Page 4987 - Week 13 - Thursday, 2 November 2017

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(1) Will the two rainbow-wrapped Transport Canberra buses be allocated to existing Transport Canberra bus routes or will the buses be used for campaign purposes around the ACT.

(2) If the buses are to be used for campaign purposes, have they been removed from use as part of the standard Transport Canberra bus fleet.

(3) What was the cost of wrapping the two buses.

(4) When was it decided to wrap the two buses and who made that decision.

(5) When was the rainbow-coloured wrap applied to the buses.

(6) When is the rainbow-coloured wrap scheduled to be removed from the buses.

(7) Will the rainbow wrap be applied to any other buses in the Transport Canberra bus fleet.

(8) Have the rainbow-wrapped buses been used on school services; if so, how many times to date.

(9) What routes have the rainbow-wrapped buses serviced from the roll out to date.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) These buses are used across the Transport Canberra bus network.

(2) No.

(3) $22,880. This was funding from Transport Canberra’s annual allocation of free bus wraps.

(4) 16 August 2017. The direction to wrap the two rainbow buses came from my office.

(5) 26 and 27 August 2017.

(6) The wraps will be in place for approximately three months.

(7) It is not intended that the wraps be extended to other buses within the fleet at this time.

(8) To date, the rainbow-wrapped buses have been used on school services 18 times (as at 18 September 2017).

(9) The table below displays the number of times the rainbow-wrapped buses have serviced each route to date (as at 18 September 2017):

Route Number

Number of times serviced

Route Number

Number of times serviced

1

5

313

4

2

7

314

4

3

3

315

1


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