Total Mobility

How can we best support our community through the Total Mobility Scheme?

The Total Mobility Scheme provides accessible transport for those in our community with mobility restrictions. Invercargill City Council administers the scheme on behalf of the wider Southland region, including Gore and Southland districts.

During the past few years, participation in the scheme has grown, which has led to significant unbudgeted expenditure.

We are reviewing the scheme, with the intention of finding solutions that allow us to continue to run the scheme in a sustainable way that provides a consistent transportation option for those that need it. We are committed to working with those in our community who have mobility restrictions, and depend on accessible transportation options, service providers and assessing agencies, as well as friends and whanau and others who support current users.

Options we are considering:

• Reducing the subsidy level from 75 percent to 50 percent, which we recently consulted on through the Regional Public Transport Plan
• tightening up rules around user contributions (fares) where these have fallen under the current 25 percent level
• limiting the number of uses per cardholder.

We want to hear what you think of these proposals, as well as any other ideas you have for how we can operate the scheme in a financially-sustainable way, that best supports the users who rely on it

Feedback closes 4 July 2025