Petrol Rise Seeing More PT Use

in Bus General by AKT — April 10, 2011 at 12:02 am | 2 comments

It’s not just Auckland that is experiencing an obvious jump in public transport use in part because of the rising cost of petrol.

Those rising petrol prices are driving people to discover and use public transport in areas outside Auckland as well.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council reports today that rising petrol prices - plus recently improved bus services - has resulted in increasing bus passengers on Napier and Hastings goBay routes.

In March the goBay bus services carried 64,114 passengers, and for the first time revenue from the bus service crossed the $100,000 threshold, with $106,954 in fares being paid.

For comparison, the next highest was March 2010 where the buses carried 53,103 passengers and took revenue of $74,432.

The Government may ignore Auckland’s rising PT use (but at their peril as Aucklanders do vote in the election in big numbers) but how will they explain rising demand for PT around the country?

 

Tags: goBay Hawkes Bay patronage peak oil. petrol prices