New statistics have revealed the extent of Auckland’s public transport crisis, showing almost 270,000 scheduled bus trips have been cancelled already in 2022 – a significant rise compared to past years.
The cancellations make up 8.6 per cent of the total scheduled bus services, just over 3 million, in the first nine months of the year.
But it is a large increase compared to previous years, which saw 1.3 per cent of trips cancelled in 2019, 0.7 per cent in 2020 and 0.6 per cent in 2021, all over a 12-month period.
National Party transport spokesman Simeon Brown said Aucklanders will be “shocked” to learn more than 269,000 bus services have been cancelled this year.
“This is a significant increase from previous years and shows how public transport has become completely unreliable in Auckland this year.
