Transport Role

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is involved with land transport in several ways.  This involvement can be divided into three broad areas:

• Funding of passenger transport services
• Organisation of Total Mobility Scheme
• Registration of Passenger Services

Other Organisations

The Regional Council is not the only organisation involved in the provision and administration of transport in Hawke’s Bay.  Other organisations and their functions include:

New Zealand Transport Agency

New Zealand Police
The Police are responsible for traffic safety.

Local Councils

Local councils - Napier City, Wairoa, Hastings and Central Hawke’s Bay District - are responsible for the planning, management and provision of transport infrastructure within their jurisdictional area of their own territories.  This includes traffic management, roading, bus shelters and stops.

Operators
Operators are responsible for the safe and efficient provision of services, providing non-subsidised (commercial) services, and tendering for the provision of subsidised (non-commercial) services.

Planning

Strategic planning for future transport needs includes -

•  the Regional Land Transport Strategy,
•  the Regional Public Transport Plan, 
•  the Rural Transportation Study
•  the Heretaunga Plains Transportation Study.
•  monitoring and planning of the transport network.

Promotion

We encourage greater use of transport options such as buses, cycling and walking

Administration

We manage and monitor the routes and services, and provide  bus timetable information