12 Apr 2022

Public transport discounts popular but will they continue?

From Checkpoint, 5:11 pm on 12 April 2022

Have cheaper public transport prices got you out of your car - and onto the bus or the train?

The subsidies are part of a three month package to ease the pressure on peoples' wallets - but should they be extended further, or even become a permanent fixture?

The first week the cut-price fares were in place, public transport use in Auckland reached record highs - hitting one million trips.

Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.