https://wellington.gen.nz/wcc-watch+fares Items tagged with WCC Watch and Fares. http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/public-transport-fare-changes/ Greater Wellington Regional Council has ignored the campaign for fairer fares for tertiary students as it drafted a new fare structure for all bus, rail and ferry trips. fares transport elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/public-transport-fare-changes/ WCC Watch 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/aitken-angst/ We got a rare insight into Greater Wellington Regional Council-Wellington City Council dynamics when regional councillor Judith Aitken posted this odd statement on Celia Wade-Brown’s Facebook about her (last time I checked, fellow Labour Party) colleague Daran Ponter: This prompted the following stinging rebuke from Daran Ponter and Wellington City councillor Paul Eagle: Good on Ponter for calling her out. Oh, Baby Boomer with a 100% subsided Gold Card, please tell me more about how we can’t increase public transport subsidies. This is staggering. If you’re a Regional Councillor, you would need to have been hiding under a rock for the past few years not to be aware of the issues around public transport. And you’d expect someone who has been on the GWRC since 2001 to already be discussing issues with their WCC colleagues and community stakeholders. Aitken doesn’t even live in the constituency area she is elected to represent (Wellington City), enjoys fully subsidised public transport with her tax-payer funded Gold Card, and is one of those local government shapeshifters, like Helene Ritchie, who get elected to both a council and a health board purely on name recognition, then aren’t in a hurry to leave anytime soon. She should retire and let a new, fresh, and forward thinking person take her seat and actually represent Wellington City. They deserve better. regional-council fares wcc government transport elections2010 local-body-elections featured Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/aitken-angst/ WCC Watch 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/all-aboard/ It seems a student campaign pushing for tertiary student concession fares on public transport is hitting a nerve. fares transport elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/all-aboard/ WCC Watch 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/snapper-for-trains/ Very interesting revelation in today’s Dom Post that the GWRC is missing out on about $9,000 in train fares every weekday because the trains are too crowded for ticket collectors to get to the patrons… It was revealed today that Greater Wellington regional council has lost about $260,000 as overcrowding on trains prevents staff from collecting fares. fares snapper trains transport elections2010 local-body-elections featured wcc government Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/snapper-for-trains/ WCC Watch 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z