PT Patronage Leaps 9.1% In Year
People using public transport in Auckland continues to take giant leaps - a 9.1% increase in the last 12 months. Auckland public transport patronage totalled...
Auck Rail Patronage Rising 13.7% A Year
If we remove the distortions created by big events like the RWC travel to Eden Park, the comparative year-on-year increase for Auckland rail patronage is 13.7% with...
PT Measurements Almost Met
In the last year, only one Auckland public transport measurement is said to have not been met- the public transport subsidy per passenger km. The Super City is one...
Capital Growth
While Auckland’s train travel is at a high and growing fast, Wellington is still struggling to see the same sort of growth in public transport. After years of...
Will We Ever Catch Up?
We’re making progress with public transport - new trains coming, station renewals, a new Manukau line, new LINK bus services…. But no-one could...
RWC Boosts PT Patronage
As expected, the RWC has distorted patronage numbers of those using Auckland’s trains and buses. Last month, Auckland Transport recorded 6.63 million public transport...
Patronage Figures Strong
August’s Auckland rail patronage was 22.7% higher than 12 months ago – Northern Express up 14.3%. In the 2 months to August 31, other bus patronage in the 2...
AT: Train Fail Won’t Put People Off
Auckland Transport CEO David Warburton doesn’t believe the Rugby World Cup 2011 Opening Night transport fail will put Aucklanders off using trains. In a report...
Patronage Up Again
Here’s some good news about the Auckland train system - we need it after weeks of media outcry! During August , one million passenger trips were recorded...
Capital Can’t Grow Bus Patronage
Nothing Wellington does seems to be able to boost bus passenger numbers. Despite the uneven problems of the train network service because of the rail network upgrade,...
Auck’s Bus Service “Worst”
In a new report, Auckland rates the worst quality of bus service of all the regions on the 3 attributes that are arguably the most important of those surveyed,...
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...
Union Concern Over Tag Offs
The Wellington Tramways Union has raised concerns about the “tagging off” requirement of the Snapper/HOP card. In a submission to the Wellington regional transport...
10th Million Passenger!
Rail patronage in Auckland has reached a record high with 10 million passenger journeys within a 12 month period achieved this morning. Four times the number of...
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 Rail Leaps 21%
Rail patronage has leaped 21.5% on the figures a year ago. Overall public transport patronage has leaped 8.4%. The Northern Express bus service continues to be...
April PT Patronage In Detail
More and more people are using Auckland’s public transport - and that’s the message that needs to keep being friven home. Auckland Transport has...
1 In 5 Aucklanders Use PT?
One in 5 Aucklanders use public transport, according to the results of a biennial Quality of Life survey, Conducted by research company Nielsen, conducted by research...
More Commuters Is Good & Bad
Infratil acknowledged today that .when it comes to increased bus patronage, while it is better to have too much than too little demand, it can result in slower services...
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...
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,...
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...
Signal Work Caused Overcrowding
We’ve read about Wellington’s overcrowding issues on trains where they have even had to bring in an old London double-decker bus to carry passengers. This...
Petrol Rise Seeing More PT Use
It’s not just Auckland that is experiencing an obvious jump in public transport use in part because of the rising cost of petrol. Those rising petrol prices...