❓ Hodson-Thomas questions the deployment, scheduling, and responsibilities of transit guards on the Transperth bus system. The Minister responds that while the PTA legislation allows for wider deployment, the immediate focus remains on trains, with bus security currently handled by a private firm. Fare evasion checks are already part of the transit guards' role.
AnsweredQoN 1408Legislative Assembly
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(b) what is the expected number of buses they will cover in the course of a working week; (c) how will timetables for their activities be constructed, to ensure that all bus routes in the metropolitan area receive intervention in this way; (d) what process will be implemented to allow transit guards to respond effectively to ‘hot spot’ areas, and crisis intervention; (e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(c) how will timetables for their activities be constructed, to ensure that all bus routes in the metropolitan area receive intervention in this way; (d) what process will be implemented to allow transit guards to respond effectively to ‘hot spot’ areas, and crisis intervention; (e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(d) what process will be implemented to allow transit guards to respond effectively to ‘hot spot’ areas, and crisis intervention; (e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(g) Transit Guards already have the capacity to check for fare evasion, and this role is exercised by Transit Guards. The PTA legislation also provides for other authorised persons to conduct ticket checking for fare evasion.
(c) how will timetables for their activities be constructed, to ensure that all bus routes in the metropolitan area receive intervention in this way; (d) what process will be implemented to allow transit guards to respond effectively to ‘hot spot’ areas, and crisis intervention; (e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(d) what process will be implemented to allow transit guards to respond effectively to ‘hot spot’ areas, and crisis intervention; (e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(e) what mixture of day and night routes will be included in their schedules; (f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(f) will the transit guards also respond to issues relating to school students, or include special bus services in their scheduling; and (g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(g) will these bus transit guards also have the responsibility to check for fare evasion, including the misuse of concession cards, or will their role be solely confined to security?
(g) Transit Guards already have the capacity to check for fare evasion, and this role is exercised by Transit Guards. The PTA legislation also provides for other authorised persons to conduct ticket checking for fare evasion.
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Answered
25 June 2003
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
50 days
(a) – (f) The revised budget arrangements for 2003/04 will allow a full complement of Transit Guards to be employed so that the Transit Guards alone will meet the commitment of a Guard on every train, with two Guards on all trains after 7.00 pm. Over and above this force, the West Australian Police Service’s Transit Unit provides another level of coverage and law enforcement on public transport. While the new Public Transport Authority (PTA) legislation provides for PTA Transit Guards to operate on the wider public transport system, it should be recognised that for the short to medium term their primary focus will remain Transperth trains. Security on Transperth’s bus system is currently provided by a commercial contract with a private security firm, Secureforce International. This security firm provides officers at major bus stations and mobile patrols at various points around the system on particular nights. A level of cooperation and coordination has already been established between the management of Western Australian Government Railways Commission (soon to be PTA) Transit Guards and the management of Secureforce International. When the PTA is formally established, further planning will be conducted on the security needs of the bus system and other Transperth station locations. This will include consideration of where and when Transit Guards should be extended to various parts of the Transperth system.
(g) Transit Guards already have the capacity to check for fare evasion, and this role is exercised by Transit Guards. The PTA legislation also provides for other authorised persons to conduct ticket checking for fare evasion.
(g) Transit Guards already have the capacity to check for fare evasion, and this role is exercised by Transit Guards. The PTA legislation also provides for other authorised persons to conduct ticket checking for fare evasion.
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