GWRC should be ashamed of themselves! They have wrecked a â˜fit for purpose bus system and contracted the operation to Tranzit, an unethical low rent outfit who have ripped away bus drivers pay and conditions!
I choose not to catch a bus in Wellington until the drivers working conditions are sorted, it is simply unsafe the way things are right now and something is going to go seriously wrong. - Transit / Transurban are either incompetent or plan arrogant but they must comply with the law of NZ and negotiate a Collective Agreement with the union - sort out these unsafe practices and improve the drivers pay. # Tranzit / Transurban and GWRC will almost certainly have blood on their hands if this situation is not sorted out soon.
Good on the bus drivers! Tranzit / Tranzurban bus company is a low rent bad employer and as for GWRC they just need to be sacked at the earliest opportunity!
GWRC should be ashamed of themselves for ruining Wellingtons perfectly good bus network. - Tranzit / Transurban bus company are dishonest and a very bad employer!
For the sake of NZ keep Nat out - the last 9 years of doing nothing but exploit working people and building expensive roads everywhere has damaged this country very much.
The future for rail is very bright indeed, internationally rail is being invested in very heavily with new lines being built and others reopened both in 1st and also 3rd world country's - NZ has been somewhat backwards over the last 9 years in its attitude towards rail - thanks to the rail hating Nat's! You truck lovers need to realise the damage these trucks do to the roads and communities, that rail is much more fuel efficient than road transport and that rail isn't treated fairly compared to roading in NZ (ie roads have hidden subsidy's which rail don't have.)
The Gisborne to Napier line should be reopened all the way, not just to Wairoa (though this is a good start!) - this line has big potential in attracting roving tourist trains and transferring the growing freight volumes off the roads at a fraction of the cost of what road upgrades would be. A regular passenger train like the popular Northern Explorer would be a real hit with the travelling public.
Decommissioning the main line electrification would make NZ an international laughing stock - our clean green image would really take a hit. The only other railway in the world to decommission electric rail operations is Zimbabwe! - The NZ Government really needs to insist that Kiwirail doesnt go ahead with this crazy and backward plan.
The Nats PTOM funding model set the scene for this whole disaster - hear the Wellington rail service is starting to fail too now with train cancellations almost a daily event now!
Tranzit / Transurban need to play by the rules and negotiate with the union for a Collective Agreement for bus drivers, they must, its employment law. - Tranzit / Transurban are obviously a low rent bad employer to be acting in such bad faith!
GWRC and their low rent and dodgy bus operator Transit / Transurban have wrecked the bus service - now WCC are making it harder for people to get to the CBD on weekends.
Under National NZTA were forbidden to invest in â˜cross regional boundary passenger services - I suspect this is what Mr Twyford / Mr Strange are talking about. Also under Nats all central govt transport moneys were directed to â˜roads of Nat Significance- the Palmerston North CC train was only saved by KIwirail / GWRC / Horizon Regional Council going three ways on costs, NZTA invested nothing at all because they were not allowed to by law.
A passenger train from Westport / Greymouth / Hokitika is great news for the region - will bring tourism dollars to the West Coast and complement the successful TranzAlpine train too. - Brilliant indeed!
In an industry like bus driving you would have no bargaining rights to give away - it is take it or leave it, this is why bus drivers are paid such a low wage.
The living wage is hardly anything to aspire to - Transit / Transurban are not good employers. They need to allow their staff to have a collective voice through their union and stop being bullies.
Tourists are the new gold for the West Coast - this new train will help to attract them off the TranzAlpine and spend more time and money on the coast. - Its exciting for the coast.
Significant disruption expected for Wellington bus services during driver strike
GWRC should be ashamed of themselves! They have wrecked a â˜fit for purpose bus system and contracted the operation to Tranzit, an unethical low rent outfit who have ripped away bus drivers pay and conditions!
Wellington bus drivers tell councillors they're tired, and it's a risk to public safety
I choose not to catch a bus in Wellington until the drivers working conditions are sorted, it is simply unsafe the way things are right now and something is going to go seriously wrong. - Transit / Transurban are either incompetent or plan arrogant but they must comply with the law of NZ and negotiate a Collective Agreement with the union - sort out these unsafe practices and improve the drivers pay. # Tranzit / Transurban and GWRC will almost certainly have blood on their hands if this situation is not sorted out soon.
Wellington bus drivers to strike over 'unsafe' 14-hour working days
Good on the bus drivers! Tranzit / Tranzurban bus company is a low rent bad employer and as for GWRC they just need to be sacked at the earliest opportunity!
Regional councillor Ken Laban calls on Tramways Union and Tranzit to urgently settle standoff
GWRC should be ashamed of themselves for ruining Wellingtons perfectly good bus network. - Tranzit / Transurban bus company are dishonest and a very bad employer!
Cycleways, lights and 30kmh limit: KÄpiti road changes unwanted, survey shows
Should extend the electric passenger trains from Waikanae to Levin then onto Palmerston North.
Wellingtons new bus network hits road for first weekday test
Get behind GWRC and Tranzit / Tranzurban ripping bus drivers off by downgrading their pay and conditions??I dont think so!!!
KiwiRail investigating spike in part failures, expert blames low-quality fuel
Keep the electric locomotives, it is such a backward move to scrap them on the main line from Hamilton to Palmerston North.
Can Bridges pull off the ultimate confidence trick?
For the sake of NZ keep Nat out - the last 9 years of doing nothing but exploit working people and building expensive roads everywhere has damaged this country very much.
Mothballed Napier-Wairoa rail line set to reopen
The future for rail is very bright indeed, internationally rail is being invested in very heavily with new lines being built and others reopened both in 1st and also 3rd world country's - NZ has been somewhat backwards over the last 9 years in its attitude towards rail - thanks to the rail hating Nat's! You truck lovers need to realise the damage these trucks do to the roads and communities, that rail is much more fuel efficient than road transport and that rail isn't treated fairly compared to roading in NZ (ie roads have hidden subsidy's which rail don't have.)
Wellingtons new bus network hits road for first weekday test
Yes and this has been pathetic - honestly
Mothballed Napier-Wairoa rail line set to reopen
The Gisborne to Napier line should be reopened all the way, not just to Wairoa (though this is a good start!) - this line has big potential in attracting roving tourist trains and transferring the growing freight volumes off the roads at a fraction of the cost of what road upgrades would be. A regular passenger train like the popular Northern Explorer would be a real hit with the travelling public.
Wellington bus drivers to strike over 'unsafe' 14-hour working days
Workers are the union - you obviously dont understand what a union is.
Wellingtons new bus network hits road for first weekday test
Is a third world bus system now thanks to GWRC / Tranzurban (Tranzit bus company)
Mothballed Napier-Wairoa rail line set to reopen
Opening the line to Gisborne with freight and passenger trains running as well as resurrecting the Southerner train would make even better sense.
High number of Wellington bus service cancelled
GWRC have behaved unethically - bus drivers must be under a lot of stress right now.
Transport Minister had early concerns about Wellington's new bus system
Transit / Transurban are so underhanded there was no way for the workers representatives to talk with them - a 1ly disingenuous organisation.
Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
Decommissioning the main line electrification would make NZ an international laughing stock - our clean green image would really take a hit. The only other railway in the world to decommission electric rail operations is Zimbabwe! - The NZ Government really needs to insist that Kiwirail doesnt go ahead with this crazy and backward plan.
Mothballed Napier-Wairoa rail line set to reopen
Rubbish - roads have hidden subsidies yet you don't complain about them.
Transport Minister had early concerns about Wellington's new bus system
The Nats PTOM funding model set the scene for this whole disaster - hear the Wellington rail service is starting to fail too now with train cancellations almost a daily event now!
How did transport planners get Wellington's new bus network so wrong?
GWRC contracted the Transurban / Transit bus company to operate buses - an unprofessional and unscrupulous organisation.
Wellingtons new bus network hits road for first weekday test
They are probably managers at GWRC or Tranzit / Tranzurban
Councillors finally vow to help resolve ongoing dispute between Tranzit and Tramways Union
Tranzit / Transurban need to play by the rules and negotiate with the union for a Collective Agreement for bus drivers, they must, its employment law. - Tranzit / Transurban are obviously a low rent bad employer to be acting in such bad faith!
Union proclaims KiwiRail pay deal a 'landmark'
This is great news RMTU and Kiwirail too! - both progressive and modern thinking organisations indeed!
High number of Wellington bus service cancelled
GWRC is disgusting and evil the way they have treated these bus drivers with the cutting of conditions and wages when bus companies change next week!!
Labour MP Jamie Strange confident Hamilton-Auckland commuter train cash coming
Japan and Queensland both operate quality high speed trains on the same track gauge as NZ - it can be done with a wee bit of investment!
Council declines 'living wage' policy for staff
This is a real shame - bad decision MDC
Wellington City Councillors to vote on axing free weekend parking
GWRC and their low rent and dodgy bus operator Transit / Transurban have wrecked the bus service - now WCC are making it harder for people to get to the CBD on weekends.
"Just as a hip pocket issues were emerging, National opts for self-immolation
Thanks to 9 years of Nationals ineptitude
Transport Minister had early concerns about Wellington's new bus system
Tranzit / Transurban are unprofessional and unscrupulous.
Overseas expert flown in to fix capital's electronic bus timetables to cost ratepayers $36,000
Sack that god awful Transit / Transurban outfit - it is an unprofessional embarrassment of an organisation.
Cats could benefit from rental law change while dogs still lose out
Cats help birds by killing rats / mice / stoats and ferrets who eat birds eggs.
"National leader Simon Bridges needs his MPs 100 per cent behind him
Its because the Col Govt is more interested in fixing the mess they have inherited - also they arent as nasty as the Nats
No trains on Auckland's western line following Mt Eden crash
Typical trucks and their cowboy road transport operators!
Union proclaims KiwiRail pay deal a 'landmark'
Thats a very old fashion and uninformed view of the employment world.
KaikÅura road and rail rebuild up against fantastic feats of engineering
Cant wait for the Coastal Pacific passenger train to start running again in December :)
Wellington bus drivers face 14-hour days under city's new public transport network
Same could be said for people who choose to drive - roads are heavily subsidised and car drivers / trucks should pay more
Cats could benefit from rental law change while dogs still lose out
Cats also kill rats/mice/ stoats and ferrets which helps birds
IRD pleads for patience as MBIE/IRD staff strike again
You should put your pay on public display too.
Public transport 'superusers' in Auckland hurt government policy
Just like is PTOM funding model - what a disaster! Good riddance to him!
Public transport 'superusers' in Auckland hurt government policy
Public transport (especially trains) reduces traffic and therefore frees up space for those who choose to drive.
New nationwide public transport ticketing system to be rolled out from 2021
Should reopen the railway to Gisborne
Select committee to 'grill' parties responsible for Wellington's bus network
Nats PTOM funding model is to blame here - its a very bad funding model.
Wellington bus drivers face 14-hour days under city's new public transport network
Me too, this doesnt sound safe at all - Tranzit are obviously a very low rent operator!! Shame on you GWRC
"National leader Simon Bridges needs his MPs 100 per cent behind him
The mess is what Nat made over 9 years - the Col Govt is doing a great job
Labour MP Jamie Strange confident Hamilton-Auckland commuter train cash coming
Under National NZTA were forbidden to invest in â˜cross regional boundary passenger services - I suspect this is what Mr Twyford / Mr Strange are talking about. Also under Nats all central govt transport moneys were directed to â˜roads of Nat Significance- the Palmerston North CC train was only saved by KIwirail / GWRC / Horizon Regional Council going three ways on costs, NZTA invested nothing at all because they were not allowed to by law.
"National leader Simon Bridges needs his MPs 100 per cent behind him
Looks more like ârag tagâopposition
"Bus driver stop-work meeting on Friday, but Tuesday's mega strike could be off",
The union is the workers
Regional councillor Ken Laban calls on Tramways Union and Tranzit to urgently settle standoff
Fairs didnt drop when the drivers were ripped off by Tranzit last week.
Wellington commuter told not to use public transport if she wants to be on time
Commuter trains would be good in Christchurch.
One Wellington bus driven up wrong road and abandoned, another runs out of fuel
Its Tranzit / Transurban - complete amateurs!
Dave Armstrong: It could be a long time in the cold for Wellington council's bus culprits
Pity we cant vote out that god awful transit / Transurban bus operator.
Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
It was Jim Bolgers National Govt who sold rail in 1991 - not Labour
Councillors finally vow to help resolve ongoing dispute between Tranzit and Tramways Union
The union should certainly oppose changes such as the reduced pay and conditions of their members - that is the unions role.
Councillors finally vow to help resolve ongoing dispute between Tranzit and Tramways Union
Is this Snelgrove of Tranzit/Transurban speaking?
Bus nightmare: Wellington council officials face jeers and abuse at fiery meeting
That shoddy and unprofessional outfit Transit / Transurban have also helped to wreck Wellingtons bus service.
Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
National Govt told them what they were buying..
Victoria University of Wellington name change feedback floods in before September 24 decision
Dont agree in changing the name, leave it alone, its part of our fabric and heritage as a city.
Greater Wellington offered free Uber rides to disaffected bus commuters
I dont trust Uber its way to unregulated - but then also dont trust Transit / Transurban they are to dodgy and unprofessional!
Extra services promised on 12 Wellington bus routes as backlash over new network continues
This bus disaster was planned and âconsultedâ under the previous National Govt - their PTOM model has really been a complete failure
National demands independent probe into Simon Bridges travel expenses leak
Thats rubbish, National are the dirty players!
KÄpiti's new airline takes off: Air Chathams launches new Auckland route
This is great, once again Ill be able to fly one way and get the train back :)
New West Coast rail trip, port upgrades, to be investigated
A passenger train from Westport / Greymouth / Hokitika is great news for the region - will bring tourism dollars to the West Coast and complement the successful TranzAlpine train too. - Brilliant indeed!
Aggie Grey's family sells famed hotel to Chinese investors
I think not, makes perfect sense.
Bus nightmare: Wellington council officials face jeers and abuse at fiery meeting
I dont trust UBER - way to unregulated
Workplace shake up in Government's sights - Jim Bolger to lead pay working group
Rubbish, the current system is broken - a race to the bottom type of system can't continue for ever.
Public transport 'superusers' in Auckland hurt government policy
Just as the PTOM funding model is very flawed - needs to be scrapped.
New West Coast rail trip, port upgrades, to be investigated
Attracting tourists and the $$ they will spend in the region - will complement the very successful TranzAlpine train very well.
Farmers hands striking workers suspension notices
Shame on you Farmers - I will never shop at Farmers again
‘Serious storm clouds’ threaten NZ democracy - report
Yip so 1
"Bus driver stop-work meeting on Friday, but Tuesday's mega strike could be off",
In an industry like bus driving you would have no bargaining rights to give away - it is take it or leave it, this is why bus drivers are paid such a low wage.
Kapiti Expressway: more cracks and still waiting for repairs to leaky surface
To many heavy trucks damaging the roads
"National leader Simon Bridges needs his MPs 100 per cent behind him
The government is on track - fixing the mess the Nats made over the last 9 years.
KiwiRail investigating spike in part failures, expert blames low-quality fuel
Have you not read the NZTA (2017) report on the value of rail to NZ? The benefits of rail come in at over $1.5 billion dollars to NZ.
Nine lives: Fire fighters give cat CPR after fire at Auckland house
Thats awesome!
Greater Wellington Regional Council chief executive to focus solely on fixing bus issues
Transit / Transurban is an appalling and unprofessional outfit.
Bus nightmare: Wellington council officials face jeers and abuse at fiery meeting
Transit / Transurban are a dinosaur employer - stuck in the 1990s âscrew the workforce mentalityâ
Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
And the rest - double decker TGVs travel at 330km/h Also, Investing in rail in NZ would be very beneficial to the country.
"Bus driver stop-work meeting on Friday, but Tuesday's mega strike could be off",
The living wage is hardly anything to aspire to - Transit / Transurban are not good employers. They need to allow their staff to have a collective voice through their union and stop being bullies.
Wellington bus drivers tell councillors they're tired, and it's a risk to public safety
Not paid more on average end of year earnings.
"What you need to know about the National Party's leak saga",
Nats are in a bad way - also a nasty bunch too
Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
Japan and even Queensland rail systems both have fast passenger train services - 170km/h - 220Km/h
Wellington commuter told not to use public transport if she wants to be on time
There seem to be a lot of cancelled trains lately.
Editorial: What to make of National's climate pledge
Righties driven by greed and selfishness.
"National leader Simon Bridges needs his MPs 100 per cent behind him
Sir who?
"Jami-Lee Ross saga shows Peter Goodfellow betrayed Kiwi women",
Try harder young Nats
Police defend big drop in commercial vehicle inspections
Completely agree
New West Coast rail trip, port upgrades, to be investigated
Railcars Christchurch to Dunedin would be awesome too and really should happen!
Bus nightmare: Wellington council officials face jeers and abuse at fiery meeting
Was Transit / Transurban screwing the staff to save themselves money - bad employers indeed
Nurses' union to announce result of latest pay offer from DHBs
No more wasting billions on roads that don't meet reasonable cost benefit criteria isn't a bad thing.
"What you need to know about the National Party's leak saga",
Maybe he is just more honest then that other bunch of ârag tagâ Nats
"Jami-Lee Ross saga shows Peter Goodfellow betrayed Kiwi women",
Nats are a disgrace
"SH1 north of Wellington re-opens after epic closure caused by truck crash",
The trucking industry is unprofessional
High number of Wellington bus service cancelled
Unions are simply an organised workforce- you obviously donâ't understand the concept of a union.
Wellington highways snubbed as Government announces transport spend
Extend the Melling rail line over the river into Lower Hutt city would be great.
KiwiRail investigating spike in part failures, expert blames low-quality fuel
The NZTA report (2017) on the benefits of rail to NZ came at $1.5 billion dollars per year.
"Bus driver stop-work meeting on Friday, but Tuesday's mega strike could be off",
Sad comment considering the way bus drivers are so poorly paid and treated.- you Nats are a disgrace.
"High prices new normal: Here's how petrol could hit $3 a litre",
How do motorists subsidise train users?
Kiwibank drops fee for going over one's credit limit in fee review
Kiwibank is really good
Wellington highways snubbed as Government announces transport spend
Would be good to Extend electric passenger trains to Otaki then a second phase onto Levin then eventually on to Palmerston North.
New West Coast rail trip, port upgrades, to be investigated
Tourists are the new gold for the West Coast - this new train will help to attract them off the TranzAlpine and spend more time and money on the coast. - Its exciting for the coast.