Christchurch's Planned Bus Station - Dare we believe it will really address bus user needs??
Getting it right - Hamilton's Transport Centre in the Waikato (NZ) - urban, metropolitan, regional and long distance buses (and timetables) ; cab rank, info and ticket office, left luggage, cafe, real time - ten years ahead of Christchurch city in public transport thinking! Photo; NZ in Tranzit 2010 Interesting to see that Christchurch teenagers want a safer bus exchange, without gloomy corners, twist and turn tunnels and more CTV. We have a constant problem that public transport systems are being designed by people who do not catch or rely upon buses. Many aspects are just not attuned to passengers needs. The result is actually inferior facilities, despite all the usual hoopla. Not only for teenagers as above. Overseas research, for example shows, two major reasons people do not swap from using cars to using buses is their need to break journeys to pick up groceries from supermarkets or to drop off or younger children fro...