Minister Creecy says government is taking steps to reduce the cost burden on public transport users [SOUND]

# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says as geopolitical pressures drive up household costs, government is advancing an integrated transport system designed to make public transport safer and more affordable. October is Transport Month. Creecy says her department is in the process of reforming the public transport grant system into a unified support model available on selected routes to bus and taxi operators alike. She added that they are also confronting criminality and intimidation in the sector: