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Generation Zero wants Aucklanders to complain about buses
Generation Zero wants Aucklanders to complain about their buses
Generation Zero has put up hundreds of posters at Auckland bus stops asking commuters if their buses suck. The move is part of a campaign to encourage users to log their experience using the groups Better Buses form.
“Aucklanders love complaining about the buses, and
often with good reason” says spokesperson Leroy Beckett
“ we want to give people an outlet for that
frustration”
The form, found at genzero.org.nz/bus, asks users to log
their bus route and stop, the time of day and what the
problem was. Generation Zero will use this data to determine
the worst buses in the city, and compel Auckland Transport
to take urgent action.
“The submissions we have got
so far are coming from people frustrated the buses they try
to take are full, and the ones they are able to board get
stuck in traffic. The solution to these problems is simple,
more buses on the busiest routes, more dedicated bus
lanes”
March has seen the bus system unable to cope
under the pressure of students return to university.
Auckland Transport has promised to added a limited number of
extra buses on some routes, but this has yet to have an
effect on passengers experiences.
“Auckland
Transport have put an extra bus an hour on select routes for
the busiest time of the year. We expect that’s not going
to be enough.” Beckett
Posters have been put up in
the busiest stops in the city- where bus users are often
left waiting in vain as buses drive past already full.
“We have made great strides over the past few
years, increasing the public transport budget, getting the
City Rail Link from fantasy to reality, and building
infrastructure for people on bikes. But watching multiple
buses go past when you’re just trying to get to work can
make it seem like nothing has changed”
Hundreds of
submissions have been made in the first week of the
campaign.
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