2014-09-16 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                        16 SEPTEMBER 2014


4.      Fare Increase

Service fares have remained fixed since the inception of the service in 2005 ($1 concession/ $2
adult one way). Table 2 below provides 6 months of data to provide estimated costs to Council of
a fare increase using two pricing options.

Option 1:      $2 concession/ $4 adult
Option 2:      $3 all users

Table 2: Fare Increase
                                 Cost to      Cost to       Net          Cost to           Net
     Month    Adult     Con      Council      Council    Reduction       Council        Reduction
                                Currently    Option 1                  Option 2 $3
                                 $1/$2        $2/$4

     Nov 13    36       274    $5,580.44    $5,265.89    $314.55      $5,049.53        $530.91

     Dec 13    39       310    $5,539.20    $5,125.56    $413.64      $4,879.20        $660.00

     Jan 14    45       294    $6,055.84    $5,665.84    $390.00      $5,439.47        $616.36

     Feb 14    37       281    $5,017.94    $4,695.21    $322.73      $4,473.39        $544.55

     Mar 14    31       287    $5,481.76    $5,680.94    $317.27      $4,931.76        $550.00

     Apr 14    67       282    $5,642.25    $5,138.62    $503.64      $4,943.16        $699.09

     Total     255      1728   $33,317.43   $31,055.61   $2,261.82    $29,716.52       $3600.91

Annualised                     $66,634.85   $62,111.22   $4,523.64    $59,433.04       $7,201.82

For comparative purposes, an adult travelling from Tewantin to Peregian on a TransLink service
would pay $4.14 with a gocard and $6.10 with a paper ticket. A concession card holder would
pay $2.07 with a gocard and $3.10 with a paper ticket. (A TransLink service from Tewantin to
Peregian crosses two zones and is approximately 18km which is comparable to the distance
from Boreen Point to Tewantin). TransLink have implemented several fare increases since 2005
whilst the Flexilink service has never had a fare increase.

5.      TransLink Service

Based on informal discussions with TransLink, it is unlikely that the Boreen Point-Tewantin route
would be incorporated into the Sunshine Coast bus network, however discussions will continue to
investigate inclusion of the service into the network.

Previous Council Consideration

Cessation of the Lake Macdonald to Cooroy Flexilink trial service (March 2014)

Public Transport Levy adopted in 2014/15 Budget




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