• Corpus ID: 106546040

Network planning for more effective public transport in New Zealand cities

@inproceedings{Stone2010NetworkPF,
  title={Network planning for more effective public transport in New Zealand cities},
  author={John Stone and Paul Mees and Muhammad Imran},
  year={2010}
}

• J. Stone, P. Mees, M. Imran
• Published 1 July 2010
• Economics

`Network planning' seeks to design cost-effective public transport services to provide a competitive alternative to the car and meet the growing demand for travel to multiple destinations across the city region. This approach has been successfully adopted in many cities around the world, across a range of sizes and degrees of dispersed suburban development. The key elements of the 'network planning' are: integration of all modes with easy transfers at locations across the city; a clear line structure that is easy for users to learn; direct route alignments with the fastest possible operating speeds and high frequencies where demand is greatest and coordinated timetables elsewhere. This paper reports on research to assess the potential for the network approach to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public transport in NZ cities. This assessment was done through international benchmarking on a range of urban form and public transport service parameters, and through investigation of current institutions, policies and service patterns for the delivery of public transport in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.