as the GFC, the few years after that are too unstable to generate a meaningful trend. These days I don't think anyone working at a supermarket at the age of 16 could afford a car on their own without working insane hours, not with the other significant expenses in their life such as their iPhone and its data plan. I can't really comment too much on the $12 Billion as it involves a number of projects I know next to nothing about, it certainly isn't all related to spending on roads in the Auckland for commuters., I doubt it is significant anywhere other than the Harbour Bridge though as of course motorways are largely useless for buses as that's where the people ain't. The Bridge is unique, I think, in that respect. Can you think of anywhere else? In the coming years you should start to see SH16 from Waterview onwards getting larger bus volumes running along it as well as SH18. Both of those routes are meant to have long distance express services going on them. owever SH16 faces one large issue in that the buses have to get back onto the local road network about 5km out from the city. And from what I understand AT does not have any plans to improve that local road link for buses above exiting to any great extent in the near future. Great North rd is a fine bus route, better priority would be good, but that's true of the pretty