On The Buses
Host: Andrew Johnstone
Category: News, Issues and Current Affairs
Language: English
Andrew Johnstone is a writer, columnist and Free FM content creator. In his words;
“In early April I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I came across a post from the Waipa District Council announcing that a brand new fleet of 6 electric buses would soon be plying the routes between Te Awamutu, Cambridge and Kirikiriroa/Hamilton.
My excitement was tempered when I began reading the comments thread, which turned out was a litany of negativity.
Dismayed by the response, I devoted my May Waikato Times column to the subject and as I dashed of the last sentence I realised that I’ve never actually travelled in an electric vehicle.
With that in mind I recently I rode one of the new buses from Cambridge to Kirikiriroa/Hamilton and on the way I talked to Connor Mear from Tranzit NZ and two of the drivers, Sandy Nicolson and Graham Matthews.