Noob help with traffic and routes from City to Papakura

[Motorcycle Recovery]

Depending on the time you are travelling to and from the city, you could try the route that I use all the time with my rig (Mazda Bounty and Trailer).

Heading into the city I take SH1 form Hill Road, Manurewa
Turn off and take SH20 out towards the airport
Follow all the way to the end and turn Right at Maioro Street
Turn Right onto Stoddard Road
Left into Sandringham Road and follow all the way up to New North Road. (you can use the bus lanes legally all the way)
Go straight onto Bond Street and depending on where you work you can either turn Right at Great North Road or go straight onto Grosvenor Street (Past the Red Baron Service Dept) and down to Williamson Ave then turn right.

In the afternoon, this route usually only gets congested at the Bond Street/New North Road Intersection. When you get to Manukau you can either lane split and rejoin SH1 getting off at Hill Road or get off at Lambie Drive and head up Redoubt Road.


It can be hit and miss sometimes but for the majority of the time it's pretty free flowing. I've done the trip in about 35-40 mins from Manurewa to the city at peak hour hauling bikes into Red Baron so on a bike it shouldn't take too long at all (especially being able to use the bus lanes where the traffic does queue up.

Hope this helps.

Kevin L.

[Delerium]

hahahaha.

have a fucking latte, aucklander.

inbred shit stirring hick.

[f2dz]

Kevin's route above seems like a good one. I tried riding to town via SH20 once but it ended up being slower for me - although I didn't take this route.

Only thing I'd say is to be careful of bus lanes. By all means ride in em but just be wary that most people think it's a free lane most of the time. If they don't see a dirty great bus then they'll assume it's empty, and run right into you.

[Akzle]

inbred shit stirring hick.

two outta three aint bad.

Bit lacking in any real thought though. Try harder.

[Moi]

You could add a variable to Kevin's suggested route... leave H'way 20 at Dominion Rd and follow it all the way into the city. Just watch the exit: there are two right turn lanes at the lights at the end of the off-ramp, you need to be in the right hand one and line up for the right hand lane after the lights for the on-ramp as the left lane turns left into Denbigh Ave - watch the idiots who use that lane and then try to push over cause they're so important. Then it's bus lane from there to View Road - well almost continuous bus lane. At View Rd you can access Mt Eden, Newmarket, Eden Tce, Newton, Ponsonby, the CBD...

And as others have said - don't take bus lanes for granted - watch traffic going the same way as you and for traffic turning out into the bus lane and across it...

Enjoy your commute - it can be a great part of the day when on a bike...

[Motorcycle Recovery]

Kevin's route above seems like a good one. I tried riding to town via SH20 once but it ended up being slower for me - although I didn't take this route.

Only thing I'd say is to be careful of bus lanes. By all means ride in em but just be wary that most people think it's a free lane most of the time. If they don't see a dirty great bus then they'll assume it's empty, and run right into you.

You could add a variable to Kevin's suggested route... leave H'way 20 at Dominion Rd and follow it all the way into the city. Just watch the exit: there are two right turn lanes at the lights at the end of the off-ramp, you need to be in the right hand one and line up for the right hand lane after the lights for the on-ramp as the left lane turns left into Denbigh Ave - watch the idiots who use that lane and then try to push over cause they're so important. Then it's bus lane from there to View Road - well almost continuous bus lane. At View Rd you can access Mt Eden, Newmarket, Eden Tce, Newton, Ponsonby, the CBD...

And as others have said - don't take bus lanes for granted - watch traffic going the same way as you and for traffic turning out into the bus lane and across it...

Enjoy your commute - it can be a great part of the day when on a bike...

Sound advice guys
Dominion Road is a great choice for the bike, the only reason I take Sandringham is there is usually less traffic and less traffic lights on that road, 5 sets in total and three are pedestrian crossings., so not always active and less merging to do in the ute. SH20 isn't too bad if you know how to play the lanes and most of the traffic is heading in the opposite direction at peak hours until you get to SH1 and Maioro Streets respectively. 4 pm onwards you don't want to go past Dominion Road when heading west. It becomes a carpark so if you don't feel comfortable lane splitting avoid that end at that time, same goes for heading past Cavendish when heading east.

Kevin L.

[swbarnett]

Sound advice guys
Dominion Road is a great choice for the bike, the only reason I take Sandringham is there is usually less traffic and less traffic lights on that road, 5 sets in total and three are pedestrian crossings., so not always active and less merging to do in the ute. SH20 isn't too bad if you know how to play the lanes and most of the traffic is heading in the opposite direction at peak hours until you get to SH1 and Maioro Streets respectively. 4 pm onwards you don't want to go past Dominion Road when heading west. It becomes a carpark so if you don't feel comfortable lane splitting avoid that end at that time, same goes for heading past Cavendish when heading east.

Kevin L.

Thanks for your suggestion. I've thought about doing Sandringham before but hadn't gotten around to trying it.

I often do Dominion road (I commute solely by bike Tuakau to Auckland CDB). Today, after your suggestion I did Sandringham road. It may have been slightly longer (but I doubt it). Not only are there fewer lights etc. the traffic is much lighter (and way less cross traffic). It's also a lot easier to get to Sandringham Rd. from where I work than Dominion.

[Motorcycle Recovery]

Thanks for your suggestion. I've thought about doing Sandringham before but hadn't gotten around to trying it.

I often do Dominion road (I commute solely by bike Tuakau to Auckland CDB). Today, after your suggestion I did Sandringham road. It may have been slightly longer (but I doubt it). Not only are there fewer lights etc. the traffic is much lighter (and way less cross traffic). It's also a lot easier to get to Sandringham Rd. from where I work than Dominion.

No trouble, I'm glad it helped

[KiwiGeek]

Avoid Auckland ... It's always worked for ME ...

That works perfectly for us Auckland too.

[KiwiGeek]

If you are not planning on lane splitting, here is a suggestion.

When I used to live in Takanini and drive into town I would stick to the left lane until just before onramps then move into the middle lane until just after the merging had completed then back to the left up until Greenlane. After that I stuck to the two right hand lanes until I needed to move to my offramp. That might work for you.