Auckland is currently short about 500 bus drivers and the shortage is resulting in thousands of services a day being cancelled. It a major factor towards making public transport in Auckland beyond a joke right now. In response, yesterday Auckland Transport announced that they will be temporarily removing regularly cancelled buses from timetables. Temporarily suspending some services is not the answer to the driver shortage and will not help to grow public transport use. Spreading out peak services improve conditions by allowing for more single-shift jobs, it also reduces the total number of buses needed and helps to make PT more useful off-peak for the public.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2022 18:31 UTC