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Submission summary
Decision
costs of a larger bus are not significantly higher than that of a smaller bus.
Actions A3 and A4 of the WRPTP allow for regular monitoring and review of
services to be carried out to ensure that services are meeting the demand and
service performance thresholds. This will enable redeployment of services, where
appropriate and help to achieve a more efficient and cost effective service
network.
No change required.
Submitter: 42 Raglan Community House
Matter: PTP11-42.6
Summary: Section 7.4 details Vehicle Specifications. P25 will “Provide flexibility
in vehicle specifications for new or trial services in satellite and rural areas where
necessary, to support the provision of service to the transport disadvantaged and
meet the needs and funding ability of communities”. This is supported and it is
hoped that this may, in the future, allow for additional off peak services to satellite
communities utilising smaller mini bus vehicles which we believe would prove to
be more cost effective. However, there is no policy in the Plan around the
provision of vehicles or trailers which can accommodate high volumes of bulky
luggage e.g. backpacks, surfboards. These are a major problem on the Hamilton
/ Raglan service. The provision of a once daily off-peak service utilising minibus
and trailer could alleviate this situation. We would like to see provision either in
policy or under the Action statements that Council will investigate means of
transporting these items even if this was on a “user pays” basis. E.g. Action
Statement A52 states that “Council will investigate the feasibility of bikes on
buses in the Waikato region.” This Action statement could be expanded to
include the above or an additional Action statement could be drafted and
incorporated into the Plan.
Submitter: 44 CCS Disability Action
Matter: PTP11-44.8
Summary: We are aware that Council have raised the bar nationally in
accessibility on the Orbiter and CBD shuttle services. We encourage Council to
maintain their stance on the degree of accessibility provided by these services
and extend them to all city routes.
Decline.
The core purpose of public transport is to provide access and mobility for people
to essential services such as hospitals and work.
And it needs to be noted the NZ Transport Agency has recently released
‘Requirement for Urban Buses’ which specifies the standard for urban bus
quality. All regional councils are required to adhere to these standards.
No change required.
Comments noted
Policy P25 aims to achieve this.
No change required.
P25; We would hope that the first option would be to provide transport solutions
that are able to be used by everyone. Many transport disadvantaged people,
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