Buses World News

14.12.07

PROMOTING * New Zealand - Discounts and courtesy to lure passengers onto buses

Auckland tertiary students are in for bigger discounts next year on all public transport trips, and bus passengers from all walks of life may be in for treats ranging from biscuits, "mood" music - and smiling drivers

Auckland,New Zealand -The New Zealand Herald, by Mathew Dearnaley -December 13, 2007: -- ... The Auckland Regional Transport Authority, in a bid primarily to boost sluggish bus patronage, announced yesterday that it will double student discounts on all forms of public transport from 20 per cent to 40 per cent from February... Although that will be at an extra annual subsidy cost of $1.1 million, the move is expected to boost public transport patronage by 250,000 trips a year... For the longer term, the authority has produced a development plan in pursuit of a common customer service standard across all bus operators to which it pays subsidies for contracted services... (Photo / NZ Herald on Sunday: Plan to standardise customer service on buses)

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11.10.07

PROMOTING * UK - Council Workers are on the Buses

Civic centre staff in Neath and Port Talbot are being urged to go green and ditch the car

Swansea,Wales,UK -The South Wales Evening Post -6 October 2007: -- ... Authority bosses have teamed up with First Cymru to introduce a bus service from the towns to the authority's new offices in Briton Ferry... Cabinet member for transport Peter Lloyd said a range of discounted tickets would be made available to staff to encourage them to use the new service... "It will be of benefit to our staff but residents will also reap the rewards of a more regular service," he added... (Picture: www.showbus.co.uk: First Cymru Plaxton Pointer Dart 619 )

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