Transport Policy * New Zealand - Bus companies attack takeover by regulators
Auckland transport regulators insist passengers will enjoy better services under legislation which the region's main bus operator warns may see investment drying up
Auckland,N.Z. -The New Zealand Herald, by Mathew Dearnaley -Sep 12, 2008: -- The Auckland Regional Transport Authority says it will move fast to take control of both commercial and subsidised bus and ferry operations, after Parliament passed the Public Transport Management Act under urgency yesterday... Authority customer services chief Mark Lambert said from Melbourne last night that this would provide better use of the $93 million of public subsidies which Auckland Regional Council and the Government have budgeted for bus services in the region this financial year... But NZ Bus, which has taken over the former Stagecoach fleets in both Auckland and Wellington, says businesses will become less willing to invest in public transport because the legislation will allow the authority - or regional councils in other centres - to do away with commercial services and take "unfettered" control... Transport Minister Annette King told the Herald the law would prevent private operators from "cherry-picking" the best routes and leaving gaps in services elsewhere.
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