Christchurch buses have electronic ticketing and most of us just swipe our “smart” Metrocards through as we board the bus. Its all “state of the art” stuff.

fastbike is right about the pesky one occupant cars however!
Two major bus routes are currently getting dedicated bus lanes built, with more planned for other routes later … The bike-lane system and dedicated cycle routes are being improved and expanded all the time.

Overall, things are improving noticeably … BUT not enough car drivers are getting the message YET !

However, on the bright side: I live on a steep hill about thirty minutes (average, depending wind direction) ride across the flat from the City Centre …
In the mornings there is a noticeably increasing number of cars parked at the bottom of the hill with empty bike racks … and (in addition to this) in the evenings there are CONVOYS of (additional) cyclists ascending the hill in lowest gear(s) having ridden home from work.

It gives one some hope for the future of Aotearoa/NZ !

Our entire family upgraded our bikes last year to faster and lighter models. We could have seriously upgraded the car for the money it cost!

(I LOVE my new, strong but light mountain bike!!)

Not if they are stuck behind cars and take 40m to travel 1.5km, as I experienced in Auckland last week.

Trams and trains, having a dedicated line, have less delays and are therefore more reliable and puntual. They are also quicker because the ticketing is done while thay are in motion, rather than holding up people boarding.

Unless the signalling hasn’t received any maintenance in 30 years of course, as I have recently discovered on the Auckland Western Line.

Need to do something about the ones who also go through on the train though, maybe separate carriages for the smelly but fit commuters. :-b
BJ

Saturday morning I had breakfast with friends in New Brighton and caught the bus back home. The well patronised bus got snarled up in traffic - traffic that consisted of single occupant cars driving to the mall for shopping.

Where is my compensation for having my journey delayed and my valuable time wasted ? LTNS and Transit don’t take that into account.
(Of course if I hadn’t been lazy and had actually biked it wouldn’t have been a problem as bikes don’t hold up traffic and can slip through any jams caused by selfish single occupant drivers. Maybe all cyclists should be given tax rebates for each journey as the infrastructure savings are enormous and the room for the car they would otherwise be using is now available for another vehicle.)

Very little time is being spent on s59 - mainly Labour’s time actually.
And in any case, legislation to reduce violence is very much our arena. Take a look at our 4 principles
http://www.greens.org.nz/about/charter.htm

More votes in the public transport initiatives we all have outlined as being required then the s59 repeal bill.

And much more in line with Green Environmental policies.

Even businessmen know that (well some of them do).

You really have to define your terms of reference better.

respectfully
BJ