ARTA Annual Report 2009 - Auckland Transport

TravelWise – Tertiary students get on board
Around 32,000 tertiary students, as well as about 8,000 staff, travel daily to and around the University of
Auckland’s and AUT University’s CBD campuses. Thousands more travel to the North Shore and Tamaki.
Students were already identified as committed public transport users, with over half catching buses, trains
or ferries.
The Universities’ Travel Plan was introduced in 2007. In March 2008, the student discount on public transport
was doubled to 40%. Public transport linkages between campuses and student accommodation improved
with the Northern Busway connection. The number of outlets authorised to sell discounted 10-ride tickets
and the 7-Day Northern Pass increased from five to over 80.
The discount has been strongly promoted to students (see page 41).
The Central Connector project will further encourage public transport use by students, reducing travel
times and improving bus reliability between the CBD via both universities. (See page 28 for more details.)
RESULT: Sales of tertiary tickets increased 67% during the 2008 calendar year. The number
of cars being driven into the CBD by students fell by 1,127.
Travel to CBD Universities 2006 and 2008
25,000
20,000
18,142
19,571
15,000
10,000
5,000
4,464
3,337
2,879
2,152
5,664
6,196
1,146
551
0
Car as driver
Car as passenger
Bus, train or ferry
Walk/run/cycle
Other (mainly
shuttle bus)
Baseline v 2006 Student travel update 2008
46