Bus service count
The. Christchurch Transport Board will count the 'passengers using its free City Clipper service during the’next three weeks. The count will be compared with a similar one made in the corresponding period in 1975, when the service began. The results will be used to show if route changes are necessary to pick up more passengers. The general manager of I the board (Mr M. G. Taylor) said that although the serIvice was free, its patronage
■ had declined in three years. >'The board had no plans to >lend the service however. , j The Clipper survey is part lof a larger one the board is -Imaking of all services, to see > how they correspond to the ’ city’s travel patterns. ! ■ When the survey is completed by March 31 next ) I year, the board will amend Hservices. The survey, ex- ! pected to cost about $12,000, ;is being done by the town jipianning consultants. Ga- . bites Alington and Edmond- ! son.
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Press, 4 December 1978, Page 20
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