Freeze the fares
This is a guest post from Leroy Beckett, Auckland Director for Generation Zero
Earlier this year, Auckland Transport announced that they would increase public transport fares to comply with NZTA’s farebox recovery policy, which requires 50% of operational costs to be covered by fares.…
64 Comments 2016 – A Year in Review Part 1 – PT
As the year rapidly draws to a close it’s a good time to look back at all the important events that have occurred. Because there’s so much to cover, I’ll be splitting this up over multiple posts, starting with public transport.…
Auckland PT fares to get a whole lot better
The next revolution of public transport in Auckland now has a date, August 14. That’s the day that the city will finally shed its clumsy and expensive fare system with Auckland Transport finally implementing what they call Simplified Fares, also known as integrated fares, which will be smarter and in many cases cheaper.…
Annual PT Fare Changes for 2016
Auckland Transport are making a few changes to public transport fares on 28 February and some of them are bound to result in howls of outrage. The changes are part of ATs annual fare review and they have said they are being influenced by a couple of key factors: The need to achieve the NZTAs farebox recovery policy of 50% of costs covered by fares by June 2018
Changes to operating costs
Changes in preparation for ATs Simplified Fares which they say are currently on track to roll out at the end of July I’ll cover off these aspects before going into the fare changes.…
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