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Bruce Weir: Independent Urban Planning Expert on Labour's public transport policy
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There’s a belief a cap on public transport fares would be better bang for buck compared to other roading projects.
Labour's campaigning on a $20 weekly maximum in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, and $10 elsewhere.
It would be funded by re-prioritising $65 million from the National Land Transport Fund.
Independent urban planning expert Bruce Weir told Francesca Rudkin for some projects, $65 million doesn't go very far.
He says when it's sunk into the roading network, it's chewed through pretty quickly and doesn't bring many long-term benefits.
But the benefits of the policy, like increased use of trains and busses, could be slow to filter through.
Weir thinks it'll take about three-to-five years to see any direct impacts.
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