Bruce Weir: Independent Urban Planning Expert on Labour's public transport policy

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jun 10, 2026 · 5m · transcript

There’s a belief a cap on public transport fares would be better bang for buck compared to other roading projects.

Labour's campaigning on a $20 weekly maximum in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, and $10 elsewhere.

It would be funded by re-prioritising $65 million from the National Land Transport Fund.

Independent urban planning expert Bruce Weir told Francesca Rudkin for some projects, $65 million doesn't go very far.

He says when it's sunk into the roading network, it's chewed through pretty quickly and doesn't bring many long-term benefits.

But the benefits of the policy, like…