Here are some of the ideas and projects under discussion by Bus Go Dunedin members:
Supporting bus users[]
- Advocacy for users
- Set up a team of Bus service volunteers
Passenger information[]
- Google Transit
- Real-time information
- Busko
- Timetables at bus stops
- Fix the bus timetable
- Get ORC to rewrite it
- long distance buses summary in timetable (only needs one page)
- Open timetable project: Rewrite it ourselves!
- Plain English
- Tube map of Dunedin bus mnetwork (see Wikipedia:Tube map)
Fares and promotions[]
- Transfer ticketing
- Students travel free (with GoCard) in March.
- Student discounts
- beneficiary discounts
- free wifi on buses
- coffee machines on buses
- make buses trendy and desirable
- promo competition to win cheap android phones. To enter, you need 20 bus tickets from a month.
- Remove GST and fringe benefit tax from bus fares?
- Need to advise passengers when buses stop for a long time in the octagon (during a layover)
Routes and services[]
- a hub?
- electric buses hybrid, capacitor, overhead wires
- better frequency
- more express services
- Park and ride
- airport bus service
- lighter buses
- snow service
Political/lobbying aims[]
Represent or have good relations with:
- Dunedin City Council dunedin.govt.nz
- Otago Regional Council orc.govt.nz
- Bus companies
- Passenger Transport Citibus
- Ritchies
- Otago Heratige Bus Society otagoheritagebus.co.nz
- Get the Train rail advocacy
- Spokes cycling advocacy
- Living Streets Aotearoa pedestrian advocacy
- DPA (Disabled Persons Assembly) Dunedin disability advocacy
- Southern District Health Board - Active lifestyle promotion - HEHA funding may be available
- School BOTs
- NZTA
- Vote for Public Transport Dunedin political activist group
Alternative industry models:
- Passenger number targets in contracts
- New Zealand public transport authority (NZ wide)
- Transfer bus governance to DCC
- Living wage for drivers
Political activism:
- challenge Central Government on public transport matters
- Local Government Elections hold public transport forums, "meet the candidates" events
Social/environmental goals[]
- Green prescriptions
- carbon emissions Transport is 2nd largest emissions after agriculture in NZ
- parking
- Accessible Bus Stops project