‘How do we make public transport as much loved as libraries?

 

 Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton (photo: Michael Craig)

In Simon Wilson’s revealing interview (Weekend Herald, April 22), new Auckland Transport chief Dean Kimpton wonders, “How do we make public transport as much loved as libraries?” Although he correctly identifies many other key ingredients to ending traffic congestion such as “rapid, frequent, safe, clean public transport”, the obvious comparison with libraries that Kimpton overlooks, is to make public transport services free at the point of use. 

Roger Fowler,

Fare-Free NZ.