Public transport services and infrastructure

This page relates to the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme.

Introduction

This page describes the public transport services and public transport infrastructure activity classes and provides links to public transport continuous programmes and improvements requirements and relevant work categories.

Activity class definitions

The definitions for these activity classes in the Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) 2024 are:

• Public transport services:
  is for the purpose of investment in the management and operation of contracted public transport services and total mobility transport services.

• Public transport infrastructure:
  is for the purpose of investment in new infrastructure and the management, renewal and improvement of existing infrastructure that supports public transport services.

Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024(external link)

Public transport activities across both activity classes are grouped as:

• public transport continuous programmes – covering passenger services, operations and maintenance and asset and infrastructure renewals
  Public transport continuous programmes

• public transport improvements – covering passenger service improvements, operational improvements and asset and infrastructure improvements.
  Public transport improvements

Note: public transport activities that are eligible for Crown fare concessions are managed separately by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) using processes and procedures agreed separately with the Ministry of Transport.

Government expectations

We (NZTA as investor) expect that investments from the public transport services and infrastructure activity classes will contribute to outcomes sought by the government and the Minister of Transport’s expectations set out in the GPS 2024.

Government expectations (webpage yet to come)

Qualifying for National Land Transport Programme consideration

To qualify for inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) and subsequent funding approval:

• any proposed activity is eligible by meeting the definition of the relevant public transport activity class in the GPS and the appropriate work category definition in this knowledge base
• all regionally delivered public transport activities proposed for inclusion in the NLTP must be included in a regional land transport plan (RLTP)
• approved organisations and NZTA (for its own activities) must comply with the NZTA Procurement manual and procurement rules, as well as any relevant standards and guidelines listed in the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi standards and guidelines register for land transport.

Procurement manual

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi standards and guidelines register for land transport

Public transport work categories

Public transport activities described in the following work categories are eligible for inclusion:

• public transport services:
  • Work category 421: travel demand management and behaviour change
  • Work category 511: passenger services – bus
  • Work category 512: passenger services – ferry
  • Work category 515: passenger services – rail
  • Work category 517: Total Mobility operations
  • Work category 519: wheelchair hoists purchase and installation
  • Work category 521: Total Mobility wheelchair hoist use payments
  • Work category 522: SuperGold trip payments
  • Work category 524: public transport operations and management
  • Work category 525: public transport technology systems - operations and maintenance
• public transport infrastructure:
  • Work category 140: minor events
  • Work category 141: emergency works
  • Work category 514: public transport facilities and infrastructure – operations and maintenance
  • Work category 532: low-cost, low-risk public transport improvements
  • Work category 534: public transport facilities and infrastructure – renewals
  • Work category 540: rapid transit infrastructure
  • Work category 554: public transport technology systems – improvements
  • Work category 561: passenger facilities and infrastructure improvements - bus
  • Work category 562: passenger facilities and infrastructure improvements - ferry
  • Work category 563: passenger facilities and infrastructure improvements - rail

Further information

For prioritisation of public transport activities, see:

2024–27 NLTP Investment Prioritisation Method

For information on developing public transport continuous programme activities, see

Public transport continuous programmes

For information on developing public transport improvement activities, see:

Public transport improvements

For information on low-cost, low-risk public transport improvements, see:

Work category 532: low-cost, low-risk public transport improvements