2016 – A Year in Review Part 1 – PT
As the year rapidly draws to a close it’s a good time to look back at all the important events that have occurred. Because there’s so much to cover, I’ll be splitting this up over multiple posts, starting with public transport.…
21 Comments New Network in South Auckland goes live Sunday
Over the last few years Auckland has ticked off some major public transport milestones. The roll out of HOP integrated ticketing (albeit with the black-listing issue), electric trains (albeit with the long dwell-times ), double-deckers (albeit with stubby bus lanes on Mt Eden Rd), and integrated fares (albeit only on train and buses at this stage) are all giant leaps towards the type of public transport network Auckland will need if it is to continue to grow and prosper.…
Otahuhu Interchange making good progress
On the weekend I was out near Otahuhu so I took a quick diversion to take a look at progress on the new Otahuhu Interchange which is on track to open on October 29 before bus services start using it a day later when the New Network in South Auckland goes live.…
July AT Board Meeting
Auckland Transport’s latest board meeting is board meeting is on as this post is published and here are the things I found interesting.
Closed Session
The closed session normally contains what appears to be the most interesting items at the meeting.…
Otahuhu Interchange gets under way
Good news yesterday with the Otahuhu Interchange officially getting under way. The interchange is the key to enabling the new bus network in South Auckland to be implemented Work is beginning today on a major upgrade of Otahuhu Station to make it easy to connect between high frequency buses and trains.…
AT August Board Meeting
Tomorrow is the next Auckland Transport board meeting and as usual I’ve been through the board papers to pick out the parts that were interesting to me.
The most interesting details appear to be in the closed session and that appears no different this month.…
Otahuhu Bus-Train Interchange design
In my post about the AT board meeting last week I highlighted that construction of the Otahuhu Bus-Train Interchange station is currently out for tender. This interchange is crucial to enabling the new network for South Auckland to be rolled out
The AT website contains a few new images of what’s proposed for the site and which are different to what we’ve seen before.…
AT Board Report Feb-15
Auckland Transport’s board meet tomorrow and I’ve scoured the board reports for any interesting information. Here’s what caught my attention.
Projects
East West Link Connections
A detailed business case for the project is being worked on and will go to the board in April.…
Find out more about the new Otahuhu interchange
AT are holding an open day tomorrow about the new Otahuhu Bus/Train interchange they plan to implement as part of the new network for South Auckland. Detail of it are below.
A new bus-train interchange sited at the existing Otahuhu Train Station is on track to begin construction later this year with completion targeted for the middle of next year.…
NZTA to help fund PT interchanges
Some more good news that the NZTA has agreed to help fund both the Manukau and Otahuhu interchanges.
Two keys projects linked to the upgrade of bus and rail services in Auckland south have received $1.6m in funding from the NZ Transport Agency
The Transport Agency will fund $780,000 for the design of a bus station at the Manukau transport interchange, and $831,000 for the design of the bus/rail interchange at Otahuhu.…
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