Horizons Regional Council has recorded more than a million passenger trips across its public transport network over the past year.
Palmerston North’s all-electric bus service and Whanganui’s Te Ngaru The Tide bus service, two recent additions to the region’s service, had significant growth in usage, councillor Sam Ferguson said.
“The demand for public transport is certainly there, so it’s great to see such a significant uptake of these services,” Ferguson said.
Fergusson, the council’s passenger transport committee chairperson, said the growth was a positive sign that services were recovering after the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
