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LINK Launched, Reviewed In 6 Months
Auckland’s Mayor Len Brown, Auckland Transport and NZ Busthis morning launched the new LINK services at a ceremony in Wynyard Quarter and then went for a ride...
LINK Bus Fares Announced
Fare structures for Auckland’s newest bus services, the Outer, Inner and City LINK bus services have been revealed. They begin operating on Sunday August 21. The...
Take a Bow, Auckland Transport
If I could afford to shout Auckland Transport staff morning tea today, I would. But with 958 staff, I I’ll toast them in words! AT has proven the critics...
Major Bus Lane Changes
A new standard look for bus lanes, Tamaki Drive is to permanently change its bus lane configuration to T2, Onewa Rd stays T3, the Grafton Bridge signage is considered...
5 More Carriages -That’s Your Lot
5 new carriages are being added to the Auckland trains rolling fleet. This will help cope with increasing demand and overcrowding. Auckland Transport says that’s...
Dominion Rd Decisions
Dominion Rd’s bus lane and traffic congestion issue - one of the curly ones that tripped up the last Auckland Council - is finally back on the...
New Bus Routes, New Colours
Watch out for Green, Red & Orange Auckland buses from Sunday August 21 - a few weeks before the Rugby World Cup. It’s not a RWC promotion. The major...
Sex, Lies & Bus Lanes
Here’s something about bus lanes you won’t read in the morning Shock death! Celebrity Sex Scandal! tabloid about the Bus lane issue the paper is obsessed...
Bus Changes Start August
The new CBD and Western Bays Bus changes including LINK and City Circuit will begin mid-August. The aim of the changes according to Auckland Transport is will make...
Where Pedestrians Get Bowled
It’s still dangerous being a pedestrian in Auckland. Police investigating a serious injury crash on Sandringham Rd shortly after 2pm on Sunday are appealing...
Cheaper CBD Parking
Cheaper late night and weekend parking is to be introduced to two downtown Council Auckland car parks for six months. The move is a joint initiative by Auckland...
Rail Loop: The Auckland Case
Below is the full independent review of the CBD rail link business case for the project commissioned by Auckland Council and Auckland Transport. Unlike the Government-ordered...
Mt Albert Upgrade Soon
Work is starting on revitalising the tired looking Mt Albert train station which will get a $4.8m upgrade later this year. Auckland Transport confirms it has already...
Auck vs Wellington Train Performance
In April, 90% of Wellington trains were on time to within 5 minutes in April. 84% of trains were on time to within 3 minutes. Of the 7,115 Auckland train services...
Grim Impact Of Govt Funding
Auckland Transport is warning of the impact of Government reduction in PT funding at a time services in Auckland are strained because of growing PT use. The Government...
Manukau: So Close, So Far
The rail tracks have been laid inside the new 300m Manukau rail trench and once a bit of familiar station furniture is added, you could imagine the station operating....
Return Of The Bus Lane Nonsense
Prior to the last local body election, some key member of the Morning Tabloid management must have been pinged for driving in a bus lane because the car-obsessed...
Auckland’s Silliest Bus Stop
There are some very stupid placements of bus stops in Auckland. This one takes the cake for Silliest BusStop™. It is outside the beautifully restored Civic Theatre...
HOP Swap Starts
I noticed the new HOP assistants out and about today at Britomart train station and around the place. Go-Rider public transport card users on the North Shore have...
How’s Auckland Transport Doing?
Auckland Transport says it has so far achieved 7 of its performance measures and for the other, had “marginal” achievemebt. That’s not bad for...
HOP Starts From May 8
The first phase of Auckland’s new smartcard, HOP, for Auckland’s public transport users, will roll out on May 8. As mentioned earlier it’s at the end...
Auckland PT Patronage Breaks Records
As predicted, the March patronage figures for Auckland’s public transport are off the scale. With higher petrol prices encouraging the growth of public transport...
Pedestrian Campaign Must Be Bolder
Auckland Transport today launches a pedestrian safety ‘Check Before You Step’ campaign in Queen St. It’s targeted at both pedestrians and drivers. Bus...
More Northern Express Buses
After recent overcrowding issues, Auckland Transport moved last week especially on the Northern Express route peak capacity issues by promising they will be dealt...
HOP Clarified Again
It’s at the end of next year that that all Auckland’s bus, all ferry and all rail will be on the HOP ticket. By then, you will be using only HOP not...
