❓ Mrs. Harvey questions the Public Transport Authority (PTA) about a lowered budget target for metropolitan bus service passenger numbers per service kilometre. The PTA attributes the decrease to predicted lower patronage and identifies Route 291 as experiencing the largest decline.
AnsweredQoN 2119Legislative Assembly
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(1) Referring to the Public Transport Authority's outcomes and key effectiveness indicators, why has the budget target for 2017-18 for Metropolitan Bus Services passengers per service kilometre been lowered by seven per cent from the 2016-17 target? (2) Which bus services have received the largest decline? (3) Was the Office of the Auditor General involved in the lowering of these Key Effectiveness Indicators?
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Answered
22 November 2017
Responded by
Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands
Response time
13 days
(1) The target was decreased to 1.14 (-6.6% below the 2016-17 target) to allow for predicted decreased patronage.
(2) Route 291 received the largest per cent decline in average passengers per service kilometres.
(3) The Office of the Auditor General, audits the Key Effectiveness Indicator actuals annually and provides an opinion which is included in the Public Transport Authority’s Annual Report. For more than seven years the Auditor General has not raised any concerns with regard to the Public Transport Authority’s Indicators.
(2) Route 291 received the largest per cent decline in average passengers per service kilometres.
(3) The Office of the Auditor General, audits the Key Effectiveness Indicator actuals annually and provides an opinion which is included in the Public Transport Authority’s Annual Report. For more than seven years the Auditor General has not raised any concerns with regard to the Public Transport Authority’s Indicators.
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