| 词条 | Central Connector, Auckland |
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The Central Connector (formerly called Auckland Central Transit Corridor), is a bus route (mooted as a potential future light rail route)[1] between Britomart Transport Centre in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, and the commercial suburb of Newmarket. It has some aspects of a bus rapid transit link. It was expected to improve journey times by about 14 minutes for around 2,600 buses per week, about 65,000 passengers daily.[2][3] Work began in April 2008 and is now finished.[4][5][6] In November 2007 John Banks, the Mayor of Auckland City, ordered a review of the project as part of his promised crackdown on rate increases. It was decided to go forward with the project, in part due to it being expected to cost Auckland City (according to late 2007 estimates) only NZ$8.5 million, with Land Transport New Zealand paying $20.5 million in addition to Auckland Regional Transport Authority's (ARTA) $13.7 million share. Banks' first Council, before its 2004 defeat by Dick Hubbard, had also first mooted the project to replace the tramway that was planned under Christine Fletcher's council but cancelled under Banks'.[5][7][8] CharacteristicsThe route runs from Britomart via Symonds Street to Karangahape Road then over Grafton Bridge to Khyber Pass Road in Newmarket. It passes through Auckland University's City Campus on Symonds Street and past Auckland University of Technology's City Campus on Wellesley Street East, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland University's Grafton Campus, Auckland Domain, and Grafton Railway Station, all important public transport destinations. Grafton Bridge is closed to private vehicle traffic during the day, creating a bus lane in each direction between 7am-7pm. This part of the project was reviewed after protests by councillor Ken Baguely.[8] However, part-funding for the project by ARTA had been contingent on those operating hours.[9]Most of the streets en route received substantial overhauls, with, for example, relaid footpaths. Ten pedestrian crossings were to be improved and enlarged, especially around the university. The changes included the closure of Alfred Street, a side street off Symonds Street bisecting the university campus in that area, to all traffic except Link and City Circuit buses from the end of 2006,[10] and new canopies over footpaths in the university areas.[3][5][6] References1. ^Revamping Grafton Bridge to cost $7.3m - The New Zealand Herald, Tuesday 3 October 2006 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10380729|accessdate=27 December 2017|title=Brian Rudman: Let taxis use Grafton Bridge to ferry the sick to hospital|date=7 May 2006|publisher=The New Zealand Herald – nzherald.co.nz}} 3. ^1 Central Connector to improve bus travel times - CityScene, Auckland City Council newsletter, Sunday 9 March 2008 4. ^Newmarket Development Programme{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Auckland City Council Transport Committee, Friday 14 December 2007 5. ^1 2 {{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10482247 |title=Newmarket bus corridor gets nod |author=Dearnaley, Mathew |date=14 December 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 September 2011}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10424064 |title=Cost of city-to-Newmarket busway doubles to $46m |author=Dearnaley, Mathew |date=15 February 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 September 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10456429 |title=Council puts light rail back on track |author=Orsman, Bernard |date=8 August 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 September 2011}} 8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=536&objectid=10478511 |title=Subsidies may not save $43m bus corridor |author=Dearnaley, Mathew |date=27 November 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 September 2011}} 9. ^Central connector - progress update {{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (Agenda memo for the Transport Committee of Auckland City Council, 14 July 2009. Accessed 2009-11-23.) 10. ^Students welcome street closure{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 27 September 2006 External links
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