The Willow St bus exchange. File photo
A new set of timetables will be developed for Tauranga's roundly criticised new bus network.
Old bus routes may return while other services will be less frequent as the Bay of Plenty Regional Council attempts to stem the fallout from the new NZ Bus-operated Baybus network, which has attracted hundreds
of complaints since it launched with new routes in December.
In a heated meeting today the council's public transport committee gave staff the go-ahead to work with NZ Bus to create a new set of timetables with changes to the frequency of some services.
Council chief executive Fiona McTavish said that would mean some routes would run less often, for example hourly instead of half-hourly.
She said the new timetable would be sent out to the community and would give people certainty about using the network.
