Auckland northern busway retrospective: Updated review of impacts

This paper summarises the effects of Auckland Northern Busway, connecting bus routes and associated services (collectively referred to as ‘the busway’). The busway is a highly significant project in a NZ context, being one of the most substantial public transport projects of the past 50 years. The objective of the paper is to assess whether the investment in the busway achieved its intended outcomes. Factors considered include; changes in patronage, busway travel times and the interrelationship with traffic flow and travel times on the parallel State Highway 1. The effect of the busway in terms of the growth of commuter access to Auckland CBD in a multi-modal context is described and the role of segregated travel modes in meeting demand is highlighted. Current issues and future plans are reviewed, including the possible conversion of the busway corridor to light rail as the busway approaches capacity.

• Record URL:
  https://atrf.info/papers/2017/index.aspx
• Authors:
  • WIGNALL, D
  • WALLIS, I
• Conference:
  • Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 39th, 2017, Auckland, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2017-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: 39th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2017), Auckland, 27-29 November 2017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Demand; Public transit; Routes; Transit centers; Transportation operations; Travel time
• Geographic Terms: Auckland, New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Bus; Demand; Modal interchange; Public transport; Route; Transport network; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01700823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 1 2019 10:46AM