Darran Ponter: Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair says higher revenue targets will hike public transport fare prices
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
Public transport leaders say increasing fares is counter productive.
NZTA's ordering councils take a higher revenue share from users and agree to new targets by December 19.
As an example, the move would mean a Wellington commuter currently spending $10 on buses a day would have to spend $17.
Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Darran Ponter told Ryan Bridge the amount coming from users has slipped, but there needs to be a compromise.
He says this has a lot to do with the Covid-19 period and operators trying to get people back onto buses.
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