{"id":1015,"date":"2022-12-06T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=9171e9c2a9671db12aa36a4c9692f828"},"modified":"2022-12-06T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:47:10","slug":"auckland-fare-rises-a-double-whammy-for-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"Auckland fare rises a double whammy for travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aucklanders using the troubled public transport network could soon be hit with a fare double whammy, with the\u00a0council proposing a 6.5% fare rise\u00a0alongside the likely\u00a0end of the Government\u2019s half-price fare scheme.<\/p>\n

The latest bad news is contained in the fine\u00a0detail of the budget to be proposed next week by the mayor Wayne Brown. It comes on top of\u00a0unprecedented cuts to bus\u00a0and future rail services.<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport approved the fare increase at its December 1 meeting and it will be subject to council approval, as part of a budget aimed at\u00a0closing a forecast deficit of $295 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aucklanders using the troubled public transport network could soon be hit with a fare double whammy, with the\u00a0council proposing a 6.5% fare rise\u00a0alongside the l<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t