tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post2527220696182368999..comments2023-08-26T01:09:07.337+12:00Comments on Reflections on Auckland Planning: Straighten Auckland Bus ServicesJoel Cayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-23351556001966131132011-12-30T08:00:13.879+13:002011-12-30T08:00:13.879+13:00These are constructive comments. They all suggest ...These are constructive comments. They all suggest a need for orbital routes, to deliver lateral connections. That is a big part of the Curitiba design. The thing to remember in any redesign though is where the buses go today - albeit inefficiently. That is, they deliver people to the Auckland CBD, and points along the way. The purpose in my redesign is to rationalise some of those corridors/Joel Cayfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-55336905940722036812011-12-29T23:09:42.301+13:002011-12-29T23:09:42.301+13:00When the trams ran in Auckland, people shopped at ...When the trams ran in Auckland, people shopped at their local grocer, butcher, dairy and hardware store and only went to “the big smoke” to visit John Courts or Smith and Caughey or to see if Rock Hudson would finally nail Doris Day. Then we had fifty years of the City of Cars which produced malls and mega stores and put the local shops on life support. The only evidence for your transport Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-34933566525096616502011-12-22T13:04:44.332+13:002011-12-22T13:04:44.332+13:00main issue I have here is the CBD focus of the net...main issue I have here is the CBD focus of the network.<br />Aucklands public transport does not cater well for those who work outside the CBD.<br />Network needs to be based around nodes at places like Manukau, New Lynn, busway stations, Panmure, and Greenlane.<br />Major employment areas like Greenlane have good north-south services, but dreadful east-west services, because of the CBD focus of Luke Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-65627971916481130472011-12-22T08:42:39.116+13:002011-12-22T08:42:39.116+13:00Excellent post, especially the map showing how ope...Excellent post, especially the map showing how operator boundaries frustrate the planning of orbital services that cut across these slices.<br /><br />One caution in your abstracted map: The piles of route numbers on a segment don't necessarily indicate that the corridor is major or heavily served. The Whangaparoa peninsula has oodles of route numbers and almost no service. Route numbers Jarretthttp://humantransit.orgnoreply@blogger.com