In March, in a bid to address the increasing cost of living, the government announced it was giving a 50% discount on public transport as well as a 25c per litre drop in fuel taxes for three months. It was later extended by two more months and then in July extended till 31-January.
Earlier this week Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency published the results of a research survey into the impact of half price fares and it highlights that just changing fares is not the answer to getting dramatically more people to use public transport.
