Molloy dangles one year free Auckland public transport trial

Molloy dangles one year free Auckland public transport trial
Leo Molloy's promise: "a chance, a choice, a change" for Auckland. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Auckland mayoral candidate Leo Molloy is proposing to test the public's appetite for public transport by making services free for a year “and see who actually uses” it.In the second in a weekly series of online mayoral forums organised by the Newmarket and Parnell business associations, Molloy also suggested greater use of ferries for public transport to make good on his desire to make Auckland the “diamond” in the crown of the Pacific Rim.“We should look at ferries,” he said. “They add flavour and...

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