WC 517: Total Mobility operations

This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

Work category 517 provides for door-to-door subsidised taxi or specialist transport provider trips for people with disabilities and includes the administration, maintenance and operation of facilities and equipment associated with the Total Mobility scheme.

Qualifying activities

Work category 517 is available to the public transport services activity class.

Public transport services and infrastructure

Examples of qualifying activities

Examples of qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• contracting and management of Total Mobility agencies and operators
• registration, assessment, allocation of cards or vouchers and management of scheme members
• management of data-based systems used to assist the operation of the Total Mobility scheme
• the operation of community transport schemes where the users of the service are people who would be eligible for the Total Mobility scheme.

You can discuss with us (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as investor) whether other potential activities not listed above might also be eligible for inclusion in this work category.

Exclusions

Work category 517 excludes:

• the operations and maintenance of any public transport-related, technology-based systems, such as Total Mobility ticketing systems – these are provided under work category 524.
  Work category 524: Public transport information, supply and maintenance

Funding assistance rate

The funding assistance rate (FAR) is dependent on whether the approved organisation is signed up to the scheme and the phase being implemented, and is:

• 60% for approved organisations signed up to and implementing phase 2
• 50% for approved organisations signed up to and implementing phase 1
• 40% for approved organisations not signed up to either phase 1 or 2 of the scheme.

Current FARs are shown in the Total Mobility FARs table.

Other funding assistance rates

Submitting activities for NLTP consideration and funding approval

Approved organisations submit these activities using the public transport continuous programmes module in Transport Investment Online (TIO).

Transport Investment Online(external link)

User guides for TIO are available in TIO.

Further information

You can find detailed information about this scheme in the Total Mobility scheme policy guide for local authorities.

Total Mobility scheme: policy guide for local authorities