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Labour vows to put $20-a-week cap on public transport, $10 outside main centres (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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Labour has vowed to cap public transport fares at $20 a week in main centres and $10 everywhere else if elected.

"This is real cost-of-living relief. It means cheaper commutes, more money left at the end of the week, and a public transport system that works for everyone."

The cap, which would be introduced on 1 July 2027, is $20 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and $10 everywhere else.

The party said it was higher in main centres because they offered more services, that cost more.

The policy would cost about $65 million each year, using about 1 percent of the National Land Transport Fund, Labour said.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is one of those times when my response is "you're telling me we could have had this all along for only $65M a year?"

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yep.

Free public transit world probably triple that. So for under $200M we could have free public transit for all.

That alone would reduce pressure on road networks, eliminating the need for billions in spending....

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 5 points 5 days ago

I'd trade off having a $20 cap instead of free if they spent the extra $120m on increasing off peak & out of hours services. IMO there's a big gap for shift workers or people going out at night and having to drive because there's no other way to get there & home.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah for sure. Every $6B road could be 30 years of free public transport 😟