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Have your say on Wellington’s Public Transport Fares – Kapiti Coast

By / 14 October 2008

Details of the public meetings are:
Kapiti, 7.30pm, Thursday 23 October, Kapiti College Hall, Margaret Road, Raumati Beach.

Greater Wellington Regional Council is hosting public meetings in Wellington and Kapiti later this month to discuss public transport fares, including how they should be set and what proportion should be user-pays. You are warmly invited to attend.

The meetings will be chaired by Peter Glensor, Chair of Greater Wellington’s Transport and Access Committee. He wants to hear your ideas about Greater Wellington’s fares policy, and explore changes informally before a formal consultation process gets under way next year as part of the Long Term Council Community Plan process.

Council’s current fares policy is that passengers pay about 50 percent of the cost of public transport services, ratepayers paid about 25 percent and central government paid 25 percent. Do you think this is about right or could the propotions be changed?

The meeting will also consider concession fares and the basis on which they’re set. Should they be based on your ability to pay, your age, or the time of day you’re travelling? Could fares be more family friendly? What’s the impact of the new SuperGold Card free off-peak fares for people over 65?

Come along and tell us what you think. And please pass this message on to anyone you know who may be interested.

For more information, please contact Philippa Lagan at Greater Wellington, ph: 04 803 0380 or e: philippa.lagan@gw.govt.nz

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