Hamilton Public Transport city ranking 2001-2023
The percentage of workers choosing to travel to work by bus in Hamilton increased by nearly 100% from 1.5% to nearly 3% over the past 25 years.
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A fair bus fare – Hamilton’s bus patronage 1927 to 2025
A fair bus fare is at about $2.50: when it increases to near or above $3, patronage begins to fall, putting fare revenue at risk, and no one benefits.
1981 to 2022 Hamilton Public Transport Reports – My Notes
This post is a scrapbook of snippets from reports and articles.
1900s deregulation of the passenger transport industry
‘Deregulation in 1991 ...
Hamilton 1973s transport Study – my notes
The benefits of transferring Central Business Area (CBA) commuters from car to bus has been assessed at about $200,000 [$3,294,193 adjusted] a year for the next 20 years [from 1973] (p.239) ...
102 years of rural school bus service in NZ
Our Story - A history of the Waikato - by Waikato Times 1999, page 33
The 85 percent parking tipping point
Is 30% of traffic congestion caused by cars searching for car parking?
Wider CBD & Frankton car parking value
Once about 85 percent of car parking is occupied, cars begin cruising or queuing looking for vacant parking, making travel times predictably unreliable.
Bypass slows Hamilton traffic and GDP
After the opening of the Hamilton bypass in 2022 traffic congestion increased by over 5 percent on Hamilton’s three northern bridges, with 4,200 vehicles per day added to bridge traffic in 2023 and GDP has stayed the same.
CBD & Frankton traffic supporting spending, but not foot traffic – cars only
Card spending trends in the Hamilton central and Frankton (CBD&F) areas follow traffic volume trends and the traffic volume trend line is not increasing at the same speed as Hamilton’s population growth.