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20 December 2021
Tony Randle
[FYI request #17647 email]
REF: OIA-9096
Dear Tony
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 22 November 2021 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all international reviews that
discuss which PT services (bus and rail) would be considered rapid transit services used to
support the development of the ONF?
2) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all reports used to support
the development of the ONF that discuss the criteria to be used for assessing if a PT service (bus
or rail) is rapid transit?
3) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all reports used to support
the development of the ONF that discuss Metro Rail Lines and why they are all considered to be
rapid transit corridors under the ONF?
4) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all ONF reports used to
support the statement in the 1 September ONF movement and place classification discussion
document that "Buses > 40 services per hour" are considered rapid transit and bus services ">12
bus services per hour" are only considered PT2 "Spine Services" ?
5) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all ONF presentations,
working papers or background reports used to support the definition that "al Metro Rail lines
would be classified as PT1 (highest strategic significance) as they are considered rapid transit
corridors irrespective of frequency, availability and or volume of people movement."
6) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all ONF presentations,
working papers or background reports used to support the definition that "Buses > 40 services per
hour" are considered rapid transit and bus services ">12 bus services per hour" are only
considered PT2 "Spine Services"
7) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all ONF meeting (or
workshop) agendas, presentations, working papers or background reports where discussions on
the criteria to classify rail PT services under the ONF including if it would be assessed as rapid
transit or not ?
8) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any and all ONF meeting (or
workshop) agendas, presentations, working papers or background reports where discussions on
the criteria to classify bus PT services under the ONF including if it would be assessed as rapid
transit or not ?
9) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any correspondence with Auckland
Transport on which PT services (bus and rail) would be considered rapid transit services?
10) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any correspondence with the
Greater Wellington Regional Council on which PT services (bus and rail) would be considered
rapid transit services?
11) Can The Road Efficiency Group please provide a copy of any correspondence with Waka
Kotahi on which PT services (bus and rail) would be considered rapid transit services?
As a member of the Road Efficiency Group (REG), Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency considers any
information held by the REG to also be information held by itself.
I am refusing part 1 of your request for any and all international reviews that discuss which PT
services (bus and rail) would be considered rapid transit services used to support the development of
the ONF under section 18(g) of the Act. The information requested is not held by Waka Kotahi and I
have no grounds for believing that the information is either held by or more closely connected with the
functions of another department, interdepartmental venture, Minister of the Crown, organisation, or
local authority.
I can confirm that all documents fal ing within scope of the remaining parts of your request, unless
already publicly available, were provided to you by Waka Kotahi on 19 July 2021, under reference
OIA-8243.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Ministerial Services, by email
to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Vanessa Browne
National Manager, Programme and Standards
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