On-demand buses are a new initiative for the NSW Government and allow passengers to book transport by bus from their home or a nearby collection point to a local transport hub or community centre.
In some parts of the world public transport is free to use and is fully funded by the community through taxation revenue. We investigate the potential outcomes if public transport fares were free in Sydney.
14 August 2014The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has assessed the impact of the change from paper-based tickets to the Opal card to ensure that the increases in fares complies with our determinations.IPART regulates maximum fa
Ticketing technology is evolving and the NSW Government recently introduced a new account based ticketing product for public transport called Opal Connect.
One of our objectives for the review is to ensure that public transport fares are affordable. We make a number of recommendations to the NSW Government to improve the affordability of public transport fares.
3 November 2015The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) is calling for public submissions on its annual review of fares for private ferries providing regular passenger services under contract to Transport for NSW (TfNSW).Each year,
We have considered both the underlying growth in demand for public transport services and the response to changes in the price of public transport in our modelling of public transport fares.
This Final Report and Final Determination sets out our decisions on maximum fares for seven private ferry operators that hold service contracts with Transport for NSW (TfNSW) in Sydney, the Central Coast and NSW North Coast.
