Wellington city and regional councils are to consider a plan to speed up buses' travel times on key routes in the city. The Bus Priority Action Plan was commissioned earlier this year by the councils with work from the Transport Agency (NZTA). It identifies eight bus routes where changes could be made so travel times can be sped up - such as giving buses priority at traffic lights, more bus lanes, and improving bus stops so people can get on and off quicker. It states bus journey times on some routes could be reduced by up to a third in the morning peak. Mayor Andy Foster said bus priority will help deal with the bottlenecks that currently undermine the city bus service's reliability and efficiency.

Source: Stuff December 07, 2019 07:07 UTC