Purpose
To update Councillors on our service design approach to reduce
service costs by $5 million during the 2025/26 financial period
1. Background and recap
2. Work to date
3. Emerging implementation challenges
4. Step back
5. Service reduction principles
6. Opportunities for savings
7. Proposed services review programme
Service reduction principles
• Avoid reductions that affect
critical peak capacity and
mode shift.
• Avoid reductions that leave whole communities without
basic coverage and
access.
• Focus on
lower use,
higher subsidy and
overlapping services.
•
Align with rail services
• Apply
RPTP service delivery thresholds:
• Minimum usage (<4 per trip)
• Cost recovery (<20%)
• Catchment thresholds (<2700 population, minimum density and private
vehicle ownership)
• Align to
RPTP Service level guidance for Core and Local services.
What are our opportunities for savings?
Our Bus Operations budget is s7(2)(b)(ii)
-
$5mill reduction = s7(2)(b)(ii)
We have started from an approach of what we must provide (i.e. core network expenditure
required to meet key policy obligations under the RPTP) vs. what we’d like to reduce?
MUST PROVIDE
Impact of inaction
TO REDUCE
Impact of inaction
Core network capacity -
Passenger left behind – longer
Standing on buses – at
Poorer customer
passengers are able to board
term reputation impact on PT
peak and off-peak
experience, but
the bus or train.
network
customers still get to
destinations
Basic network coverage –
Loss of access - Users with no
RPTP aim to bring PT to
transport alternatives lose access
Network duplication to
Slower journeys with
within 5-10 mins walk of
to work, education, shopping etc.
reduce transfers (RPTP
transfer, but customers
passengers.
beyond nearest town and
still get to destinations
city centres)
Seven day a week services Loss of access - Users with no
– RPTP guidance for Core and
transport alternatives lose access
Late night services (RPTP
Reduced travel options,
Local routes
to work, education, shopping etc
Core after 11pm, Local
less support for night
after 9pm)
economy and shift workers
School bus services to
Loss of access – vulnerable users
(Poneke Promise)
nearest and zoned schools
required to transfer, make longer
where no public alternative
journeys and/or significant walk to
Express services (if not
Slower journeys that may
nearest and/or zoned schools.
required for M1 or M2)
affect mode share
