Submitter
Submission id number: 963091
Submitter name:
Bonny Gray-Thompson
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Do you want to speak to Councillors at the hearings?
No
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Submission
How are we doing? Is there anything you would like to tell us?
Love the programs the city puts on. E.g. Pride, Wild Dunedin, etc.
What other ideas should we be thinking about to include in future plans for our city?
Improve public transport options for Dunedin and surrounds so that private car trips can be minimised and private car ownership no longer remains necessary in Ōtepoti.
Buses should be:
1) freeeeeee for everybody!
2) reliable - if they're scheduled they will come and they will be timely
3) regular enough and timed according to practical scheduling needs like work start times, school start times, event start times.
Make public transport a viable option between Ōtepoti and key destinations (Tahuna/Q'town, Ōtautahi/CHCH).
Create a public bus route between the CBD & the airport. Honestly, the shuttle bus rate increases has meant more people are option to take a lift from friends between the airport and town or parking at the airport's surrounding suburbs. A public bus would be incredibly popular and save stacks of cars driving with just 1 or 2 passengers. Surely this can fit nicely into the zero emission target for the city!