Functions
ARTA's roles included:
- Integrating transport planning in the Auckland Region, with a goal of an efficient and sustainable network providing modal choice
- Prioritising transport projects in Auckland and making recommendations on funding (especially since the New Zealand Transport Agency-related law changes of 2008)
- Operating the passenger rail network in Auckland in cooperation with KiwiRail Network, and improving stations, trains and maintenance facilities
- Designing and operating bus and ferry services
- Marketing passenger transport services under the MAXX brand
- Assisting Auckland schools and workplaces in fostering sustainable transport, such as by developing travel plans
About half of the ARC's rates went to fund public transport via ARTA.
Read more about this topic: Auckland Regional Transport Authority
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