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Dominion Rd Project Moves Ahead (Slowly)
Auckland Transport is about to begin geotechnical investigation along Dominion Road to inform the design for the Dominion Road Upgrade project. Auckland Transport...
Busway Stays A Busway
It’s a relief to see talk of a bus lane policy change for the Northern Busway has dimmed. The latest Auckland Council transport committee report notes: NZTA...
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...
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...
T Lanes Under Review
High occupancy road lanes are under review by Auckland Transport throughout the region. This was revealed today by Auckland Transport’s key relationships manager...
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...
55 Pinged A Day On Grafton Bridge
More people are being zapped for driving over Grafton Bridge when they are not allowed to do so. New figures gained from Auckland Transport show 14,253 bus-lane...
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...
Dominion Rd Fatal Accident
Dominion Rd has claimed a motorcylist’s life this afternoon. The male motorcyclist was killed and his female pillion passenger has been taken to Auckland Hospital...
Manners Mall Task Force Formed
Wellington City Council and local bus companies today set up a “taskforce” to discuss the new two-way Manners Mall bus lanes which in their first week...
Mouse vs Elephant
Cyclists are vulnerable in bus lanes because they are “like a mouse travelling with an elephant.” That’s an apt description Barbara Cuthbert from...
Wgtn Gets Bus Lane Cameras
Now it’s Wellington motorists’ turn. Monitoring of cars in bus lanes will start in a few weeks. The Wellington council says monitors will be easily spotted....
Council Rethinks Bus Lane Fines
Auckland City’s transport committee heard today that manned cameras watching motorists are the best way to stop vehicles sneaking into bus lanes when they’re...
Council Rethink On Dom Rd
Auckland City’s transport committee looks like it will mute its original Dominion Rd T2 bus lane proposal when it meets on Thursday, in the wake of mounting...
Hataitai Tunnel To Be Bus Only
Should buses only be allowed to use Wellington’s Mt Vic bus tunnel, which runs between Pirie Street in Mt Victoria and Waitoa Road,Hataitai? It’s been...
Greens On Dominion Rd
The Greens have joined in the debate about Dominion Rd. David Clendon, Green Party spokesperson on Auckland issues says he thinks Auckland City Council has put forward...
Dominion Rd Protest Meeting
300 attended last night’s public meeting in the Balmoral school hall organised by the Save Dominion Road campaign and the message from them was: they don’t...
Locals Fight Dominion Rd Plan
A local residents and businesses “Save Dominion Road” campaign is in full swing with petitions in local cafes, a Facebook and Twitter presence and...
BusLane Debate Is Global
Don’t be fooled into thinking Auckland City’s bus lane enforcement is something peculiar to this city. The campaign over issues related to motorists...
C&R Support T2 Bus Lanes
Two C&R Auckland city council candidates for the Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward today supported council proposals that favour a T2 transit lane over a full bus lane...
New Bus Lane Markers Trialled
Auckland City Council today launched its month-long trial of new signs and markers around bus lanes. This follows weeks of media attack on the number of people being...
Council Reviews Bus Lane Policy
An Auckland City Council’s transport committee meeting in September will consider the contentious issue of motorists using bus lanes when turning left. In the...
Bad Manners
Wellington’s $11.1m Manners St bus project is taking shape but local businesses are complaining. There’s a funny store in the local press here in Wellington...
AuckCity Defends Bus Lane Fines
After a week-long barrage by the Royal New Zealand Herald about motorists being fined for entering bus lanes too quickly before turning left, Auckland City Council...
