Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Transport regarding declining patronage on the Transperth 604 bus route to South Yunderup, and the Minister responds that Transperth will continue to monitor the service and make adjustments as needed.

AnsweredQoN 1050Legislative Council
Asked
22 September 2015
Portfolio
Transport

QuestionView source ↗

TRANSPERTH
— SOUTH YUNDERUP
1050. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to question without notice
918 asked by me on 9 September.
(1) Has Transperth reviewed
patronage of the 604 bus route to South Yunderup?
(2) If yes to (1), when was the
review carried out?
(3) Who was consulted during the
review?
(4) Has patronage of this route
decreased?
(5) If yes to (4), what issues have
been raised with the minister about the reasons for this decrease?
(6) What actions will the minister
take to address these concerns?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1) Yes; due to
poor and declining patronage as a result of the low-density passenger catchment
and changing student travel patterns.
(2) On 19 April 2015.
(3) The change
made to this particular bus route was with respect to only the timetable; that
is, there was a reduction in the frequency of services. Transperth engages in
consultation only when services are changed to operate on different roads.
(4) Yes.
(5) Transperth
makes over 1 000 similar changes to its services for similar reasons each year,
which is a normal part of monitoring its business and is not raised with the
minister.
(6) The minister
has asked Transperth to continue to monitor the bus service, and make
adjustments as required.

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