Review of regulation of commercial urban bus and ferry services in New Zealand

The Ministry of Transport, supported by Land Transport New Zealand, led a joint working group of central and local government officials and public transport operators in a review of legislative provisions regarding the control over commercial public transport services and their relationship with contracted services. The review considered information provided by consultants Booz Allen Hamilton on public transport trends and performance, and a financial analysis of bus operations in major New Zealand cities compared to Australian cities undertaken by LEK Consulting. The review drew upon this information to assess the performance of the current legislative regime in terms of the new broader goals for transport. The review included a public consultation phase. This paper describes the content and findings of the review. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E215911.