Albert Street Debacle
Last week Simon Wilson lamented about the mess that has happened in relation to Albert Street’s reinstatement as part of the City Rail Link project, something we’ve long been concerned about. This built on the City Centre Advisory Board‘s (CCAB) deep disappointment with the designs for the street, especially the lack of greenery and the inclusion of unnecessary lengthy bus bays along large stretches of the road.…
59 Comments Eastern Busway getting closer
The long-awaited Eastern Busway is finally a few steps closer with Auckland Transport announcing that some works will be starting soon with the main construction due to start early next year.
Work is starting shortly to remove 61 properties as part of the AMETI Eastern Busway route.…
Riding the Northern New Network
This is a guest post from reader and friend of the blog, Shan L, He has also written about his new network experiences for the South, West, East and Central when those networks rolled out.
The go-live of the New Network for the North Shore happened on Sunday last month – the final major chunk of new network to go live since the south changed over almost two years ago.…
Transport Growth Networks – South
Just over a month ago we highlighted the consultation for the transport corridors supporting the major greenfield development areas in Warkworth and around Dairy Flat. It built on work done by Auckland Transport a few years ago and was the first public part of a process that will see major transport corridors designated well in advance of any development.…
Oct-18 AT Board Meeting
On Tuesday the Auckland Transport board met again and as I always do, I’ve had a look at the board papers and pulled out what I found the most interesting.
Closed Session
The closed session is where the most interesting papers get discussed.…
Constellation Station falls over
Yesterday was the first true test of the new bus network for the North Shore. Things seemed to go fairly smoothly in the morning peak, but in the afternoon peak a huge bus bottleneck at Constellation Station created all sorts of chaos:
https://twitter.com/TimMothLayt/status/1046634803179610113 Constellation Bus Station at 5.30ish today pic.twitter.com/Hrf9A8PeNX
— Gysbert Holl (@berty_boy_nz) October 1, 2018 It’s not a major surprise that Constellation Station has turned into a major bottleneck.…
Next steps for the new network
Yesterday Auckland Transport rolled out the new bus network on the North Shore, the final major implementation of their New Network project which began (publicly at least) back in 2012. It has seen the bus network for the entire region redesigned based around principles of frequency, connectivity and simplicity.…
North Shore New Network from Sunday
On Sunday Auckland Transport roll out the new bus network for the North Shore which is the final major implementation of the network. It’s been a long and windy bus ride to get to this point with the first discussions of the network occurring all the way back in 2012.…
Jul & Aug-18 Ridership
Auckland Transport have published the ridership data for July and August and they both look positive. Here is a quick breakdown of the two months.
July
The numbers for July look impressive, particularly with non-busway buses which saw double digit growth, although some of this will be the result of there being one extra business day compared to July-17.…
Vienna Re-visited – A PT Model for Auckland?
This is a guest post from Taka-ite
Introduction
A couple of months ago Matt wrote of the extraordinary public transport system of Vienna. What Vienna has been able to achieve, and is continuing to achieve is so remarkable that, in my view, it deserves another look.…
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