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   Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton (photo: Michael Craig) In Simon Wilson’s revealing interview (Weekend Herald, April 22), new Auckland Transport chief Dean Kimpton wonders, “How do we make public transport as much loved as libraries?” Although he correctly identifies many other key ingredients to ending traffic congestion such as “rapid, frequent, safe, clean public transport”, the obvious comparison with libraries that Kimpton overlooks, is to make public transport services free at the point of use.  Roger Fowler, Fare-Free NZ ..read more

  Fare-free NZ spokesperson Roger Fowler, with panel members Christine Rose, Elliot Crossan and Green MP Chloe Swarbrick. A well-attended ‘Rise Up Against Climate Cuts’ meeting in Auckland on Thursday heard from a range of speakers including GreenPeace climate campaigner Christine Rose, Elliot Crossan from System Change Not Climate Change, Roger Fowler from Fare-Free NZ, Xavier Walsh from Unions Auckland, Takutai Moana Kemp, Te Pati Maori candidate, Joe Carolan for Unite Union, and Green MP Chloe Swarbrick. Fare-Free NZ spokesperson Roger Fowler said the climate crisis is here now and de ..read more

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  Save Our Trains, 17 March 2023   Thanks for supporting Save Our Trainsand our goal  to see inter-regional passenger rail expand across  Aotearoa New Zealand.   In these emails, we'll let you know what you can do  to help bring back affordable, frequent passenger  trains. What's happened? ? PM Chris Hipkins this week announced the  government will shift planned regional public  transport investment to the five biggest cities:  Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington and  Christchurch.  ..read more

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By Martyn Bradbury, Daily Blog, August 19, 2022 (Abridged) The time for Free Public Transport as a solution to the climate crisis is now. We urgently need to shift people out of private transport and onto public transport. This would have an enormous benefit on the poorest amongst us who pay 20% of their wage on transport while taking vast numbers of people off the roads in their cars. We must nationalise our public transport fleet and look at vast new investment inside cities and intercity. That includes a vast upgrade on rail. The Truck industry have had political dominance for too long ..read more

  Free Fares NZ announcement, 29 July 2022 On Thursday morning, the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Annual General Meeting passed a remit supporting our call for central Government to fund free public transport for under-25’s, tertiary students, Community Services Card Holders, and Total Mobility Card holders and their support people. Having the largest local government association back our ask is a big moment for our kaupapa.  One of our organisers Mika Hervel says “Free Fares is not a fringe idea. It is not absurd, or even unrealistic. Every day, more and more people are ba ..read more

  By Sandy Smith, NextCity, 27 July 2022 Kansas City, Missouri, made national headlines in the fall of 2019 when its city council voted unanimously to become America’s first large city to make public transportation free citywide. Now, two and a half years later, anyone living anywhere in the city can ride buses without paying a fare. How has that worked out for the riders and the city? Survey data shows the move has largely been successful in advancing local transit equity – though it also highlights what remains to be done to allow all Kansas Citians equal access to the sprawling metr ..read more