Mt Albert Town Centre Upgrade
With the projects that Auckland Transport has planned the Mt Albert town centre will be one the best connected in all of Auckland for public transport. With the CRL the train station will only be 10-15 minutes from the centre of town.…
38 Comments Is Auckland full?
Can cities fill up? Has Auckland simply become too populated to accommodate any more people, as some have argued? Do we need to put up the “closed” signs?
In a word, no. There is plenty of room to accommodate more people within the existing urban footprint, although doing so would require us to do things a bit differently.…
Christchurch striving to be a more accessible city
Some videos from Christchurch’s Central City Development Unit on the transport changes taking place.
https://vimeo.com/143842809
And a timelapse of the construction of their new bus interchange
https://vimeo.com/143830188…
First H&E Double Decker now on the streets
Some good news today with the first Howick & Eastern double decker operating from today. East Aucklanders are the first to get the benefit of a new fleet of double decker buses, being rolled out from today.
Until now their use has been restricted to the Northern Busway, but this morning the first double decker bus has gone into service in the Botany area.…
What next for HOP
Change is afoot for Auckland Transport’s HOP card with them increasing the price of it but also looking to expand the use of the card.
On the first point, they will increase the cost of buying a card from $5 back to $10 on December 17.…
AT let down for All Blacks Celebration
I and I’m sure many others were surprised to see that the All Blacks celebrations in Auckland are taking place in Victoria Park. Why there instead of a parade down Queen St and/or some kind of event on Queens Wharf.
There are expected to be tens of thousands of Aucklanders wanting to see and congratulate the team.…
Manukau Bus Interchange
The new bus network for South Auckland will significantly improve public transport options for many people in the area. A key feature of the network is about making it easier to transfer between services and one of the main places that will happen is in Manukau – one of Auckland’s most important regional centres.…
Effectiveness & Efficiency == Abundance?
In the last few months we’ve published several posts which have, in various ways, touched on some important issues facing local government in Auckland. In this post I seek to summarise some key concepts that have emerged in these posts, and consider some broader implications for Council policies, especially relating to transport.…
The Same Day
A great ad from the Spanish Transport department highlighting the growing frustration of constant traffic jams and the fight to find parking – urging people to re-think how they travel to and from work. s…
Airbus Express becomes SkyBus
Auckland’s city to airport bus has new owners bringing with them a new name, a new livery and promising a higher quality service. The Airbus Express service has been bought by SkyBus who operate Melbourne’s airport bus service.
Free on-board Wi-Fi and ground hosts to welcome intrepid travellers to Auckland are just the beginning of big plans by new owners to expand – and smarten – the 24-hour airport bus service.…
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