bus Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Greater Wellington failing regional economy - by Gareth Hughes



    The roll-out of real time displays — screens that tell passengers when their bus or train will arrive — has been delayed yet again, Greater Wellington Regional Council reported yesterday. This is yet another setback in a long line of setbacks and broken promises stretching right back to the year 2000. European bus and train [...] read more
    June 17, 2011 5:11 pm - 23 Comments
  • frog

    More Aucklanders leave their cars at home - by frog



    Yesterday’s Herald detailed further dramatic rises in growth of public transport patronage in Auckland. ARTA statistics show public transport patronage grew eight percent in 2008 to almost 58 million trips—a level not seen since 1984. The figures at a glance:        >> 18% more rail journeys to 7.2 million passenger trips in 2008        >> 7% [...] read more
    February 25, 2009 12:04 pm - 25 Comments
  • frog

    Getting to Parliament - by frog



    Further to the Dominion Post expose that John Key spent over $200,000 on chauffered limos last  financial year comes shocking news that Russel may have spent anywhere up to $99 a month on his bus fares from home to work. This could be something for his upcoming line by line review of public expenditure? read more
    November 11, 2008 10:40 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    The Wellington Transport Plan - by frog



    Line maintenance on Sue’s train line conspired to delay her arrival at the Greens launch of our Wellington Transport Plan.  But she got there by bus instead and announced a costed and detailed plan that would see a new light rail network linking the Hutt Valley, Porirua and the Airport. Stage one would see light [...] read more
    October 22, 2008 4:10 pm - 32 Comments
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    Intrepid Journey - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    Just as Odysseus had to travel enormous distances and overcome many trials to return home to his beloved Penelope, a team of intrepid Green Party members set out with me this morning on a trip of epic proportions. We tried to get from the end of the Onehunga rail line to Auckland Airport using public [...] read more
    October 14, 2008 4:30 pm - 72 Comments
  • frog

    Car Free Day – Wellington - by frog



    This photo below shows the space fifty people in cars take, and the space taken by the same amount of people in a bus.  It’s also supposed to show the space the same number of people on bicycles take up, but the cyclists seem to be mingling in sociably with pedestrians and and other gadabouts [...] read more
    September 22, 2008 12:21 pm - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Snapper Wars - by frog



    It is inevitable that there will be teething problems when a new technology is rolled out and the Snapper Card, Wellington’s new fare system, is no exception. Open warfare broke out on my bus this morning, as Snapper cardholders were turned away because the bus was not fitted with a Snapper reader. It seems that [...] read more
    August 20, 2008 9:52 am - 37 Comments
  • frog

    Blogs I like today - by frog



    A few worthwhile reads from other blogs: Anna McM at the Hand Mirror continues a fascinating discussion on the value, or otherwise, of rugby. You’ll also want to read as background the Hand Mirror’s earlier pieces on the casual way our rugby media has brushed aside accusations of rape against the English rugby team as [...] read more
    June 25, 2008 10:58 pm - 7 Comments