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Have your say Changing public transport in South Auckland New Network Auckland Transport Private Bag 92250 West Street Victoria Auckland 1142 FreePost Authority No. 233462 FreePost Find out more: 09 366 6400 or visit www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz Transforming Auckland’s public transport network Over the next few years Auckland Transport is moving to a simpler and more integrated public transport network for Auckland. How to find out more This will deliver a New Network of buses and trains that will change the way people travel – including the need for some passengers to transfer at key interchanges. In return the New Network will allow more Visit our website to view individual route maps passengers to simply ‘turn up and go’ rather than planning trips around a timetable. It will offer and suburb guides for key areas of South flexible travel options over large parts of the city, making public transport more useful for a range of Auckland, read answers to frequently asked travel purposes. questions and watch our video. This document has been translated into Maori, Tongan, Samoan, The map on page 2 shows the proposed new frequent routes for the whole of Auckland. This Frequent Korean, Hindi, Punjabi and Chinese and is Network will have trains and buses timetabled at least every 15 minutes from 7am to 7pm, seven days available on our website. We are also holding a week. They will be supported by a network of Connector routes timetabled at least every 30 minutes Open Days near you and encourage you to along with Local and Peak services, to ensure Aucklanders continue to have access to public transport and come along. For details go to page 7. good connections to the Frequent Network. Due to the scale of change, consultation and implementation for the New Network has been broken into several phases. We are starting with South Auckland’s network, which is the focus of this consultation brochure. More details on the proposed services for South Auckland are on page 3 and our website at www.aucklandtransport. govt.nz/newnetwork. Consultation runs from Wednesday 19 June to 4pm Friday 2 August 2013. As you read through these changes, please keep in mind that we are aiming to create a network that is both useful and convenient for more people in South Auckland. We have tried to design the best possible network, and we hope to improve on it with your input. Tell us how you think we could improve the New Network to best meet the needs of people who live, work or play in South Auckland. Other parts of Auckland will be consulted on over the next few years and detailed route maps for those areas will then be available. At this stage we are only seeking feedback on the Southern network. Changing public transport in South Auckland | 1 Consulting on the New Network for public transport in South Auckland Why are we proposing changes to public transport? Now is the time for a new way of thinking about public transport in Auckland. If The proposed New Network is based on a principle already working in many Auckland is to cope with the expected growth in population, public transport North American and European cities, which have networks of high frequency must become the transport choice for more Aucklanders. Bold changes need services that are designed to work together through easy connections. to be made to provide a better level of service, respond to public demand and A frequent, well-integrated network with services timetabled at least every provide better connections to the places Aucklanders want to go. Simply putting 15 minutes is considered to be more useful for most people than a jumble of more buses on the existing network is not an option. infrequent routes. We are following that principle as we work towards making We have to fundamentally change the way bus services operate, to provide more Auckland the world’s most liveable city. frequent services and a simpler more connected network. This is illustrated in the diagram below. Electric trains are on their way. This gives us the opportunity to redesign bus This principle was included in Auckland Transport’s Draft Regional Public services to complement rail and improve bus operations across the whole Transport Plan which was consulted on in October 2012. More than 700 of Auckland. submissions were received, and there was strong support for the proposed new The current bus network is complex, mostly infrequent and in many places, public transport network. It was endorsed for local consultation by the Auckland duplicates what trains do. It is inefficient to operate and does not always provide Transport Board in March 2013. a suitable alternative to the car, or give ratepayers, taxpayers and customers the best value for money. Direct Service Option: Connective Network Option: many infrequent overlapping fewer routes, more frequency routes (Auckland now): (Auckland future): The current network tries to connect many locations with many other locations at low frequencies, as in the left ResidentialResidential 1 1 ResidentialResidential 2 2 ResidentialResidential 3 3 ResidentialResidential 1 1 ResidentialResidential 2 2 ResidentialResidential 3 3 image. We are moving to the model on the right which has fewer routes but higher frequencies. The point at which the lines intersect in the right hand diagram illustrates where an interchange would be. For example, bus to train interchanges like Otahuhu or Manurewa, or a bus to bus interchange like Otara. This means that to make some trips, connections between services will be required, but ActivityActivity Area 1 1 ActivityActivity Area 1 1 the inconvenience associated with this will be minimised ActivityActivity AreaArea 3 3 ActivityActivity Area 3 3 Activity Activity by the provision of good interchange facilities, improved Area 2 Area 2 Activity Area 2 Activity Area 2 frequencies and integrated ticketing (with integrated 9 routes operate at 30 minute frequencies 3 routes operate at least every 15 minutes fares to follow). To Silverdale P&R Browns Bay Northcross Rothesay Bay Map Symbols Mairangi Bay Albany Inner City Rapid Service Interchanges Massey (Railway & Busway) * (Albert St, Queen St, University Mt Eden Station, Castor Bay Windsor Frequent Service University, Grafton) Park (All other colours) Constellation Crown Station Hill Reduced Frequency extension of Rapid or Sunset Road Milford Frequent Service This map shows only Cuthill Sunnynook Local Centre services (bus, train and ferry) Station or suburb timetabled at least every 15 minutes, 7am – 7pm, Greenhithe Connection Smales Farm 7 days a week. Other services Station Takapuna between services Glenfield Hauraki will continue to support the Beach Akoranga Corner Major Interchange Frequent Network Haven Station Belmont Note: This map shows only the main suburbs, town centres and stations served by each Birkdale Narrow service. Not all stops are shown. Suburb locations are approximate only. Neck Hobsonville Verrans Corner Highbury Northcote Point Devonport West Harbour Bucklands Mission Bay St Heliers Wynyard Britomart Beach Kohimarama Westgate Victoria Park * * Meadowbank Glendowie Pt Chevalier Herne * Orakei Station Beach Bay Te Atatu Peninsula Ponsonby Parnell Village Massey Westmere K’Road * * Newmarket Highland Grey Lynn Park Howick Te Atatu Shops Remuera Meadowbank St Johns Glen Innes Triangle Kingsland Road Mt Eden Remuera Station Te Atatu Morningside Interchange Pt Chevalier Shops Village Baldwin Greenlane Greenlane Station Ave Pakuranga Lincoln Sandringham Pakuranga Panmure Plaza Heights Road Te Atatu South Mt Waterview Albert St Balmoral Mt Epsom Ellerslie Mt Wellington Swanson Ranui Lukes Eden Rosebank Sandringham Botany Shops Penrose Sylvia Burswood Sturges Road Park Glendene Kelston Mt Roskill Royal Henderson Avondale Oak Wesley Three Kings Sunnyvale Te Papapa Otahuhu New Windsor Onehunga Glen Fruitvale New Town Centre Botany Eden Road Lynn Waikowhai Junction Flat Bush Otahuhu Blockhouse Bay Lynfield Ormiston Rd Mangere Station Hunters Otara Bridge Mangere Corner East Mangere Middlemore Clover Park Papatoetoe Airport Manukau Auckland Oaks Puhinui Auckland Frequent Network Airport Homai Manurewa 2016 (proposed) Takanini Routes are subject to change as part of local consultation processes. Papakura Weymouth To Pukekohe Changing public transport in South Auckland | 2 What does this mean for South Auckland? The proposed network for South Auckland will include different types of services as follows: Service Type Frequency and Hours of Operation South Auckland Frequent In South Auckland, the train line and four key bus routes will form this Frequent service layer. Services: 30, 31A/B*, 32, 33A/B* Services Bus services At least every 15 minutes between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week. Peak frequency will typically be every 10-15 minutes. Services will operate at lower frequencies outside these hours, typically every 30 minutes or better. Train services There will be trains at least every 15 minutes between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week, from Puhinui, Papatoetoe, Middlemore and Otahuhu to Britomart. At a later date there will be trains to and from Manukau and Papakura at least every 15 minutes between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week. There will be trains to and from Onehunga every 30 minutes. Connector The Frequent Network will be complemented by Connector bus services at least every 30 minutes, Services: 31A, 31B, 33A, 33B, 309, 313, 325, 353, Services between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week – connecting people to town centres, and work and/or 363, 364, 365, 366, 372, 377 the Frequent Network. Peak frequency will typically be every 20 minutes. Services will operate at lower frequencies outside these hours, typically every 60 minutes or better. All-Day Network Taken together, Frequent and Connector services form the backbone of what we have called the The two boxes above contain the services All-Day Network, which includes services operating between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week. which make up the All-Day Network for Outside these hours services will operate but at lower frequencies.