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Meet Paulette - a ray of sunshine behind the wheel
- Metlink
- This Bus Driver Appreciation Day, Metlink is celebrating the drivers who pull out all the stops for its network. If you’re in Kāpiti and spot a bus driver with a beaming smile behind the wheel, it’s probably Paulette. “I'm the type of person who's always waving at the other bus drivers,” Paulette says. She’s always looking out to see if she can improve someone’s day. “If I'm sitting at the traffic lights and one of my colleagues pulls up in their bus, then I'm doing a little dance to entertain them!” Paulette has been driving for UzaBus for 20 months, but it wasn’t a job she had ever considered before.
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One million passengers aboard the Airport Express
- Metlink
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink bus depot plan moving to new location in Miramar
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Wellington International Airport, Stewart Duff Drive, Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Out of the (bus) box thinking for a more accessible city
- Wellington City Council
- When Jacob Wahry joined Wellington City Council as a project lead to deliver sustainable street changes, he wasn’t expecting his mechanical engineering background to come into play. But this proved key to helping people with visual impairments to understand proposed changes for bus stop bypasses, where bike lanes and bus stops meet.
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City Bus Service Blindspots: Ōwhiro Bay Residents Develop Killer Calves
- Salient
- Ōwhiro Bay has been abandoned by the bus network, according to a new report. During off-peak times, it takes two buses and over 45 minutes to get from Ōwhiro Bay to the city centre. The suburb is disproportionately affected by bus cancellations. Its residents are fed up. Now, they’ve taken matters into their own hands, writing a twenty-thousand-word report to prove their own experience. Jack Graham and Arunan Noble are both Ōwhiro Bay residents and, in the spirit of full disclosure, friends of the author. They both live with their parents while studying at VUW. After many years of being disappointed by the bus system, hope was initially raised when Metlink announced incoming improvements at the start of 2024.
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Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink’s Airport Express set to break 2023 patronage record
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Eight months since Metlink’s Airport Express exceeded forecast demand, latest patronage figures indicate a new record is poised to be set. 364,191 trips were recorded on the fully electric buses’ first year of operation to 20 July 2023 – 128% of the number expected. With over 320,000 trips already taken in the service’s second year of operation and figures for April and May forecast to be around 36,000 in each month, patronage is set to surpass the 2023 total in just ten months. Greater Wellington chair Daran Ponter say he’s delighted by the patronage growth which underscores Metlink’s commitment to providing efficient and reliable transport options for our residents and visitors alike.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink – update for Term 1 2024
- Wellington High School
- Metlink update – Term 1 2024 Starting 28 January 2024: Buses return to full timetables on routes 1, 7, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32. Route 18 off-peak frequency increases to every 30 minutes, with additional services scheduled for Wellington High School. Morning services leave Karori at 7.46, 8.00 and 8.15 arriving WHS 8.22, 8.36 and […]
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink – update for Term 1 2024
- Wellington High School
- Metlink update – Term 1 2024 Starting 28 January 2024: Buses return to full timetables on routes 1, 7, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32. Route 18 off-peak frequency increases to every 30 minutes, with additional services scheduled for Wellington High School. Morning services leave Karori at 7.46, 8.00 and 8.15 arriving WHS 8.22, 8.36 and […]
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Work starts on Kilbirnie walking and biking connections
- Wellington City Council
- Improvements to walking, bike and bus connections in the wider Kilbirnie area are getting under way with work starting on safer new crossings in Rongotai, and a new shared path alongside Ākau Tangi Sports Centre.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink On Demand bus-hailing service to be extended after successful trial
- Metlink
- A public transport service for the ride-hailing era is expanding in reach. Metlink On Demand, the app-based, demand-driven bus service, will cover a larger area following a decision by Greater Wellington councillors on 22 June. Metlink On Demand finished a successful 12-month trial on 16 May, having completed over 40,000 trips for the community. The trial will now be extended for another year, and the service will be expanded from Tawa and Grenada North to include Porirua CBD. As the trial continues, Metlink will also assess the viability of extending the service to Aotea and Cannons Creek.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Johnsonville: Proposed new bus stop on Moorefield Road
- Metlink
- GWRC is working with Stride and Wellington City Council (WCC) to develop a fully integrated bus and rail transport hub; this is likely to take some time to work through. In the interim, a new bus stop in Johnsonville, southbound on Moorefield Road is proposed - Stop D.
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Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink bike rack practice point encourages cycle savviness
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A bus bike rack installed by Greater Wellington allows Wellingtonians to practice attaching their bikes to Metlink buses - without worrying about stopping traffic. The rack is affixed to a near-life-sized image of a Metlink bus on the Bike Space workshop, a city-council sponsored bike repair shop on Cable Street next to Waitangi Park.
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Waitangi Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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On-Bus Announcements test run on 20 buses in Wellington
- Metlink
- Primarily, the on-bus announcement system makes public transport easier and safer for riders with disabilities and impairments. It also benefits people who are unfamiliar with public transport, anyone catching a route they don’t normally use, and visitors to the region. The system will announce all stops during both off-peak and peak commuter times, because riders that benefit from this system travel during all times of the day.
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Metlink supporting passengers, bus drivers and train crew with onboard etiquette campaign
- Metlink
- A Metlink campaign aiming to create more pleasant journeys for customers and frontline staff by reminding passengers of onboard etiquette is being rolled out across its network. Metlink General Manager Samantha Gain says its launch is well timed with Metlink’s two largest operators making significant progress on recruiting new drivers through individual recruitment campaigns and newly opened pathways for immigration.
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More services, regular timetable and more drivers on the way for Metlink
- Metlink
- Metlink is adding more services to its temporary January timetable ahead of the reintroduction of its full timetable on 28 January. Tim Shackleton, acting General Manager for Metlink, says the introduction of supplementary buses from today will help provide more services as more people head back to work.
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Wellington and Porirua buses to use Saturday timetables in January
- Metlink
- Most Metlink buses in Wellington city and Porirua will use their Saturday timetables on weekdays from 4 to 27 January. Routes 13, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 12e, 30x and 31x will operate their normal weekday schedules during this period, while After Midnight services will also operate as normal on Saturday and Sunday mornings Services on routes 81 and 84 between Eastbourne and Wellington are suspended until 29 January. Routes 39 and 32x will also cease operation until 29 January, however, a shuttle will connect Island Bay and Houghton Bay at 10-minute intervals during the morning and evening peaks on weekdays. Metlink has reduced bus timetables in this way to give customers certainty. Because of the national bus driver shortage, and at a time when many of us, including drivers are taking leave, the reduced schedules will help operators meet demand and minimise unplanned cancellations.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Priority: reliable buses
- Wellington Scoop
- The Regional Council has today given me the job of Transport Chair. My top priority is a reliable bus service and, to achieve that, I’ll have a laser-like focus on building up the driver workforce. I also want to make sure our transport network is accessible and affordable to everyone. At the same time as we fix these immediate problems, we also need to prepare Wellington for the future. I’ll be working to accelerate delivery of mass transit through the city so that as Wellington grows we can all get around smoothly, safely and in clean, low emission way
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Air quality improves as EV bus numbers increase
- Metlink
- A new report from Greater Wellington’s Environmental Science team shows the positive impact Metlink’s EV buses are having on Wellington’s air quality along the Golden Mile, leading both to positive health benefits and climate change mitigation. The Metlink bus fleet emissions 2021/22 Environmental impacts annual report outlines air monitoring and bus emissions tracking tool results up to 30 June 2022 and reports on monthly emissions and annual air quality performance indicators.
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67 trips on Wellington city bus routes to be temporarily suspended
- Metlink
- From Monday 17 October, 67 trips on Metlink’s bus network will be temporarily suspended to improve the reliability of service for bus customers during the national driver shortage. Morning and afternoon peak trips will be suspended across 14 Wellington city bus routes with the Metlink website and app detailing the trips affected, allowing customers to plan ahead. Metlink General Manager Samantha Gain said the national driver shortage is affecting customers and operators across Metlink’s entire network, but particularly in Wellington city.
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Positives drawn from latest Metlink Satisfaction Survey despite cancellations
- Metlink
- The results of Metlink’s annual independent customer satisfaction survey, which surveyed 2745 customers about their experiences on public transport in the region, will be presented at this Thursday’s meeting of Greater Wellington’s Transport Committee. The survey was conducted in June this year. A record high 96 percent of surveyed Metlink rail customers were satisfied with their journey, while 94 percent of surveyed customers across the whole Metlink bus, train and ferry network were satisfied with their trip, one percent more than last year. Metlink General Manager Samantha Gain said the satisfaction levels were pleasing overall, but acknowledged that since the survey was taken in June, bus service cancellations have increased from an average of 4.5% for the month due to bus driver shortages and absenteeism, to up to 10% on some days, making it difficult for customers on affected routes.
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Diesel-to-electric bus conversion and Sky Stadium projects seek funding from Greater Wellington for low carbon initiatives
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington’s Climate Committee has recommended that the regional council fund two projects aimed at lowering the regional council’s carbon footprint. Metlink has applied for funding to reduce bus emissions through a diesel-to-electric power bus conversion trial, and the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust applied for funding for a study into reducing Sky Stadium’s environmental footprint. Both were considered at today’s Climate Committee meeting. Metlink seeks $550,000 to convert a diesel-powered bus to electric power and trial its operation in the Metlink fleet.
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Green light for bus and bike work
- Wellington City Council
- Plans to make Wellington a place where it is easier and safer to get places in low carbon ways are a step closer this week with bus and bike improvements to the western suburbs approved today, and consultation now open on the Newtown to city route to the south.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Increased bus cancellations - 7 July 2022
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Better Bus
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Better Buses Owhiro Bay
- The Better Buses Ōwhiro Bay Organisation is an independent grassroots group founded to see better bus services in our suburb. We are two full-time university students who, for the last 6 years, have noticed the worsening of bus services in Ōwhiro Bay.
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