Questions about HOP
As most readers would know, the future Auckland integrated ticket was launched on Monday – the HOP card. The NZ Herald seems fairly enthused about the prospects for the card:
Auckland has been waiting many years for a public transport system with a transfer ticket.…
55 Comments HOP Card unveiled – but many questions remain unanswered
Billboards around the city, plus notices on buses, have confirmed today that the new name for Auckland Transport’s integrated ticket will be Hop – as was revealed quite a long time ago. My initial thoughts on the name were mixed, but as time has gone on I realise that there are far bigger issues to be concerned about than the name of the card.…
General thoughts on transport in Sydney
I’m writing this post on the plane coming back from Sydney to Auckland (will obviously post it later than this though). It gives me a bit of an opportunity to put together some thoughts on Sydney’s transport system. Many people say that Sydney is like Auckland’s big brother: there are many similarities like the harbour, the bridge, the tower, the natural beauty and so forth.…
Northern Express: faster boarding essential
An interesting video taken of the queue of people waiting to board Northern Express buses around Britomart this evening: I did a post on this issue a while back – and it seems things have become even more serious since that time. …
Infratil Monthly Update – Feb 2011
Infratil, who own NZ Bus and Snapper, have just released their monthly business report and while much of the commentary refers to their Wellington operations here are some interesting bits from it. (note the report also contains info on their other investments, the NZ Bus stuff is near the bottom of the page)
Progress continues with the development of the new public transport contracting model.…
Integrated ticketing: the real work begins
After talking about it for over a decade, it’s quite exciting to see that construction work on some of the hardware required for the rail section of the integrated ticketing project has commenced. This was from Auckland Transport yesterday:
Auckland Transport announced today it has commenced rail station construction works which will enable the introduction of a single public transport ticket (Integrated Ticketing) across the Auckland region.…
We could have integrated ticketing in place tomorrow
A comment by “Bob” on yesterday’s blog post about “what 2011 holds in store for public transport” got me thinking about integrated ticketing. “Bob” noted the following:
I have yet to hear anyone explain why we need a special Integrated Ticket (other than the daftly obvious – seamless transfers; yes, I get that!).…
What does 2011 hold in store for public transport?
Looking forward to this year, there are four main things that I think will be particularly interesting to follow regarding the development of Auckland’s public transport system. They are: The opening of the Manukau Rail Station. I have been somewhat sceptical of the Manukau Rail Link in the past, as I have wondered who will use it without a southern connection.…
“Hop” confirmed as name for Auckland smart-card
Well it seems like the rumours were correct – Auckland’s equivalent of London’s Oyster Card and Hong Kong’s Octopus Card is going to be called the “Hop Card”. The NZ Herald ran this story today:
London has its Oyster public transport card, Hong Kong an Octopus and Wellingtonians their Snapper, but Aucklanders will be hopping on to dry land with their new ticket to ride.…
Integrated Ticketing Project Update
At yesterday’s Transport Committee meeting perhaps one of the most interesting things we learned was through a presentation by Fergus Gammie from Auckland Transport on what progress is being made on the integrated ticketing project. There have been a number of media releases to do with this project in the past that have told us next to nothing about the details of this project – so it was good to finally get a few answers to the questions I have.…
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