Why is Britomart broken and not being fixed?
Why does it take so long to get things fixed at Britomart. For about the last three weeks one of three escalators down to the platforms has been out of action. This isn’t the first time we have seen such length periods and I am yet to hear an explanation as to why it takes so long.…
32 Comments Test your bus lane knowledge
Auckland Transport have been looking into ways to make it a bit easier to work out if you’re abiding by bus and T2/T3 lane rules – and they have a nifty a bit daft little game to help test your knowledge of the lanes.…
Is it time to kill off MAXX?
Getting on the train the other night I and many others were presented with a survey asking for my thoughts on a number of different aspects of the train service and PT in general. This isn’t the first time I have done one of these and the majority of questions were pretty straight forward covering a number of different topics with things like how clean I thought the train, the friendliness of staff, train performance etc.…
Junkspace: Rem, Lee, and Me
We know that by choosing to rely on the private vehicle as the primary means of movement in a city we are choosing the single most expensive way for us all to get around. It makes for a largely unseen but nonetheless real additional tax on everything, especially through inefficient land use.…
Improvements to Gt North Rd in New Lynn are starting
Another step in the development of New Lynn is happening, in January I posted about improvements to Gt North Rd and Delta Rd that Auckland transport was consulting on. AT have finished that consultation and a contract has been signed with Downer to do the works which should take place from now until early 2013.…
April Patronage Report
April’s PT patronage report is out and there are some positive things to report after a disappointing March. Here are the highlights according to AT Auckland public transport patronage totalled 70,558,521 passengers for the 12 months to April 2012 an increase of 5,795,446 boardings or +8.9%.…
RLTP Submission, A Bouquet and a Brickbat
One of the recent plans that people have been able to submit on is the Regional Land Transport Planwhich is put out by Auckland Transport. They have published a the minutes of the hearings that were held, naturally there were a wide variety of submissions that cover all sorts of topics but I thought I would just post a couple that I found really interesting from different ends of the spectrum.…
What does the City Rail Link actually cost?
The City Rail Link is, undoubtedly, Auckland’s most important transport project – with this fact being highlighted in the Auckland Plan, which places the project as Auckland’s top priority. However, it is also a very expensive project – but just how expensive?…
Contract for EMU depot signed
Good to see some further progress on the electrification project today, with the contract for the depot where the electric trains will be maintained and housed, being signed:
Auckland Transport has awarded the $40 million contract for the construction of the Wiri Maintenance and Stabling Depot for Auckland’s new electric train fleet to Downer New Zealand Limited (Downer).…
Snapper ruining integrated ticketing – surprise, surprise
Wow another surprise, surprise this morning – Snapper are ruining integrated ticketing by being too useless to get their machines up to spec. Here’s the NZ Herald story:
A $98 million integrated ticketing system for Auckland is ready to go, but is being held up by Snapper and NZ Bus not installing the technology on more than 650 buses.…
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