New Transport Minister Jo Haylen says 28,000 services were cancelled in August last year alone under contracts with the former government — some of which are 10 years long.
abc.net.au/news/thousands-of-sydney-buses-cancelled-under-contract-rules/102213390Sydney's private bus contractors are earning bonuses by cancelling thousands of services to meet "on time" targets, the New South Wales government says.NSW's former Coalition government signed privatisation deals with companies to run Sydney's bus network
The Labor government said bus companies, such as Transdev John Holland which operates in Sydney's east, were being paid incentives to keep the city's bus services on time."Many passengers have been left on the side of the road waiting for a bus that never turns up and yet the private operator is not penalised for cancelling that bus," Ms Haylen said.
"Many of these contracts are many years way, in fact many of them up to 10 years in their length," she said.Jo Haylen says 1 million passengers were left stranded in August last year due to cancellations.
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