❓ Hon. Samantha Rowe questions the Minister for Transport regarding Route 297 bus service patronage and potential service improvements, receiving a negative response due to lack of increased patronage.
AnsweredQoN 977Legislative Council
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BUS
SERVICE — ROUTE 297
977. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to a letter I received from
the Minister for Transport on 9 June 2015 regarding the route 297 bus service.
The minister noted that Transperth would continue to
monitor patronage on the bus service and respond to changing demands.
(1) How does this continual
monitoring occur, and how regularly is data on the service collected?
(2) Has recent monitoring revealed
increased patronage over the past six months?
(3) Are there plans to improve the
frequency of the service; and, if not, why not?
(4) Will the
government consider putting on an additional 297 service from Midland train
station after school on school days?
SERVICE — ROUTE 297
977. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to a letter I received from
the Minister for Transport on 9 June 2015 regarding the route 297 bus service.
The minister noted that Transperth would continue to
monitor patronage on the bus service and respond to changing demands.
(1) How does this continual
monitoring occur, and how regularly is data on the service collected?
(2) Has recent monitoring revealed
increased patronage over the past six months?
(3) Are there plans to improve the
frequency of the service; and, if not, why not?
(4) Will the
government consider putting on an additional 297 service from Midland train
station after school on school days?
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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1) Patronage
data from TransperthXXX ###XXXs ticketing system is
collected every day and reviewed each month by TransperthXXX ###XXXs
service planners to identify trends. In addition, Transperth bus operators record all trips that are heavily loaded each week, and Transperth develops plans to alleviate these issues.
(2) No.
(3)–(4) No, because patronage has not changed.
some notice of this question.
(1) Patronage
data from TransperthXXX ###XXXs ticketing system is
collected every day and reviewed each month by TransperthXXX ###XXXs
service planners to identify trends. In addition, Transperth bus operators record all trips that are heavily loaded each week, and Transperth develops plans to alleviate these issues.
(2) No.
(3)–(4) No, because patronage has not changed.
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