Station boarding data
Auckland Transport has kindly sent me some really useful data showing boardings at each station on the rail network for the years between 2003 and 2010. The excel worksheet can be accessed here, and the information is shown below: It’s worth remembering that these are boardings only, and they’re also just a snapshot.…
Will HOP make rail fare evasion more or less common?
A couple of weeks ago I caught a Western Line train from Britomart to Morningside during the PM peak. It didn’t seem to be an unusually busy train – with a few standees past Newmarket but definitely not ‘crush loaded’. Rather surprisingly, not a single ticket collector even entered our carriage until we had reached Mt Eden station, and the clippie only just reached me seconds before I got off the train at Morningside.…
Convention centre: catalyst for improving Hobson & Nelson?
I was initially disappointed by the decision that SkyCity had won the bid for a new international convention centre in downtown Auckland. I was more of a fan of “The Edge” proposal, largely because a key part of that proposal would have involved the restoration of the St James theatre.…
The usefulness of stop grouping
Spending most of my days at Auckland hospital in recent times (and the likelihood of continuing to do so for a few more days) has provided me with a fairly interesting insight into the operations of public transport in another corner of the city.…
Warning: plague of blind drivers in Grafton
Reading yet another stupid article in the NZ Herald today about people getting fined for driving over Grafton Bridge during the 7am-7pm Monday to Friday period when it’s bus only really makes me wonder whether there’s a plague of blind drivers in this part of Auckland.…
Dead running – and how to reduce it
The Human Transit blog has a good post about “dead running”, which effectively is the time buses spend not in service. Jarrett notes the two general circumstances that create dead running:
All transit vehicles must travel between their operating bases, where they are stored and maintained, and the beginning and endpoints of service.…
Trams are back
I somewhat missed this story over the past few days, with lots of other things going on, but earlier this week the two heritage trams arrived from Melbourne that will run around the tram loop in Wynyard Quarter. Here’s Auckland Transport’s media release:
The return of trams to Auckland streets came a step closer today when two historic tramcars rolled off a ship from Melbourne at Jellico Wharf.…
The next generation…
Well a pretty amazing and unexpected day today. My fiancee Leila was due to have our baby on July 14th, but it seems that the little thing was a bit impatient and couldn’t wait that long. Cue very hurried labour and a gorgeous little girl born at 12.04pm today.…
AA Survey on Auckland Transport Issues
Other than the City Rail link, there was another interesting presentation at the transport committee on Tuesday, the results of a survey conducted by the AA. The survey was conducted in the middle of may and sent out to a selection of their Auckland members, they had 6030 responses and the results have a margin of error of +1.3%.…
City Rail Link presentation
On Tuesday officials from Auckland Council and Auckland Transport made an extensive presentation to the Transport Committee on the City Rail Link project – in particular on the business case review and why there are differences between their position and government’s position.…
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