With the Northern Busway up and running the New Zealand Herald has run another "your views" about the state of public transport in Auckland to see if people would get out of their cars if we had better public transport. This would have to be a major issue for the Busway - if people do not get out of their cars, then that $300m investment will look a bit lame. Likely it will pressure transit authorities to open the dedicated bus lanes to other users.

Seems a mixed bag of feedback. Some of the responses seem to indicate that the Busway itself may be working. Other comments for those that live on the North Shore and commute across the Shore suggest things may not be so good. The Busway focus has been to create an express corridor - North Shore to City. Also those that live to the West side of the North Shore might still have a problem. Interesting to note that one commentator said this is where most of the "workers" live - the ones likely to need good public transport.

Well, still early days for the Busway but it would be good to continue to monitor the feedback and see just what lessons can be learned if any.

Read the feedback here

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