Andrew Dickens: Auckland Transport needs to get it together

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jan 18, 2026 · 2m · transcript

On Friday just before most of us came back to work Auckland Transport announced that public transport fares on the rise from February 1st.

They’re going up by 5.1% which is higher than inflation, but they claim transport costs have risen by up to 16%.

Meanwhile parking costs in AT controlled buildings and areas are going up by 50 cents an hour.

For adult commuters, this means a 10 to 25 cents increase per bus or train trip, and 40 to 60 cents more per ferry journey.

Now I understand prices go up but I’m not sure that AT realise the consequences.

I use a ferry. In fact, I used one on Saturday…