PT Changes and AT bringing forward Electric Buses
From Sunday, Auckland Transport are making a large number of changes to many public transport services around Auckland. These changes are a mixed bag, some routes will see additional services added, such as more ferry sailings to Hobsonville Point, while other services are being reduced or cut entirely, though as I pointed out when it was announced last year, that’s not always a bad thing as many are expensive to operate, peak only services.…
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Yesterday Auckland Transport announced the outcome of their annual fare review and the result is a mixed bag. There are some good structural changes coming to fares but at the same time the cost of catching public transport is going up as a result of the largest fare increases we’ve seen.…
We won’t have ‘good PT’ if we don’t enforce bus lanes
As a society we tend to be quite keen to ensure that people follow our rules and laws. We have political parties arguing about how they’re “the party of law and order” and even when laws aren’t broken, we often don’t look too kindly of people who bend them to get ahead.…
Weekly Roundup – 15-Jan-21
Welcome back to the Weekly roundup. The news has been light over the last few weeks but there are a few things that have caught out eye.
Firstly, how great is this effort from Alex It's taken months of part collecting and assembling, but finally the Lego @AklTransport inspired station is (almost) complete!…
2021 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2021. After wrapping up 2020 before Christmas, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see in 2021. Lots of projects to be completed
While we will continue to see and have to deal with the impacts of COVID, one big theme this year is we’re finally going start to see the benefit of all the disruption that the city has been experiencing with the completion/opening of a lot projects all around Auckland.…
2020 – A Year in Review
As year draws to a close it’s time for a quick wrap up the most important things that happened and WOW, what a year it’s been.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the blog and supported us in making Auckland greater.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-Dec-20
Here’s our wrap up for the week. This will probably be the last one this year. Te Komititanga Opening
Today’s the day Ke Komititanga, the beautiful new public space that has replaced lower Queen St is being officially opened. It’s been over four years since construction started on the City Rail Link and it will be fantastic to have some more public space in the city again.…
Weekly Roundup – 11-Dec-20
Here’s our weekly roundup Consultations
First up, a quick reminder that there are bunch of consultations that about to close so if you haven’t already, get submitting. I covered them here but as a quick reminder we’ve got Blockhouse Bay Roundabout – Closes today.…
Dec-20 AT Board Meeting
Last week the Auckland Transport board met for the last time of the year and as usual, there was some interesting items in the various reports. Closed Agenda
This is where most of the interesting items come up but all we get is the subject.…
Weekly Roundup – 27-Nov-20
Here’s our weekly roundup Eastern Busway Bridge
Seven Sharp ran a neat story on the new busway bridge that’s being built over the Tamaki River as part of the Eastern Busway. City Rail Link Updates
With construction well underway the City Rail Link team continue to put out lots of updates and information.…
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