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Overcrowding Needs Fast Solution
So now comes the real first test for our new transport authorities and contracted bus operators. Since the upward latest Auckland public transport patronage...
English Has Road Blinkers On
The Government continued its loud mantra that Auckland’s future public transport is mainly about buses. And buses need roads, and highways and a harbour bridge....
How Far We Have Come
While hunting out some old info, I can across this old graph of Western Line patronage. How far rail has grown in Auckland in just a few years.
Britomart Figures Impressive
More evidence that Auckland’s CBD rail link is critical, in terms of capacity at the city terminus. Auckland Transport is estimating that about 25,000 rail...
Memo Steven, Got A Mo?
Hi Steven I know you are busy today in a session with Bill locking down Puhoi & Transmission Gully for the May 20 Budget and crossing off all of Len’s...
PT Numbers Leap: Feb Rail Up 17.9%
Auckland public transport patronage has recorded its highest 12-month patronage total since the 1950s and it is the first 12-months to exceed 64 million passenger...
Auckland Rail Numbers Hit 9 Million
Auckland’s rail patronage has cracked another magic million. It’s a record high. Aucklanders made nine million trips in the last 12 months. Rail patronage...
Rail Up Staggering 18.2%
Auckland’s rail patronage is now up a staggering 18.2% on last year. And in September it jumped 27.2% on the previous month. For the year to date there have...
Brown Excited By Rail Figures
Auckland’s new mayor Len Brown is excited about the latest figures showing use of public transport in Auckland continuing to climb have been welcomed by Mayor...
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...
Major PT Report To NZTA
NZTA has been told in a commissioned report that this country’s public transport systems have the potential to achieve the sort of high levels of patronage...
Fare Crackdown Working
ARTA says its crackdown on fare evasion is working. ARTA and Veolia launched ‘it’s fair to pay your fare’ customer driven initiative at Britomart and Newmarket...
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...
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...
Shock! Horror! Rail Patronage Slumps. “We couldn’t count properly.”
At a time of mounting pressure for the government to fund electric trains properly, it’s not good to report a huge slump in the numbers using the train. But that’s...
