Aucklanders are being offered hope of cheaper public transport now introduction of the region's $100 million electronic ticketing scheme is complete.
A report that Auckland Transport chairman Lester Levy expects will recommend lower fares to help meet ambitious patronage targets is due before his council body's board in two months.
Dr Levy said yesterday that apart from two technical problems late last year that required weeks of extra testing of the AT Hop card on various bus fleets, the introduction had been a success.
"This is the start in trying to make the whole [public transport] experience better but technically, compared to other places, it has gone particularly well," he said.
More than 280,000 Hop cards are in circulation for seamless cash-free travel on 13 bus fleets as well as trains and most ferries.
