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Fine Selfish Bus Commuters
I’ve been using buses more than trains in the last few weeks, for a number of reasons including getting tired of running late when trains get stopped outside...
At Last Some Sunsign
New solar powered bus signs are being introduced by Auckland Transport. They are specially designed for lower patronage stops. Some have appeared on Dominion Road...
Expressly Frustrating
Walking for many kilometres in last night’s pouring rain because I had mistakingly caught an express bus does not make me warm to public transport. The bus...
Nice Idea But Doesn’t Fly
An intriguing public transport experiment in Wellington sounded as if it might work but isn’t going well. It’s a community taxi-like door-to- door bus...
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...
Was This Fare?
The other day at Newmarket, a train manager gave quite a telling off to a passenger who came on the train and tried to tender a $20 for the short ride to Britomart....
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...
Next Big Commuter Challenge
Note: The Herald says I set about taking photos of fat people on buses. That is untrue. I have not taken any nor intend to. Photo used here was published on a...
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...
Turning Your Nose Up At Buses
Politicians often seem to talk as if they they assume that people who use public transport aren’t fussy, are probably poor, just Greenie or mad (after all,...
Bus Changes To Benefit Students
Auckland Transport says one benefit of the proposed changes to bus services would be the high frequency of buses going to the universities area for a low fare. Auckland...
Bus Passenger Death Leads To Fine
Remember that terrible accident in which wheels came off a truck on the southern motorway and one smashed a bus windscreen and a bus passenger - a Vietnames...
How To Run An Event
More proof that people like to go to events by public transport and not worry about using car and battling parking. Especially when a council sets up a park and...
Bus Changes Include Outer Loop
Auckland Transport today detailed bus changes they say will make buses quicker and easier to use and increase patronage in the area by about 10%. A new high frequency...
Wgtn Bus Driver Robbed
Wellington’s Lower Hutt Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of a Valley Flyer bus driver this afternoon. Detective Constable Shaun Broughton of...
Big Bus Changes Sunday
Bus changes along Sandringham Rd, Dominion Rd, on the North Shore and to Waikowhai begin from Sunday. Auckland Transport describe the changes are part of ongoing...
I’ve Discovered The School Bus
Now if all buses were like this, imagine the crowds… I have only recently discovered the 006 - and so love it, I call it the School Bus. It was actually...
New Lynn Double Whammy
While the opening of the new New Lynn transport hub is good news, some rail commuters are telling AKT they’re upset at a double whammy hitting them. First...
Chch Bus Drivers Get Reality Check
Christchurch’s Metro bus drivers hit the roads today for the first time for three days since Saturday’s quake - and got a first hand experience...
Auckland’s PT Use Hits 36yr High
The number of people using Auckland public transport continues to rise. ARTA confirms that public transport has just seen the highest 12 month patronage figure since...
Onehunga Update
The temporary park and ride for the new Onehunga station should now be ready in time for the station’s opening. it is being built north of the platforms and...
Auckland PT Use Cracks 60m
Public transport use in Auckland has cracked 60 million boardings for the year. The impressive June rises for bus and train patronage has pushed the total patronage...
Huge Rise In PT Use
There’s been another record month for use of public transport in Auckland. To the end of June, there was a 4.3% increase in use of buses, trains and ferries...
Bus Behaviour Worries Hamilton
Bad behaviour by school kids on Hamilton buses is worrying the local regional council. Bus use has boomed in Hamilton over the past five years with annual patronage...
Keep it Simple
The old business mantra about keeping it simple, stupid should be mandatory all over the Auckland public transport network. Most readers here may be PhDs in working...
