Factors influencing PT use

A comprehensive US study looks at different factors determining modal choice – in particular looking at what makes particular people more likely to use public transport than others. The key findings are shown below: None of the findings are particularly surprising at this level, although it is interesting to note that the basics of getting PT right – fast, reliable and affordable service – are seen as more important than flashy add-ons.…
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Is the future working from home?

There are a number of common claims that those who oppose investment in public transport and in particular the City Rail Link use to try and justify their ideological position. Claims like that it will cost a lot more than predicted, that not as many people will use it as predicted, that autonomous cars will magically solve the problem.…
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Auckland’s city centre is getting more diverse

This post is the first part of what will be a three-part series on Auckland’s city centre and the 2013 census stats on it. Today, I’m looking at the changing demographics of the city centre. Age Groups The graph below shows the changing age structure of city centre residents, from 1996 through to 2013: As shown here, we’re seeing a broader mix of age groups starting to live in the city centre.…
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Is Petrol cheap?

I don’t tend to look at the motoring section of the Herald much however every now and then something stands out – often for its comedy value – and that was the case yesterday in an article titled Motoring Mythbusting. The article covers off a number of areas but two in particular deserve some attention.…
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Census 2013: Auckland Travel Patterns

The Ministry of Transport has released a detailed and interesting look into some of the results coming out of the 2013 Census Journey to Work question. Both the executive summary and the full report are worth a read. As we’ve noted before, the 2013 census results confirm a shift in the way Aucklanders are travelling, with much stronger growth in public transport than in driving (especially in percentage terms).…
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Census Travel to work results

Auckland’s journey to work data from the census was released yesterday by the council on their site www.censusauckland.co.nz. Journey to work is a useful metric but it does have some serious flaws in that as the name implies it’s only recording how people got to work whereas there are generally a lot of other trips at peak times, like to school.…
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