Measuring PT Performance Better
After yesterdays post on bus performance this comment from Peter got me thinking.
One thing that’s always annoyed me about reliability and punctuality statistics is that they generally don’t account for varying passenger loads throughout the day. For example, if the 10.30pm train runs 10 minutes late then not too many people are affected.…
5 Comments The laughable bus reliability statistics
There was something in last Thursday’s NZ Herald article about the punctuality and reliability of public transport in Auckland that really stood out like a sore thumb:
But buses stuck to their timetables – or were at least no more than five minutes late – in 99.24 per cent of cases last month and ferries were even more punctual, hitting the mark in 99.73 per cent of cases.…
Guest Post: Los Angeles – but not as we know it
This is a Guest Post by Peter and continues his series on overseas cities.
Los Angeles is a poster child for automobile dependent sprawl – a moniker that is somewhat justified, even if it also happens to be one of the denser American cities (if you use the rather dodgy measurement of average density).…
Guest Post: Feeder buses in Toronto
This post is by Peter, and follows on from his previous post about feeder buses.
Toronto is the biggest city in Canada, and is an interesting case-study because – for such a large city – it has a relatively small ‘rapid transit network’.…
Multi-What?
Along with ‘Transformational’ the other phrase suffering from misuse in discussions around Auckland’s transport plans at the moment is ‘Multi-Modal’. This seems to have come from the logistics sector where it refers to the sending of goods over a variety of technologies and/or involving handling by various companies to get to their destination.…
LTP and RLTP submission
Here are the key points from my submissions to Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) and Auckland Transport’s Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP). The LTP sets out everything that Auckland Council intends to spend its money on over the next decade – including what it will spend on transport matters.…
Manukau Train Station gets a date (and images)
Another press release from Auckland Transport yesterday, this time confirming that the Manukau line and station will open on April 15.
First stage of Manukau Station opens soon
The first stage of Auckland’s newest train station and the first rail line since the 1930s will open in Manukau on 15 April.…
Double-deckers are coming!
An exciting media release from Auckland Transport yesterday and something hinted at on here a few days ago:
Double decker buses to be trialled
Double decker buses could soon be on the roads of Auckland.
A number of bus operators want to trial double decker buses on the city’s busiest bus routes possibly starting later in the year.…
Feb 2012 Patronage Report
Some more patronage information today. AT has released it’s February patronage report that shows we have now passed 70m trips per year on PT, the first time it has happened since the late 1950’s. Here are some of the highlights Auckland public transport patronage totalled 70,201,635 passengers for the 12-months to Feb 2012 an increase of 6,135,469 boardings or +9.6%.…
PT Patronage up by a third in 4 years
It’s easy to criticise Auckland’s public transport system, or wishfully think up additional projects that don’t really have much hope of happening any time particularly soon – but sometimes it’s more difficult to actually celebrate our successes. And we have actually seen some great successes in the past few years.…
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