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The Central Connector (formerly called Auckland Central Transit Corridor), is a bus rapid transit link (mooted as a potential future light rail route)〔''(Revamping Grafton Bridge to cost $7.3m )'' - ''The New Zealand Herald'', Tuesday 3 October 2006〕 between Britomart Transport Centre in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, and the commercial suburb of Newmarket. It is to improve journey times by about 14 minutes for around to 2,600 buses per week, about 65,000 passengers daily.〔''(Brian Rudman: Let taxis use Grafton Bridge to ferry the sick to hospital )'' - ''The New Zealand Herald'', Monday 8 May 2006〕〔''Central Connector to improve bus travel times'' - ''CityScene'', Auckland City Council newsletter, Sunday 9 March 2008〕 Work began in April 2008 and is now finished.〔''(Newmarket Development Programme )'' - ''Auckland City Council Transport Committee'', Friday 14 December 2007〕 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.〔 == Characteristics == The 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 campus and by Auckland City Hospital and the Auckland Domain, all important public transport destinations. The project closes Grafton Bridge to private vehicle traffic during the day, creating a bus lane 7am-7pm. This part of the project was reviewed after protests by Councillor Ken Baguely.〔 However, part-funding for the project by ARTA was contingent on these operating hours,〔(Central connector - progress update ) (Agenda memo for the Transport Committee of Auckland City Council, 14 July 2009. Accessed 2009-11-23.)〕 and Council eventually accepted that keeping the bus lane option was preferable. 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 include 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,〔''(Students welcome street closure )'' - ''New Zealand Herald'', Wednesday 27 September 2006〕 and new canopies over footpaths in the university areas.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Connector, Auckland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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