Integrated Ticketing – the good news & the bad news
As well as the simple announcements yesterday that integrated ticketing is getting NZTA funding and that Thales are inching ever closer to being fully awarded the integrated/smart card ticketing contract for Auckland’s system there was also some further information on what the future of public transport in New Zealand might look like.…
8 Comments September 2009 Patronage – another decent result
ARTA’s September 2009 Monthly Business Report is out, and – continuing the trend of the past few months – shows solid, if unspectacular, growth in public transport patronage. Total patronage was up 3.6% on September 2008 – which equates to 181,882 additional boardings throughout the month.…
Funding for Integrated Ticketing Confirmed
Great news today, on two counts: Funding for integrated ticketing has been confirmed by NZTA
It’s Thales, and not Infratil (Snapper). Freaking YAY!
Funding approved today for Auckland’s integrated ticketing system
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) says it is delighted the New Zealand Transport Agency Board (NZTA) has approved funding today to move forward on the development of an integrated ticketing and fares system for Auckland’s train, bus and ferry users.…
The Transport Balance
A couple of weeks back my girlfriend Leila pointed me towards reading a blog post about positive space and negative space. The post is actually about writing, rather than related to any particular transport matter, but it uses an architectural concept to make a point about writing.…
Newmarket Station
Newmarket station has been under construction for a long time now, and quite excitingly we’re getting very close to the final result – with opening day only a couple of months away in earlyish January. I have glimpsed the station from the train as it has been under construction over the past year or two, and I have also seen a lot of photos that other people have taken, but until last weekend I hadn’t actually seen it ‘up close’ in person before.…
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