A deadline for PT improvement
Auckland is in the midst of the most transformational change to public transport the city has seen since the trams were ripped out in the 1950’s – and I’m not even talking about the City Rail Link. Much of the change is the result of strategies set a decade or more ago but which have only really started to be implemented in the last few years.…
41 Comments Central and East New Network Outcome
On Monday, the Auckland Transport Board are expected to rubber stamp the outcome of the final and biggest of the major consultations for the new bus network, Central and East Auckland. The consultation was held at the end of last year and AT say they received over 3,700 pieces of feedback for the Central network and almost 1,200 pieces of feedback for the East Auckland network. …
PT to miss this years targets
Is Auckland Transport doing enough to improve public transport or is it resting on its laurels basking in the glow of the spectacular increases being seen on the rail network and busway. That’s a question asked by Radio NZ the other day in highlighting that patronage on the bus network outside of the busway has actually fallen recently and will mean that AT misses its PT targets for the year.…
North Shore New Bus Network to be confirmed
In the middle of last year, Auckland Transport consulted on the new bus network for the North Shore. Now in a report to the open session of the AT board meeting today is an item with the outcome of the consultation (9.9MB).…
Greenbay and Titirangi bus use soars with new network
In the latest Auckland Transport board report there was a mention of the success being seen on the new Titirangi/Greenbay routes which were the first ones implemented using the principles of the New Network AT are rolling out across the city.…
South Auckland Bus Contracts: More service, Lower Cost
Auckland Transport yesterday announced the results of their tender for the new bus network in South Auckland and it appears they’ve achieved a very good outcome by both increasing service and reducing costs. The winners of the of the contracts are Go Bus (owned by Ngai Tahu and Tainui) have picked up just over 50% of the services.…
Manukau Bus Station Starts
Auckland Transport have started enabling works for the new $26 million Manukau Bus Station. Actual construction of the station will begin in August and once completed in late 2017 will be a key link in the new bus network for South Auckland.…
South Auckland Bus Tender gets interesting
There have been a few bits of bus news recently
The first and most interesting is last week NZ Bus announced that that they hadn’t been short-listed for any of the routes as part of the new South Auckland bus network due to roll out in October.…
Central & East New Network consultation closes tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day to submit feedback to Auckland Transport on the new bus network for central and east Auckland. You can see some of my thoughts in this post from when the consultation was launched. The maps for each are shown below (click to enlarge) One reason it’s important to submit if you have a view is that there are bound to be many submissions like the one below.…
Manukau Bus Interchange
The new bus network for South Auckland will significantly improve public transport options for many people in the area. A key feature of the network is about making it easier to transfer between services and one of the main places that will happen is in Manukau – one of Auckland’s most important regional centres.…
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