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Other Bus Companies Confirm They’ll HOP
Five more bus companies have confirmed they will offer the HOP card but it won’t happen to almost a year away. The companies are Ritchie’s Transport, Howick...
MP Pleas For NorthWest Busway
List MP and Labour candidate for Te Atatu Phil Twyford has made a plea to the Auckland Council’s Transport Committee proposing a Northwest Busway, similar...
Patronage Up Up & Away
Rail patronage shot up another 4.8% in the last month while overall Auckland public transport patronage for July was up 8.4% on the same month a year ago. Rail...
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...
10m Ahead. The Only Way is UP!
It just keeps going up. Auckland’s public transport figures for the 12 months are in - and it’s an incredible story. And an even bigger story is...
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...
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...
Moves To Ease Overcrowding
Moves have been made to try to ease the growing overcrowding on Auckland’s buses and trains and to help those who miss out on catching a bus because the bus...
Back To The Future
Is it time to at least debate whether Auckland Transport should be running part or all of Auckland’s bus services? It won’t happen under the present...
AT Buying Buses May Ease Congestion
Auckland Transport has been asked to consider buying buses themselves and leasing them out to the bus operators to help cope with the present overcrowding on buses,...
Big Increase In Rail, Bus Use
The number of passengers taking Auckland’s public transport has dramatically increased again -and the rail renaissance continues. This is evidence for the government...
15,000 To Bus To RWC North Harbour
With no North Shore trains, how will rugby fans attending North Harbour RWC 2011 games get there easily? The North Harbour Stadium Transport Plan was released today...
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...
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...
Rail Use Hits Record
A new monthly record in Auckland commuter rail travel of 918,000 passengers, an impressive 14.3% higher than the year before. That’s the encouraging story...
Busway Fees Update: Council Fingers New Govt’s Pro-Car Policy
The North Shore council is pointing the finger at the government as the reason why it’s moving to start charging for park and ride facilities in Albany and...
