Airport to Botany and the problem of Flat Bush
A couple of weeks ago Waka Kotahi NZTA and Auckland Transport gave a brief update on the outcome from consultation late last year of their Southern Gateway Programme, the most prominent aspect of which will eventually be the Airport to Botany Rapid Transit route (A2B).…
EVs in the bus lanes – not this again
Last week the National Party announced a repeat of a failed policy they tried last time they were in government, allowing electric vehicles to use bus lanes. As with last time, they say it’s all about encouraging people and businesses to buy EVs.…
Auckland’s Busiest Bus Routes
With COVID-19 impacting things, February represents the current high-point for public transport use in Auckland. In the 12-months to the end of Feb, 103.6 million boardings took place on the network and almost three quarters of those, 75.3 million, took place on buses.…
AT starting to progress the Eastern Busway to Botany
The first stage of the Eastern Busway from Panmure to Pakuranga is currently under construction and is the first step in giving much needed high-quality public transport to East Auckland, one of the most poorly served areas in the city for PT.…
Flashback Saturday: Small steps towards a Northwest Busway
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in April 2010.
Last week the Regional Transport Committee confirmed the final form of the 2010 Regional Land Transport Strategy – the culmination of a couple of years’ work in creating Auckland a guiding 30 year transport document. …
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.…
Speeding up Wellington Buses
One of the most important things Auckland Transport need to do to improve public transport is to improve the speed and reliability of buses. This is something I wrote about a few times last year including this post where I analysed the average speed of buses in Auckland using timetable data.…
Faster Buses
With the large transformative PT infrastructure projects, such as the City Rail Link and Light Rail, many years away, I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the importance of improving buses as a way for Auckland Transport to continue to deliver strong growth on the network.…
The plans to improve bus reliability
On Monday I wrote about the cost of more frequent of buses as improving frequency is the single biggest thing that will get people to use public transport more. Following better frequencies, the next biggest thing on the list to improve the quality of PT is to have better reliability.…
What next for improving Auckland’s buses?
Next month the final stage of implementing Auckland’s new public transport network will be completed, as the North Shore network goes live. This has been a long time coming, as the new network has been in the works since 2012. But now we have reached this milestone, it does beg the question “what next?”…
Thank you for subscribing
Thanks for signing up for news from Greater Auckland! Keep an eye on your inbox for regular updates.
Processing...