Supermaxx Overview

"Supermaxx" is an effective, low cost., affordable, integrated, public transport system for Auckland which could be introduced within six months and which:-

• Vastly improves service, convenience, and affordability
  
• Meets the needs of today's and tomorrows commuters and off peak travellers
  
• Lowers costs to both ratepayers and passengers dramatically
  
• Minimises emission and noise pollution (removes approximately 50,000 tons of carbon per annum from the atmosphere).
  
• Minimises waste of capital and human resources
  
• Services all main residential, commercial, and entertainment centres in Auckland Supercity area from Wellsford to Waiuku including Auckland International Airport.
• Utilises current equipment to minimise capital expense and delays in implementation
• Designed to be used with kiss and ride, park and ride, cycle and ride, shuttle and ride, and walk and ride facilities. (Over 80% of Auckland's population is within 15 minutes walk of Supermaxx.
• Encourages people to use public transport with consequent major reduction in pollution, congestion, fuel imports, and household costs. 
  
• Provides unlimited travel on Supermaxx train and bus services in the area between Albany and Papakura and Swanson to Howick
• $2     2 hour pass        (From first to last boarding)                                                
• $5     1 day pass                                                                                                       
• $20   7 day pass                                                                                                
• $60   30 day pass
• $90   30 day Regional Pass covering all buses and trains in the Supercity area from Wellsford to Waiuku      

Prepared by
Stephen Greenfield

Developer of the "Connoisseur Express" luxury rail service in the South Island (1998) past operator and driver of tour coaches, Merchant Navy officer, private pilot, and enthusiast for fast, efficient, eco friendly, and economical transport of of people and goods by bus, coach, rail, bike, foot, and private car combining the best of public and private transport.
Past member of Auckland City Council CBD Residents Advisory Group and CBD Advisory Board.

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This edition prepared December, 2009                                                                              

Original edition April 2006                                                                                                

Second edition April, 2009

The concept of Supermaxx started when Banks was Mayor last time around determined to plaster a motorway across Ngataringa Bay as part of the Eastern Corridor. My original concept was simply to operate trains every 10 minutes between Downtown and Panmure with connecting buses every 10 minutes to Pakuranga, Howick, and Botany Downs - that was the perfect Eastern Corridor. 6 years later and we still have not achieved even that basic objective - but the concept of "Supermaxx" has grown to cover all of the Supercity.

The entire Auckland Regional Council and Auckland City Council plus most of the councillors in the Manukau, Waitemata, and North Shore City Councils have been made fully aware of "Supermaxx". Clark, Cullen, and Hodgson were kept up to date with it. Key, Joyce, and English were given the proposal in November, 2008, just after they were elected. Joyces last communication (December 2009) was to tell me to shut up - or in officialise "this correspondence (in regard to Supermaxx) is now brought to a close"!! 

IT IS LONG PAST TIME THEY EITHER PROVED THE CONCEPT UNWORKABLE OR IMPLEMENTED IT!!!!  IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT.