Would You Like Some Integrated Fares To Go With That New Bus Network
At Transport Committee last week we finally got some more detail on both the new bus network but also finally hearing some information about integrated fares. There has been some talk about this already in the media but we deliberately held off discussing it so that we could provide you with some pictures from the presentations shown at the meeting.  …
113 Comments Buses sign up with Thales
This media release somehow passed us by last week, but is welcome confirmation that Thales will now provide the bus ticketing solution for all operators in Auckland – along with trains and ferries:
Auckland Transport said today, it was pleased to confirm Auckland’s bus consortium has advised its members will install Thales hardware on their bus fleets as part of the preparation towards Auckland’s integrated ticketing system.…
A tale of two busways
After being potentially disappointed yesterday, there was some good news for the Northern Busway. A new station for the busway at Silverdale has now cleared the environment court so can go ahead. Here’s the press release from Auckland Transport
In good news for commuters on the Hibiscus Coast, the long-awaited Busway Station at Silverdale has been given the go-ahead.…
AMETI busway up for the chop?
One of the most positive transport stories in Auckland over the last number of years has been the changes that have occurred to the AMETI project. The project was originally conceived following the demise of the eastern motorway proposal. It was intended to instead make improvements to the local roading network and for some time remained extremely roads focused.…
The Paris Metro in Auckland
Paris is an amazing city, it has so many great sights to see, like the one below But for transport geeks like me, there is another thing about Paris that is amazing, its metro system. Accord to Wikipedia it is one of the densest and most used metro systems in the world with over 300 stations and 4.5 million passengers per day.…
Auckland’s PT Trends
The agenda for next week’s meeting of the Council’s Transport Committee includes an interesting item on transport monitoring, which looks at how Auckland’s transport system is performing in comparison to a number of targets that were set in the Auckland Spatial Plan.…
Fried Snapper
Snapper is gone. This from AT:
Auckland Transport Chief Executive, David Warburton, said this afternoon, in the interests of protecting Aucklanders’ money and progressing the essential outcome of a first-class integrated ticketing programme for public transport in the region, Auckland Transport has terminated its participation agreement with Snapper Services Limited.…
Analysing Vancouver’s bus network
The comments thread on my previous post about Vancouver got into a bit of discussion about the quality of the city’s bus network. I thought I’d dig into that a bit deeper, as while the Skytrain is the “show-pony” of the transit network here, it’s really the buses which still do the donkey work of the system.…
Hobsonville and Beach Haven ferry service coming
Two ferry announcements today – one in relation to Hobsonville and one in relation to Beach Haven. Both of these are linked as I think the same boat will end up serving both wharves (as they’re so close to each other).…
Snapper Off the Menu?
Brian Rudman writes in today’s Herald that
Auckland Transport board members gather in secret today to finalise a divorce settlement with smart card operator Snapper Services, and hopefully come up with a rescue plan for the stalled $98 million integrated ticketing project.…
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