Tag: transportation

Off Peak Transit Fares to be a Permanent ‘Fare’ in Auckland.

This is only the beginning The annual Fare Review for Auckland’s transit has been done by Auckland Transport. While there is a 4% rise signalled which I will talk about … Continue reading Off Peak Transit Fares to be a Permanent ‘Fare’ in Auckland.

The good news is the fix is some paint and some signs On Sunday I was in Manukau attending a Christmas Service meaning I got to see the latest advancements … Continue reading Airport to Botany (A2B) Improvements Continue. Can See a Dangerous Problem at one intersection in Manukau though

December 10, 2020 ·

Joining everything up bit by bit On the back of the Manukau Innovative Street Pilot scheme I blogged on yesterday (see: Manukau Innovative Streets (Tactical Urbanism) Project Humble Beginnings as … Continue reading Southern Auckland Cycleway Expansions Continue – in Mangere and Manukau (with even more Tactical Urbanism)

There is a reason why Japan’s transit returns a 113% Farebox Recovery Ratio, and we only return 43% As it says above: there is a reason why Japan’s transit system … Continue reading Transit Oriented Developments: They Just Make Sense in a Post Covid World

November 11, 2020 ·

Helen Clark Foundation Report is out on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Today the “The Shared Path – A RESEARCH PAPER BY HOLLY WALKERVOLUME II: How low-traffic areas in Aotearoa’s cities candecarbonise … Continue reading The Shared Path. Report on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Out and we have a lot of work to do

Simply not good enough Last week Auckland Transport did a soft launch of their new Commute App. The intention of the App is to demonstrate the difference in time and … Continue reading Noble Auckland Transport Commuter App Demonstrates What Auckland Already Knew – Our Transit System is Woeful

Quick Win to allow traffic to move more efficient within the existing corridor Good news everyone, the Dynamic Lanes on Redoubt Road will be going live on Monday, November 9! … Continue reading Redoubt Road, Manukau Dynamic Lanes to GO LIVE November 9

E Buses and Busways make very nice combination Two sets of wins for East Auckland (the Howick Ward) over the week with the announcement of an Alliance who will oversee … Continue reading New E Buses for East Auckland, and will go nicely with the $1.4b Eastern Busway

Physical works on Puhinui Road and Lambie Drive to start this week The physical works of Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Stage 1 begin this week (explains why I saw … Continue reading Proud Moment: Airport to Botany Rapid Transit (Stage 1) Takes Shape! 45 minutes from Britomart to Airport

Auckland Transport and Orakei Local Board needing reminding on Vision Zero What? A Design Breaching the Vienna Convention aka International Law? How so. Well we start with with Dooring: Dooring is … Continue reading Orakei’s Proposed Design for its St Heliers Town Centre Leads to Breaches of the Vienna Convention (in terms of Safety)