Consultation on the new bus network in the South closes on Friday
Over the last month and a half, Auckland Transport have been busy consulting in South Auckland on the new bus network that is one of the key ingredients needed to revolutionise public transport in Auckland. However thankfully consultation can’t go on forever and so it closes at 4pm on Friday.…
87 Comments New Network Southern consultation formally begins
Like I mentioned the other day, the new network consultation formally started today. If you haven’t seen the video yet make sure you watch it. Along with the overall map for the area (below), every single route and major interchange has its own map to make it easier to understand what is proposed.…
New Network Consultation Starts This Week
The current bus network is a convoluted mess, akin to someone having thrown spaghetti onto a map. Last year in the draft Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP), Auckland Transport announced that they would be fixing it with what I think is a fantastic new network.…
AT Launches the new PT Network
There has been a lot of talk about the new bus network that was first proposed in the Regional Public Transport Plan. Thankfully it received extremely strong support from those that made submissions allowing Auckland Transport to start working towards implementing it.…
Changes to the draft RPTP
In October last year, Auckland Transport released the draft version of the new Regional Public Transport Plan and it was nothing short of revolutionary. For the first time in who knows how many decades, the decision was made to finally tackle one of the biggest issues with the public transport system, our mess of a bus network.…
Te Atatu Bus Interchange
The new bus network as proposed in the draft Regional Public Transport Plan received a large amount of support from the general public so it is a good bet that it will become a reality. The biggest changes it makes is that it relies on more people transferring to get to destinations but in return a much larger number of high frequency routes are able to be provided.…
Time running out to submit on the RPTP
A timely reminder from Auckland Transport that submissions on the draft Regional Public Transport Plan close on November 5th: next Monday.
Time is running out to have your say on the future of public transport services in Auckland.
Transforming Auckland’s current complex mix of public transport services into a mature city-wide network of connected, reliable and frequent services is a key proposal of the Auckland Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP).…
Details from the IPENZ presentation
While unfortunately Stu was a bit late getting us the notification for the IPENZ discussion on the new PT network, he has managed to get us a copy of the presentation that was given (and thank to AT for allowing it).…
IPENZ talk on the new PT Network tonight
Sorry for the really late notice (Stu was a bit late in sending it through). If your interested in the bus network redesign then you may be interested in a talk being held by IPENZ on the subject tonight.…
Improving our Farebox Recovery
Whether you support improved public transport or not, one thing that everyone probably agrees on is that we need to improve the efficiency of our PT services, particularly in regards to the level of subsidies required. Long time readers of the blog may remember a policy change the NZTA made a while ago called the Farebox Recovery Policy which set an arbitrary limit as to the amount of operating costs that need to be paid for by passengers.…
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