Public transport improvements

Introduction

Public transport improvements comprise public transport service (or operational) activities that fall outside the definition of existing services and public transport infrastructure.

These are to be treated as improvement projects and must be identified separately to the public transport programme in the Approved Organisation’s funding proposal.

Public transport service improvements

There are two types of public transport service improvements:

• Base programme The underlying programme against which incremental changes in the programme may be considered and assessed. improvements that fall outside the definition of existing services:
  • Often incremental to existing programmes, these are submitted, considered and assessed as improvement projects,
  • They may comprise reconfigurations of existing services,
  • If funding is approved, they are managed as improvement projects for the duration of the NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied ,
  • At the start of the next NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied , they may become part of existing services, subject to any conditions of funding that may exist, e.g. a requirement to meet a certain patronage level.
• Long term, significant programme improvements:
  • Generally large additions to existing programmes, these also are submitted, considered and assessed as improvement projects,
  • They may comprise capital expenditure that is proposed to be operationalised, most commonly as a long term loan,
  • They will be managed as improvement projects for the approved duration of their funding and are likely to be funded over a number of NLTPs.

Public transport service improvements use the same work categories as the

public transport programme, but need to be identified and submitted as improvement projects in Transport Investment Online.

Public transport infrastructure

Public transport infrastructure is funded under:

• Work category 531: Public transport facilities major renewals and improvements     

Any proposals under this work category A type of activity – not confined to a particular activity class, e.g. new roads (work category 323) appears in:

* activity class 12 – local road improvements
* activity class 13 – state highways improvements are improvement projects and must be submitted as such in Transport Investment Online for consideration for inclusion in an RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. .

Public transport minor improvements comprise improvement projects of $250,000 or less per project and should be developed as a programme for inclusion in the RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. and NLTP A National Land Transport Programme Interrelated and complementary combination of activities that, when delivered in a coordinated manner, produce synergies – can span more than one work category and more than one activity class, e.g. a programme could include a road improvement and public transport improvement activities. adopted by the NZTA under section 19 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied . The minor improvements programme is to be negotiated and agreed with the NZTA and will be applied for through the Minor Improvements module in Transport Investment Online. Funding for the agreed programme will be approved when the NZTA Board The NZ Transport Agency Board. adopts the NLTP. A minor improvements programme determined at 5% of the Approved Organisation's bus, ferry and rail services programme is guaranteed. Approved Organisations may apply for less or more than the 5% base. If an Approved Organisation applies for more than 5%, it must demonstrate the value for money Selecting the right things to do, implementing them in the right way, at the right time and for the right price. that will be provided from the increased programme.

General guidance for preparing a transport programme for input to the RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. and developing activities for funding approval is provided at this link.