Key Output (cont...)
Land Use and Transport Infrastructure Service Delivery
Passenger and freight services
This function involves ensuring, facilitating and coordinating the provision of services for the conveyance of people and goods. As part of this role the Department provides service delivery assistance to regional areas and provides grants and subsidies for initiatives that will contribute to achieving this.
Measure: 1000 seat place kilometres for regional air services
The Department provides regional subsidised air services to ensure that remote regional centres are serviced by air. This indicator measures the cost of provision of these services to the state. The chart below demonstrates the average cost of providing subsidised regional air services.
Data shown provides the average cost per 1000 seat kilometers travelled by subsidised air services.
Measure: Taxi user subsidy scheme
The Department operates a subsidy scheme to provide cheaper taxi fares for people with severe or temporary disabilities that prevent them from using conventional public transport. In 2003-04 this subsidy totaled $6,244,662.
The table below demonstrates the average cost of providing subsidised taxi services.
Data shown is the total cost of taxi user subsidies (TUSS) divided by the number of subsidised taxi trips.
Measure: North-West shipping services subsidy
To assist Western Australia's growth and economy, the Department plays an important role in setting future maritime transport directions and implementing policies and strategies for an integrated state transport system.
This measure gives an indication of the economies of servicing North-West communities through the movement of goods by sea. The chart below demonstrates the cost to government of providing a subsidised shipping service.
Data shown below is the comparative cost of the North-West shipping subsidy per voyage.
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