WC 511: Passenger services - bus

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

Introduction

 Work category 511 provides for contracted bus public transport services that are set out in the current regional public transport plan (RPTP) prepared in accordance with Part 5 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Part 5 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003(external link)

Qualifying activities 

Work category 511 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:

• Preparation and management of contracts and monitoring of services
• contracted bus services payments
• contracted shared on-demand services identified in RPTPs as integral to the public transport network
• on-vehicle costs associated with provision for people with disabilities, cycles and prams
• on-vehicle installation and operational costs associated with public transport technology where included as part of the service contract
• minor service variations, trial services and improvements consistent with the public transport units in the currently adopted RPTP
• new service improvements provided these are consistent with the public transport units in the currently adopted RPTP
• the management costs and overheads associated with activities funded under this work category.

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 511 excludes:

• off-vehicle operational activities - these are covered by work category 514
  Work category 514: Public transport facilities operation and maintenance

• costs associated with the development or management and operations of public transport technology external to the vehicle itself
• any SuperGold card concessions for bus services – these are funded via work category 522
  Work category 522: SuperGold trip payments

• the planning and design of bus services forming part of the preparation of a regional public transport plan – this is funded through work category 003
  Work category 003: Activity management planning improvement

• the planning activities for bus services related to improvements – these are funded through work category 004.
  Work category 004: Programme business case development

Funding assistance rate 

The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:

• the approved organisation's normal FAR.
  Normal funding assistance rates

Submitting activities for National Land Transport Programme 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.

or

• the improvement activity module in TIO for proposed new services.

Refer to the Public transport services activity class for definitions of existing services and improvements.

Public transport services and infrastructure