This initiative will deliver real savings to commuters with a regular weekday commuter to the CBD from Oxley or Mitchelton saving $220 a year while commuters travelling from Varsity Lakes or Palmwoods will save $667 each year.
This is a practical and real incentive for commuters to use public transport regularly as workers will have an incentive to travel both to and from work on a bus, train or ferry and will get their journey home on Friday free. As a special bonus any public transport journeys they take on the weekend, be it to the movies or the Coast will also be free.
Labor has continued to fail commuters by pushing up prices while at the same time not focusing on delivering a public transport network that is reliable, frequent and safe.
Under Labor the cost of public transport is doubling over five years and the percentage of commuters using public transport has stagnated for the last 15 years.
Unlike the LNP's proposal that will deliver real cost of living benefits to reward regular commuters, the Government only reduces fares for a tiny number of Queenslanders and tries to con commuters this is delivering a benefit.
The LNP will revitalise front line services and lower the cost of living by cutting waste.
You can't have a public transport system that works for commuters without a change of Government. With your help the LNP will get Queensland Back on Track.
LNP Policy Commitments:
- Provide real fare relief for regular commuters by making the tenth and any additional journeys each week free.
- Deliver public transport in South East Queensland that works for commuters by delivering a reliable, frequent and safe network.
- Review the fare structure more broadly once the State's dire budget position has been addressed.