Auckland’s Wonderful Long-Distance Bus Terminal
Leading Image: Busbahnhof Poppenbüttel, Germany. Credit: Blunck + Morgen Architekten.
This is a post by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan
Plans are underway for a new long-distance bus terminal.
The terminal will play an important role for New Zealanders in the challenging times we have ahead.…
96 Comments Weekly Roundup – 21-Feb-20
Here’s the weekly roundup for this week. Tamaki Dr
On Sunday Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff turned the first sod to kick off construction of an upgrade to Tamaki Dr.
Construction has started on Tamaki Drive to upgrade walking and cycling facilities, forming a critical link in Auckland city’s network of cycleways.…
Dec-19 Ridership
I’ve been bit caught up in other posts so have finally managed to get around to the PT and cycling stats from December. Public Transport
Every year December and January duke it out for the wooden spoon of ridership as the summer holidays see the number of boardings drop dramatically.…
Weekly Roundup – 14-Feb-20
Here’s the weekly roundup for this week. Train Disruption
The big news this week has been the train disruption caused by an unprecedented fire at a Kiwirail signal box in Newmarket. The surprising thing is the scale of the disruption and that it took till Thursday Morning to fix.…
Is the busway extension on the right side at Albany?
Two weeks ago in the weekly roundup post I made this comment in relation to the Northern Busway extension following a flyover video of the Northern Corridor project.
I also confess I still don’t get the point of the busway bridge across the motorway north of Albany which will result in buses doubling back.…
Feb-20 AT Board Meeting
Today is first Auckland Transport board meeting of the year and it’s an important one as it’s also the first one with new chair Adrienne Young-Cooper as well as board member Darren Linton.
As usual, I’ve looked through the reports publicly available and here are some of the things that caught my attention.…
Weekly Roundup – 7-Feb-20
It may be a shorter week than normal but there’s been a heap of news. Here’s some of the things you may have missed. PT self-promotion
In a bit of self-promotion about the rise in public transport usage, Auckland Transport revealed that NX2 services will be increased and extended to the Hibiscus Coast.…
News Year’s Eve 2019
The last time I spent New Year’s Eve in central Auckland was years ago. We had dinner downtown and as midnight approached, made a break for a friend’s apartment where we could watch the limp fireworks off the Sky Tower while avoiding the clumps of drunken teenagers and wayward boy racers hovering on Queen Street.…
Weekly Roundup – 31-Jan-20
As we reach the end of the month and with some kids back at school this week, trains, buses and cycleways have been feeling even busier than normal – and that’s only going to increase next week with more schools back and then in a few more weeks the universities starting.…
City Centre works disruption
An article in the Herald on the weekend had MP Nikki Kaye complaining about the amount of works in the city centre.
National’s Nikki Kaye yesterday instigated a crisis briefing with Auckland Transport to explain the planning logic behind the “perfect storm” of road work reducing the city centre to a standstill.…
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