A map of Auckland’s Frequent Transit Network in 2025
This is a repost that was first published by Nicolas Reid on his Linked In page.
Ten years ago while working on Auckland Transport’s New Network I sketched out a public transport network map for Auckland. This was intended as a tool to help communicate the differences and benefits of the new integrated bus network that we had just designed around a new connective service model.…
18 Comments Auckland, Derailed
Rail users have put up with a lot of disruption over the last 15 or so years. Every Christmas/New Year or long weekend we tell ourselves that maybe this is it, that this is the last major shutdown and from now on, that now the network is finally fixed and we won’t have to put up with this disruption again.…
Henderson and Rathgar Cycle Consultation
At the beginning of last year, Auckland Transport consulted on what, if fully delivered, will be an exciting, safe cycle network for Henderson comprising of eight routes in addition to the existing off-road paths that that currently exist. To me, the two biggest issues with that consultation were: That Rathgar Rd wasn’t included in the network.…
Flashback Saturday: NW Busway update
Most Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in September 2014.
Along with information about the Downtown open space options, the agenda for the councils Development Committee (19 MB) contains an update on the Northwestern Busway.…
Weekly Roundup 30-September-2022
Tēnā koutou. We’ve made it to the last Weekly Roundup of September!
Cover image by Mitchell Houlbrook, via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
On Tuesday, Matt reflected on what’s been achieved for transport in 5 years of the Labour-led government.…
Lifting our game for systems change – project by project
Today, Auckland Transport is running two “community participation sessions”:
Through an independent facilitator, these sessions will delve into the pros and cons of options that physically separate cycle and vehicle lanes, incorporating your feedback and ideas, enabling us to collectively reach a solution.…
PT Ridership is starting to recover – again
With COVID restrictions mostly removed and other winter illnesses receding, I’ve been back in the office more regularly. But I’m clearly not the only one and particularly over the last few weeks trains and buses have been feeling much busier with some trips even feeling a bit more like the before times.…
The government’s performance on transport – 5 years on
On October 20th 2017 I wrote a very hopeful post about the change that is coming to transport. The previous evening Winston Peters had, finally, chosen to form a Government with Labour. In that post I laid out a lot of reasons to be hugely optimistic about the future.…
Flashback Saturday: Freeing us from traffic
Most Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in September 2014.
Yesterday the Herald ran a fantastic opinion piece from Dr Jamie Hosking who is a senior lecturer and health and transport researcher at the University of Auckland.…
Weekly Roundup 23-September-22
Kia ora koutou. Public holiday on Monday AND daylight savings begins on Sunday. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt wrote about the proposed Reshaping Streets legislation changes, for which submissions closed on Monday night.
In Tuesday’s post, Heidi encouraged all of us to get out and vote, march and motivate: vote in the local body elections, march in today’s Fridays for Future climate protest, and motivate each other to join in.…
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