Prime ministers come and prime ministers go, but the Wellington buses are still crap. Normally, a holiday drink with neighbours sees us catch up on street gossip but this time buses dominated.
‘Some of us don’t cycle, it’s a 45-minute walk into town, and we can’t afford to take our cars in,’ said one neighbour. Did I have a bus solution?
Sadly, no. A few days later, the Jan-tastrophe started. Even though many Wellingtonians were starting work, the buses were still running on a Saturday timetable until the end of January.
With its moribund bus network, constant road works and staff shortages, I’m afraid Wellington is starting to feel like it’s been running on a Saturday timetable for a decade now.
