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North Shore Busway off to a good start |
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Written by Will Wilson
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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The New Zealand Herald has published figures for the first month of full operation for the North Shore Busway and they look good. 80,000 passengers representing a 66% increase over February last year is a really good start.
Unfortunately, as the article points out, bus patronage over the rest of Auckland has taken a dive by 2.2% for the year since June 30 - highlighting a downward trend over the last 5 years.
Interestingly, Auckland Regional Council Deputy Chair Michael Barnett challenged the Auckland Regional Transport Authority's chief executive to offer "something profoundly different" to boost patronage. Perhaps Mr Barnett might like to look this way!
Read the NZ Herald article here
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