The article reports on a surge in public transport use across Auckland and Wellington driven by rising fuel prices, supported by safety data and infrastructure developments, while also highlighting challenges like fare increases and long-term shifts in commuting behavior.
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The long-awaited policy announcement from Labour. It'll cap public transport fares at twenty dollars a week in main sensors and ten dollars everywhere else if elected. It says it'll cost sixty-five million dollars a year. It'll be funded by using about one per cent of the National Land Transport Fund and the party's transport spokesperson, Tangi Utikeri uh joins you now.
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minimal actual movement from cars to transit under fare schemes
Cheaper fares won’t fix NZ’s public transport woes – and neither will a few extra busesexpected to reduce car use and road wear
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