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New Twist On Free Train Wi-Fi
One of the reasons I hear people don’t want to use public transport is because they hate the idea of standing so close to strangers and having to try to avoid...
Auck’s On Time Train Target 85%
Auckland Transport has set a train performance target of 85% punctuality (trains arriving at their destination within five minutes of their scheduled time). In...
Bits & Pieces
Wellington view: Mike Lee’s legacy to the RWC will be a tin-pot railway station at Kingsland across the road from cup headquarters at Eden Park… He...
US Slashes Public Transport
Grim news for US public transport users as budget cuts bite. On trains: Chicago’s services are cut by 18 percent; Atlanta sliced 30 percent of its buses and...
When Is Art Rubbish?
I would love Auckland to be quirky, edgy, interesting - however the current fashionable vernacular puts it. But I fear we will never be San Fransciso, New...
Train “Seat Hoggers” Are On Increase
Seat hoggers seem to be on increase. Twice on Friday, I had to ask people if they would move their handbag or gear from an empty seat, as it was the one seat left. One...
Call for a New York Look To Wellington
The full redesign of Wellington’s lower Cuba Street is now impossible to implement before the Rugby World Cup, according to Wellington’s mayor who says this...
Sudden Public Transport Crisis A Warning For Us
A sudden unexpected public transport crisis in the US - and it’s a warning for us of what can happen with a system that relies heavily on government...
