Submissions not actually open until the 15th. Remind me again then.
Please GWRC/Metlink:
1. Extend no. 22 bus services from Mairangi via WN Station to Courtenay Place, Wellington Hospital & Wellington Zoo. This will return the service to its pre-July 2019 route;
2. Change the front of the printed timetable to read: Kelburn/Northland/Mairangi/Wilton;
3. Change the destination sign on the front of buses to: Kelburn/WN Stn/Court.Pl/Wn Hospital & ZOO; AND in the other direction to: Court. Pl/WN Stn/Kelburn/Northland/Mairangi/Wilton. .
Kara Lipski, 11. February 2021, 19:22
Why wait until the 15th? There is plenty to discuss right now. Off peak services on some routes should be every 20 minutes – not hourly.
Review into Let s Get Wellington Moving to be made public
10 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Let s Get Wellington Moving puts mass rapid transit front and centre. Image / Supplied
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
An internal review, or health check , of Wellington s $6.4 billion transport project will be publicly released this month following what s being described as a frustrating delay.
In September last year Let s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme director Andrew Body confirmed the project was undertaking an internal review.
Conducted by three independent reviewers, it was set to focus on governance, a gap assessment, people and culture, the baseline programme, and systems and processes.
Haven’t we already been through this with LGWM???
I am totally confused, as all we seem to do is consult and then consult again and again and again and nothing happens, or we are completely ignored. Is this some kind of plot to keep people in work for ever without ever making a decision?
Chipotle Guts, 9. February 2021, 19:41
“We want to move to a fully electric vehicle public transport fleet to help reduce the carbon footprint“
This is the same organisation that got rid of the electric trolley buses. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Guy M, 9. February 2021, 23:24
Councillor Staples, as can be seen from the comments above, we Wellingtonians have got very wary of trusting anything Regional Council says. We feel that we have been strung along on a fine web of bullshit for years – mixed in with a fair mess of complete catastrophes. You (WRC) promised integrated ticketing for buses and trains – never arrived. You promised old t
Wellington s Airport Flyer bus off the road until mid-2022
8 Feb, 2021 10:32 PM
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A new Airport Flyer service won t materialise until next year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington s Airport Flyer bus won t return again until mid-next year, after efforts to secure its future changed hands.
In November last year Wellington Airport announced it would launch a new and improved bus service for airport travellers in 2021.
Tranzit was selected as the preferred operator following a recent tender process, after NZ Bus pulled the plug on the service.
But meeting documents reveal Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is now taking control of securing the Airport Flyer s future.
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 2:02 pm
Greater Wellington councilors will consider a proposal
for a Metlink service from Wellington Station to Wellington
Airport when its Transport Committee meets this Thursday, 11
February.
Until now, the Airport Flyer, a commercial
contract arrangement between Wellington International
Airport and NZ Bus, has prevented Metlink from putting its
own services forward.
With NZ Bus ending its Airport
Flyer service in November 2020 the region’s public
transport users have been left with no direct access to the
airport, something that Scott Gallacher, General Manager for
Metlink hopes to change with his proposal.
“We’ve
put a really strong case forward for a Metlink provided