❓ Mr. Marshall questions planned changes to school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah, focusing on private operator involvement, route changes, driver familiarity, and fare structure. The answer details the changes, including Transperth replacing some services and the introduction of Transperth fares for some students.
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(b) is the present bus run going to change; (c) if so, when; (d) will Private Owners be involved in the new contracts; (e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(c) if so, when; (d) will Private Owners be involved in the new contracts; (e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(d) will Private Owners be involved in the new contracts; (e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(a)-(b) Transperth currently operates a comprehensive network of school services on Transperth buses in the wider Mandurah area. There have been a number of minor changes to these services over the past two years, but there are no plans for any comprehensive changes to the network in the Mandurah area in the near term. However, there are also a number of school bus services from Rockingham suburbs and the coastal communities between Rockingham and Mandurah that service Mandurah schools, and some changes to these northern services are planned for the 2004 school year. The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services. Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services. Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(c) if so, when; (d) will Private Owners be involved in the new contracts; (e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(d) will Private Owners be involved in the new contracts; (e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(e) will the existing routes be used; (f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(f) will a new system remain with drivers that the children know; and (g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(g) will a new fee structure be introduced or will the buses continue to go straight to schools?
(a)-(b) Transperth currently operates a comprehensive network of school services on Transperth buses in the wider Mandurah area. There have been a number of minor changes to these services over the past two years, but there are no plans for any comprehensive changes to the network in the Mandurah area in the near term. However, there are also a number of school bus services from Rockingham suburbs and the coastal communities between Rockingham and Mandurah that service Mandurah schools, and some changes to these northern services are planned for the 2004 school year. The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services. Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services. Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares. Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds. (c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year. (d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit. (e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah. (f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day. (g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
(g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
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Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
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(a)-(b) Transperth currently operates a comprehensive network of school services on Transperth buses in the wider Mandurah area. There have been a number of minor changes to these services over the past two years, but there are no plans for any comprehensive changes to the network in the Mandurah area in the near term. However, there are also a number of school bus services from Rockingham suburbs and the coastal communities between Rockingham and Mandurah that service Mandurah schools, and some changes to these northern services are planned for the 2004 school year.
The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services.
Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares.
Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds.
(c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year.
(d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit.
(e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah.
(f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day.
(g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
The current arrangements were made at a time when Transperth bus services in the area were infrequent and irregular. The significant investment by this Government in the construction of the new Mandurah Bus Station and upgrades to Mandurah’s bus services in recent years means that it is now appropriate for students to move towards using Transperth services.
Therefore, school buses from the southern Rockingham suburbs and Secret Harbour will be replaced by Transperth services. Students from these areas will be able to utilise Transperth services in 2004 to travel to Mandurah schools if they elect to seek schooling in the Mandurah area. The existing school services operating from Golden Bay, Singleton and Madora will continue to operate but students will be required to pay appropriate Transperth fares.
Students living in Mandurah and attending Mandurah schools or indeed attending schools in Rockingham have, for some time, been required to travel on Transperth bus services and pay the appropriate concession fare. The introduction of the Transperth equivalent fare within the designated public transport area represents an equitable outcome for the community and better use of Government funds.
(c) The changes will commence from the beginning of the 2004 school year.
(d) The existing contracts involving school bus operators with long term contracts will be honoured. That is, any contractor with an ongoing contract term whose school run is no longer required will be offered an altered route or an alternative route in the immediate area. Four services to be taken over by Transperth will be operated by Transperth’s contracted private operator for this contract area, Southern Coast Transit.
(e) A number of students who previously used the existing orange school bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will have their travel patterns altered. Students residing in areas along the coastal strip from Mandurah up to Golden Bay can continue to travel on school services but will pay the appropriate Transperth fare. Students living from Secret Harbour north can use the regular Transperth services operating from Rockingham to Mandurah, which will be modified at appropriate times to deliver students to schools in Mandurah.
(f) It is likely that services operated by Transperth will be driven by different drivers on a day to day or week to week basis. This is the same arrangement as exists for the tens of thousands of students carried on Transperth services each school day.
(g) Students boarding bus services between Rockingham and Mandurah will be required to pay the applicable Transperth fare. Transperth will deviate its regular services to the major Mandurah schools at the appropriate time to assist those students who use these services.
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Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.