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888775 2010-05-30 20:37:00 Eventually car traffic will (may?) be a thing of the past, with the Onehunga Line being reopened shortly ;)

Aucklanders taking buses and trains leaving their cars at home will happen when I see pigs doing touch and goes at Mangere.
prefect (6291)
888776 2010-05-30 20:43:00 Aucklanders taking buses and trains leaving their cars at home will happen when I see pigs doing touch and goes at Mangere.

Better get the pigs trained up then ;)
pcuser42 (130)
888777 2010-05-30 21:14:00 Any opinions on that South Motorway (round Hillsborough) route in peak hour?

Or should I just stick to Mt Albert Rd route instead............
pctek (84)
888778 2010-05-30 21:34:00 Aucklanders taking buses and trains leaving their cars at home will happen when I see pigs doing touch and goes at Mangere.

No transport system will ever be the best to all people unless you can provide circle lines. Which in the case of Auckland and its isthmus, it's just not economic to do so. So we're left with a hub and spoke system that the Romans evolved and is still the backbone of most modern transport systems.

Auckland's problem is like Los Angeles (seven counties looking for a city) except we've got four cities looking for a CBD. If you live on a arterial note, Auckland is great. Just a bit of planning is all it takes, and these days, I find it faster to bus into the CBD, virtually door to door, with an efficient, modern, clean, air conditioned fleet such as Howick & Eastern.

"New Zealand 464, Tower. Cleared to land 20. Caution wake turbulence from formation of pigs departing for circuit training."

:banana
WalOne (4202)
888779 2010-05-30 23:02:00 Any opinions on that South Motorway (round Hillsborough) route in peak hour?

Or should I just stick to Mt Albert Rd route instead............

I would personally favor Mt Albert/ Carrington Road to Airport 1hunga.
The Southern motor way comes to a complete halt sometimes.
prefect (6291)
888780 2010-05-30 23:49:00 IMO, most if not all larger cities have not succeeded with traffic. You can have subway trains, buses, ferries, people like to use their own cars me thinks.

I think AKL needs a subway system, it has some ferries already and buses and taxis. Not much you can do except giving people the choice and just put up with traffic. Some may wanna pay high prices and live in the city so they are at least closer to work... which tends to be a trend these days by some what.
Nomad (952)
888781 2010-05-31 00:07:00 They should triple the petrol tax in Auckland, and use the money to subsidise motorcycles for commuters. Metla (12)
888782 2010-05-31 04:03:00 I would personally favor Mt Albert/ Carrington Road to Airport 1hunga.
The Southern motor way comes to a complete halt sometimes.

Its the SouthEastern motprway I think it's called, not the SOuthern.
Have to say I'm tending towards the Mt Albert route though.....
pctek (84)
888783 2010-05-31 07:13:00 South-Western perhaps through Onewhunga? R2x1 (4628)
888784 2010-06-01 03:26:00 IMO, most if not all larger cities have not succeeded with traffic. You can have subway trains, buses, ferries, people like to use their own cars me thinks.

I think AKL needs a subway system, it has some ferries already and buses and taxis. Not much you can do except giving people the choice and just put up with traffic. Some may wanna pay high prices and live in the city so they are at least closer to work... which tends to be a trend these days by some what.

Far too expensive, NZ is too poor to pay for it. Light rail or trams is the cheaper option. I think Auckland is too spread out for a subway system to be affordable too. Subways work in london an ny, due to the higher density of people.
robbyp (2751)
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