Meet Barbara Wise, Executive Director, Transport Partnerships, Regional and Outer Metropolitan

Once responsible for regulating point to point transport services, Barbara is now joining the Regional and Outer Metropolitan team as Executive Director, Transport Partnerships.

What are you most looking forward to in your new role?

We have such a great opportunity to provide improved transport options for regional NSW communities by working better together – particularly with NSW TrainLink and our regional bus services. Even though it is not in my team, I think the potential we have for better integrated planning across services and infrastructure is enormous.

What’s your biggest achievement to date?

I have been involved in so many pieces of great work at Transport for NSW. Probably the most transformative was the point to point transport reforms. These changes opened up the point to point transport market to competition, significantly improved industry accountability for safety and also modernised the regulator. There were so many people - inside and outside of Transport for NSW - that put a lot of effort into making it work. The best thing of all about the reforms is that the community adapted very quickly. The new normal is way better for customers than it used to be.

What was your last job?

I have been in Regional and Outer Metropolitan division since August 2019, learning from a very knowledgeable team about regional public transport services and identifying what we can do to improve services for regional communities. Before that I was the Point to Point Transport Commissioner, the regulator for point to point transport services including taxi and rideshare services.