Cable cars plan popular
Cable cars plan popular
Cable cars could well be closer to making a return to at least one Dunedin route following a meeting of the Dunedin Cable Car Trust that attracted more than 160 people on Saturday.
Public transport
Positive response to SuperGold Card free travel review
Positive response to SuperGold Card free travel review
Regional councils have responded positively to the Government's SuperGold Card free travel funding review, Associate Minister of Transport Nathan Guy told Parliament yesterday.
$11,000 bus shelter for six Sawyers Bay houses
$11,000 bus shelter for six Sawyers Bay houses
The Otago Regional Council paid nearly $11,000 for a bus shelter on a Dunedin road that is home to six houses.
Bus company fires back at QLDC criticism
Bus company fires back at QLDC criticism
Connectabus has fired back at criticism from a Queenstown Lakes District Council subcommittee this week, saying the council has "hardly ever" promoted public transport itself in 17 years and the Wakatipu bus service is better value than that in most centres.
Committee hears bus service woes
Committee hears bus service woes
Innovative marketing and incentives to encourage public use are needed for the new bus services being trialled, but the high cost of fares and the long time it takes to travel between destinations were also acknowledged by a Queenstown Lakes District Council subcommittee yesterday.
Scheme aimed at improving transport safety
Scheme aimed at improving transport safety
A new five-star ratings system that might influence insurance premiums and whether bus and freight operators get school or government contracts could be rolled out to taxi and shuttle companies.
Use of bus stops could ease taxi concerns
Use of bus stops could ease taxi concerns
Taxis might start using bus stops in a short-term fix to drivers' concerns about parking and crowd control in central Dunedin.
Drivers generally well behaved in the South
Drivers generally well behaved in the South
A New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) investigator went undercover to watch a shuttle-bus driver travel dangerously and at high speed on the road between Dunedin and Christchurch.
ORC 'vision' blurry
ORC 'vision' blurry
A proposed Otago Regional Council contribution to a vision for Otago's public transport for the next 30 years lacks a "clear vision" and acknowledgment of the importance of a large tertiary campus in Dunedin, councillors say.
Trust says cable car cost could be $15m
Trust says cable car cost could be $15m
The trust promoting a plan to have cable cars rolling along Dunedin's High St might have to find between $13 million and $15 million to make it happen.
Warning on cut to bus subsidies
Warning on cut to bus subsidies
A push to further commercialise public transport could lead to fewer and even more heavily subsidised bus services in Otago, regional council policy and resource planning director Fraser McRae warns.
Bus service has good first week
Bus service has good first week
The first week of Queenstown's new bus services went "quite well", according to the Otago Regional Council (ORC).
Bus firms: name and shame?
Bus firms: name and shame?
Rather than slapping them with a wet bus ticket, the Otago Regional Council may drive bus companies who miss trips down the name-and-shame route.
Cohesive transport plan urged
Cohesive transport plan urged
Special fares for unlimited trips, GPS-fed bus information and a radical change to make public transport a social good seem poised to electrify the race to the local body elections.
Wireless internet on trial in Dunedin buses
Wireless internet on trial in Dunedin buses
Dunedin Passenger Transport director Kayne Baas has come up with a novel way to encourage commuters on the southern routes to continue using, or start using, public transport.
Queenstown bus service launched
Queenstown bus service launched
Queenstown commuters were told to "use it or lose it" at the launch of a trial bus service yesterday.
Call for greater bus-fare subsidies
Call for greater bus-fare subsidies
An increased council subsidy for regional bus services might reduce the isolation of some Dunedin communities, while boosting how much people have to spend in their local economies, a sustainable living advocate says.
New bus complaints system established
New bus complaints system established
A new system to track how bus operators deal with passenger complaints has been set up by the Otago Regional Council in the wake of an "alarming" increase in unhappy customers.
Bus bike-rack delay frustrating for councillor
Bus bike-rack delay frustrating for councillor
A suggestion it would be more than a year before the Otago Regional Council considers the issue of bike racks being put on public buses has been met with frustration by Cr Bryan Scott.
Buses to run more routes more often
Buses to run more routes more often
Queenstown's bus services will be given a boost this winter, with local company Connectabus providing an extension to the existing services as a trial.