Subsidy Support * New Zealand - Alarm At Govt Plan To “Commercialise” Public Transport
Auckland,New Zealand -AKT. by Jon C -Apr 7, 2010: ...The revelation came during a discussion about a nice problem to have – too many people want to use Hamilton buses, in particular the issue of overcrowding on the increasingly popular Orbiter bus service in Hamilton is worrying authorities... The committee heard that growing school rolls – due to new students and more young people staying in education – and increased demand generally had all contributed to fuller buses on the clockwise and anti-clockwise Orbiter routes which circle Hamilton... Overcrowding problems with frustrated passengers unable to be picked up were particularly evident on the morning anti-clockwise route, the committee heard... Environment Waikato’s regional passenger transport committee has been told of an” initiative” by the Minister of Transport to “examine increased commercialisation of public transport/”... EW’s land transport operations manager Bevan Dale said that plan would result in “subsidy support for only those routes that are non-profitable”... Committee members raised a range of concerns about this, including a feeling that passenger bus services would never be fully commercial in New Zealand ... (Photo from stephenrees: Tindo bus, NZ)
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