Anthony Cross

Auckland urbanist, public transport professional, Camino walker. Easily annoyed by incorrect use of apostrophes and cars parked across footpaths! Views my own.

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@lukechristensen PS - and there's a mistake in the map which is that the Great South Rd tram only went as far as Campbell Rd rather than into Ellerslie.

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@lukechristensen I've got another edition of that map, with the routes marked out in orange rather than blue. The numbers are just for the purposes of the map, as Auckland trams, like Sydney's, didn't use route numbers.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

If you care about equity or transit ridership or racial justice or local prosperity or sustainability or climate or personal freedom or access to jobs, you need to care about buses. Thanks @fmanjoo for bringing this issue to the @nytimes opinion page. https://t.co/jyHxMJ6Pyo

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@vburbandesign @pippacoom @richardhills777 @CityAklccrg @michaelwoodnz @_chloeswarbrick @AklTransport Got the usual torrent of abuse as I walked home from the train just now, when I pointed out to a car driver that it's illegal to park over the footpath - "but I've only been here for 2 minutes!" - not sure why that was relevant. Thought of lodging a complaint with AT ...

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@toddniall @AklTransport Oh, Todd, this is not good for my blood pressure on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. Happens all the time at Meadowbank Station too @AklTransport

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@StuartBDonovan Makes sense to me Stu!

[IRJ @railjournal]

Joe Biden has nominated former presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, mayor Mr Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary.
https://t.co/rCRLsZ0awL

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@SimonWattsMP As a newbie @SimonWattsMP, I suggest you follow the advice of Keith Holyoake who "famously counselled first-term Members of Parliament to ‘breathe through their noses’, suggesting that it was in their best interests to keep their heads down and mouths shut"

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@transitmap N: Edinburgh, Scotland
S: Dunedin, New Zealand
E: Tauranga, New Zealand
W: Vancouver, Canada

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@toddniall But, Todd, people don't use buses to do their shopping. It's a well known fact. These trolleys must be there for some other reason ☺

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@SusanStrongman @richardhills777 @AklTransport @akltransport could you please do the same for the Downtown car park on Customs St?

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

If San Francisco can do it, Auckland and Wellington, so can we ...
SF approves plans for a car-free Market Street https://t.co/1AKhI8L7aS

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

Time to take these posters down @AklTransport - "every 15 minutes until midnight" is no longer true on many of these routes. It could have been such a "slick customer proposition" if potential new customers had known about it when thinking about coming into town for the evening!

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@ChrisCalviFree @sarahfreenz @TeriONeillNZ Really disappointed for you Chris. From what I've seen you've been a very conscientious councillor and you had so much highly relevant experience - politics is such a random process!

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@DarbyatCouncil @richardhills777 Congratulations Chris and Richard!

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@tina_plunkett @GreaterAKL War on cars or war on pedestrians?

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@Akl_PT @geogoose @dewithiel @Gale1212Harriet @juliefairey @tzemingdynasty @kimbakerwilson Unfortunately I am aware; very disappointed to say the least. Those late night frequent services were always going to be slow burners; unfortunately I couldn't persuade the marketing people to promote them ...

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

@DarrenDavis10 @metlinkwgtn's entire rail network, especially the Johnsonville and Kāpiti lines, and in addition to the buses already mentioned, the 7 to Kingston, the 23 to Houghton Bay and the 83 to Eastbourne.

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

I despair. By his own admission it's been just over a month since @AklTransport opened a T2 lane on Pakuranga Rd but National MP Simeon Brown has already launched a petition to have it removed because "it is clear the lane has not made a difference". After one month, really?

[Anthony Cross @AnthonyCrossNZ]

So pleased I took this route last October when I had the chance :-)

[The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone]

Experience this while you can. Hamburg-Copenhagen trains will be rerouted via Flensburg avoiding the need for the ferry from 14 December.