Supporting information

Introduction

Approved Organisations need to provide evidence to support their Transport Investment Online programme proposals. This evidence should demonstrate that the public transport network and any proposed investment on the network, in the public transport programme and any public transport service improvements, will provide an optimised solution.

This page relates to the 2012-15 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 only.

Supporting information required

The following supporting information is required and should be referenced in the Transport Investment Online application.

• The transportation section of the LTP Long-term council plan in accordance with section 93 of the Local Government Act 2002. ,
• The Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP A plan which specifies how the regional council intends to give effect to the public transport service components of the regional land transport plan that applies to the region. As of June 2013, the contents and management of the plan is defined by Part 5 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003. ),
• Other relevant information that is not referenced in the LTP Long-term council plan in accordance with section 93 of the Local Government Act 2002. or RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. or requires more space than is available in the comments sections of Transport Investment Online, which may include:
  • assumptions used in developing the programme, e.g. forecast network demand, level of service targets,
  • an explanation of any cost and scope changes compared with previous forecasts and the justification for these (such as price escalation, retendering, any other relevant factors),
  • forward projections against recent trends of key indicators such as farebox recovery rates and cost per passenger kilometre of the network,
  • network or service level strategies or plans developed separately to the RPTP A plan which specifies how the regional council intends to give effect to the public transport service components of the regional land transport plan that applies to the region. As of June 2013, the contents and management of the plan is defined by Part 5 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Note – the LTP Long-term council plan in accordance with section 93 of the Local Government Act 2002. and RLTP A regional land transport plan, prepared under Part 2 of the LTMA, as from time to time amended or varied. may be uploaded to Transport Investment Online as common supporting documents, which enables them to be referenced from multiple applications.

Terms and conditions of 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 investment

The NZTA may impose terms and conditions on all or part of the approved public transport programme for a particular financial year, including where either:

• insufficient information is provided to support a public transport programme, or
• there is a lack of confidence in the forecasts for the second or third financial years.

The terms and conditions will need to be satisfied prior to the start of the relevant financial year.

Ten-year budgets

All AOs must submit details of their public transport programme for the next 10 years as part of their Transport Investment Online application.