Buzz from the Beehive
The big announcement from the Beehive so far today is that workers and public transport users are at the heart of a new approach to public transport branded the Sustainable Public Transport Framework.
This is great news, although when you take workers and public transport users out of considerations it is hard to find too many other interested parties, besides politicians and administrators.
Oh, wait. Taxpayers and ratepayers, which accounts for most people, have a stake, too. Their money funds the system and a major change is to allow councils to own and operate services in-house.
Transport Minister Michael Wood said the current model is causing operators to wind back services and timetables, because they can’t get drivers. Continue reading “Govt announces new transport and rental housing initiatives and enthuses about human rights (but without mentioning voting rights)”