The ACT Liberals revealed recently that $47,000 is wasted every weekday, by the Labor Government on ACTION buses with no passengers on-board. ACT Shadow Transport Services Minister Alistair Coe commented that fact that the empty buses travel almost 20,000 kilometres every weekday is disgraceful.
Mr Coe commented “This wasted $47,000 per weekday could be spent on improving the substandard bus system through better route services. In fact, the cost of dead running is about the same as purchasing a new bus every week.”
“Due to ACT Labor’s mismanagement of the ACTION bus service, taxpayers are forking out over $12 million every year for empty buses which travel between depots and the start of routes,” Mr Coe added.