1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: The wheels on the bus go round and bound round 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: and bound round and bound though wheels on the bus 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: go round. And I just want you to be one 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: hundred percent confident in your own mind. It was not 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: me who called for this music. It was Ants this evening. 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: So in forty eight hours, when the song is still 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: sucking your head, you can't sleep at night. It's haunting 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: your dreams. Do not blame me, blame ANTS. Horizons Regional 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Council wants to know if you want to listen to 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: some bangers while you are riding the bus. I think 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: we can all agree that is not a banger. The Council, however, 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: says that some Connect bus drivers want to play music 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: on the onboard speakers, but they're not sure if this 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: is going to annoy the passengers. So if you're in 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: Parbiston North, in Huanganui or in Fielding, you can tell 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: the council through a survey whether you're up for some 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: sick tunes on your bus ride. Mark Reid is Horizons 18 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Regional Council, Manager of Transport Services And as with us 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: this evening, Kilder, Mark, are you yeah, very good? 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: Thanks? 21 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: What kind of music to the bus drivers want? To play. 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: Hey, look, it's a range at the moment, and a 23 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: lot of them like to play radio stations, serious things. 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: Some of them like to not play anything at all. 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: So we really just want to go to provide some 26 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: climents for them and and the rest of the rest 27 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 2: of the people on board as well. 28 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: Well, maybe we could just get news sos B busy, 29 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't it just get that? Look, we will get our 30 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: technical people in fact ants could probably do with a 31 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: couple of days out of the office. I can send 32 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: them down your way. He could come and make sure 33 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: that news soks BE is the only station that any 34 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: of your buses get you to be playing that no 35 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: complaints from the passengers even will be delighted where you go. 36 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: I mean I have I have heard from from the 37 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: early early returns that no one get said. 38 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: You have you have technically minded people in the Horizons 39 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: region who saw that the questionnaire was very specifically and 40 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: explicitly about music on the bus. So so other buses 41 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: actually set up to play music. 42 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, so all that buses can and some currently bus 43 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: drivers play at the front will play it throughout the bus, 44 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: and so they're all they're all capable. It's more just 45 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: how we want to do this going forward. 46 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, have people been complaining about bus drivers playing music? 47 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: So far? Not so much complaining, So what this has 48 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: really come about? So recently a lot of our buses 49 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: of Thomas North and Moves have been electric and so 50 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: great to have these these nice new comfortable buses for 51 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 2: act here some people, Hey, actually they're really quiet. Yeah, 52 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: sort of a bit a bit like sort of sending 53 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: in a silent elevator with you know, it doesn't know, 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 2: people who are not really sure who they are, and 55 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: that sort of feeling. So that's that's been more the 56 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: driver behind us rather than complaints around what music has 57 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: been being played. But yeah, just the more thinking around, 58 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 2: well how should we approach this? 59 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: So I'm just going to readly for one the three 60 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: questions you're asking in the survey. Number one, do people 61 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: mind music being played on the bus? Number two? If 62 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: music has played, what genres, playlist, radio station should be played? 63 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: Number three should there be different rules for music at 64 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: different times of the day and or year? But the 65 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: thing is, on the bus these days, most people we headphones, 66 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: don't they? 67 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: That was true. You get on the bus and most 68 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 2: people are buried in their phone or reading something on 69 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: that and listen to their own music. So just sitting 70 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: at their element too. And I guess whether it's silent 71 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: or music playing doesn't stop those people doing that either way. 72 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: Yeah. Nice. So look, I appreciate that you can juggle 73 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: a few balls at the same time, but I'm sure 74 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: there are a couple of people out there saying, come on, 75 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: is this absolutely the most important thing the council needs 76 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: to be doing right now? Don't you need to be 77 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: focusing on other things? What do you What do you 78 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: say to that? 79 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: Oh? I mean, yeah, there there are always always time 80 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: for a various brands of issues, and you know, this 81 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: is one that that has peaked interest, believe it or not, 82 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: around our council table, and definitely one that I guess 83 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: we want to just make sure we provide people the 84 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: opportunity to provide them feedback on. And look, we've already 85 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: got seventy odd people having provided some feedback and that's 86 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: in the space of a few hours since this afternoon, 87 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: so it's obviously a matter that people people are interested in. 88 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's probably a better turnout than the todunger City 89 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: councils having their elections. 90 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: Thank you. 91 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: Very much, Mark and good luck. I think it's a 92 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: great idea. What would I choose? I reckon Kanye West 93 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: first six albums on repeat and I reckon it should 94 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: be thrown over to the bus driver, right so the bus, 95 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: each bus driver should be able to make a call. 96 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: It's my bus, this is the music that I'm playing. 97 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: I'm in charge of the stereo. That's the end of that. 98 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 99 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,559 Speaker 1: news Talk said Be from four pm weekdays, or follow 100 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.