just do away with public transport fares completely and make the whole network free of charge. Why not fully subsidise the network as a public service using public monies as we do with most education, healthcare and other social benefits?…
Free off-peak PT for students?
Yesterday the Green Party announced a policy of providing tertiary students and those undertaking apprenticeships with free public transport during off-peak periods. The details of the policy are: All tertiary students and apprentices will get free off-peak travel on buses, trains, and ferries with a Student Green Card.…
PT fares change today
Public transport fares have changed today and despite cash fares increasing, for the majority of users the cost of using PT has dropped thanks to an increase in the HOP discount. As I said back when the change was announced.
Overall I think this is a very good move by AT.…
Duncan Garner on using Public Transport
Radio Live host Duncan Garner decided to have a car-free day on Sunday and take his family from Avondale to Devonport using public transport. He has written about his experience here and it highlights many of the things wrong with our current system.…
What’s happening with the HOP daily passes
For a number of months earlier this year the Auckland Transport Board Reports included the following lines.
March Meeting
Testing of a new AT HOP Day Pass is underway for targeted introduction by April 2014 across bus, rail and ferry. The pass will offer greater flexibility through three separate geographic zones compared with the existing and to be withdrawn paper Discovery Day Pass
April Meeting
Testing of a new AT HOP Day Pass is underway for targeted introduction by May 2014 across bus, rail and ferry.…
Most HOP fares to drop
Auckland Transport have announced the results of the latest public transport fare review and its good. What’s more they appear to be addressing or working towards addressing many of the issues we have raised in the past.
Auckland Transport has completed its Annual Fare Review which sees ticket prices on buses, trains and ferries change from July 6.…
Better or cheaper public transport?
With the great news that the Hop Card has finally been fully implemented, attention now turns to complementing integrated ticketing with integrated fares. Integrated fares is all about ensuring that you pay the same amount for a trip from A to B regardless of how you got there: a single bus, bus & train combination or whatever.…
AT’s Feb board meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board have their first public meeting of the year before and as I usually do, I’ve gone through the reports looking for what interesting information exists. The first thing that I noticed was even before getting into the reports and that was just how much was on the closed agenda vs what was on the open one.…
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