ARTA Annual Report 2009 - Auckland Transport

Other Identified Projects
Integrated smartcard ticketing by late 2010
Real time public transport information available across
the region by late 2010
Offering every school in Auckland the opportunity to
develop a travel plan by 2014, and increasing support for
school bus services and Walking School Buses
Ongoing increases in the Total Mobility scheme for
people with disabilities, and in concession fares for
children, students and senior citizens, in line with
population growth and demographic change.
Delayed
Tender evaluation for the Auckland Integrated Fare
Solution (AIFS) Programme was completed in October
2008 and since that time various external factors,
specifically related to obtaining funding approvals in
Q4 2008 and NZTA’s investigation of the programme
through the first half of 2009, have led to project
delays. Currently, the programme is in discussion with
funders on funding allocations and looking at ways
to deliver the programme within budget constraints.
Once funding is secured, the next stage will be final
negotiations with a preferred tenderer.
Progressed to schedule
Real time passenger information signs have been
installed at 147 priority bus stops. Twelve additional
sites have been added to the project, three are
completed and the remaining nine are programmed
for completion during the next three months. The
supply and installation of a further 200 Type 2 signs,
suitable for lower-use bus stops, is under way.
A multi-modal real time passenger information system
project is under way, which will enable real time
passenger information at ferry terminals, rail stations,
modal interchanges and bus stops. The project
includes improvements to the underlying real time
management system and associated infrastructure.
Funding has been approved and a RFP for the system
was released in July 2009. The multi-modal system will
be implemented in stages during 2009/2010.
Progressed to schedule
180 schools have, or are developing, TravelWise plans,
out of 550 total schools in the region.
The 2008 annual evaluation of travel patterns at
TravelWise schools has confirmed that the programme
is effective at reducing car trips to school and
increasing active transport and public transport. Each
morning there are 5,010 fewer car trips to school as
a result of the programme – just above the annual
target of 5,000.
Achieved
In 2008/09 ARTA completed implementation of NZTA’s
‘Phase 2’ recommendations for national improvements
to the Total Mobility scheme and is now eligible for
a higher subsidy on Total Mobility costs, offsetting
the impact of continued growth in Total Mobility
registrations. Changes included updating assessment
agency and transport operator contracts, delivering
assessment training, and redeveloping assessment
resources. Approximately 80% of the 10,000 registered
Total Mobility clients in the Auckland region have
recently applied to renew their photo ID cards as part
of the two-yearly reissue process.
Free public transport for SuperGold Card holders and
MAXX Senior Citizen Card holders – after 9am on
weekdays and all day on weekends and public holidays
– was launched on 1 October 2008 and use of bus,
rail and ferry services by senior citizens has more than
doubled.
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