Today I looked very dumb, I guess.

[The Everlasting]

Yeah those things dont work,it just causes extra congestion. I usually stop,unless no one else is..

[javawocky]

Some of them are marked as T2 or T3 which I use with glee, but others are marked Buses Only - I used one by mistake once but got not letter from plod.

When using the drag strip, I unusually split right up the middle of the cars, wait for the green light and begone before the cagers have woken up.

Do they work? Who cares, makes a drag race out of an otherwise boring commute.

[The Everlasting]

Do they work? Who cares, makes a drag race out of an otherwise boring commute.

Yeah,then causes an accident when the road turns back into one lane before the motorway..

[jasonu]

They are there to try and sort out congestional issues. DOES NOT WORK!

Set of lights about half way down on-ramps, off during most of the day. But during peak times when motorway is packed they cycle red through green every 7 or so seconds so that only 2 cars are added to the motorway per 7 seconds. Pointless waste of money, causes back ups through intersections and if the motorway is really packed then it does absolutely nothing.

But they appear to work everywhere else in the world where I have encountered them...

[superman]

But they appear to work everywhere else in the world where I have encountered them...

Lol maybe they do help, maybe the motorway crawls 2km/h faster than it usually does because of them. I just assume they don't because congestion is still absolutely terrible.

[meteor]

But they appear to work everywhere else in the world where I have encountered them...

Yep, that's the argument that was given when Transit NZ went through the consultation phase, probably about 2006 ish, and showed videos of some innocuos on ramp in the USA where the ramp was about 600 meters long and there was about 7 lanes of motorway to merge into... worked well. Police and Councils didn't support them as the peak queues onto the on ramps would create havoc across all the feeder roads and beyond, but it was a done deal. Transit couldn't care less about what happens on city roads so long as it's not on their motorway. Was seen as a quick fix to congestion... Looking forward to the review paper, now there's a Tui ad if I've ever seen one.

[Gremlin]

They do keep the motorway flowing better, but the improvements especially around the 4 lane southbound to Greenlane has helped heaps.

Unfortunately, it's created a right mess of the feeder roads to the motorways...

[Gianz]

Thanks everyone for the tips, in the end it's a big mess. Today I was riding in Quay st towards the city and I found 7 or 8 Bus lane sign, some with only a bus drawing, others with m'bikes as well. On the same bus lane... I guess it's up to me to choose whether or not to use it

[Big Dave]

Unfortunately, it's created a right mess of the feeder roads to the motorways...

Yeah - what was it $65 million? - to relocate the problem.

[Gremlin]

Yeah - what was it $65 million? - to relocate the problem.

To Transit (or whoever) it's a big success... the motorway is flowing better. But that's the problem when different agencies are managing the road network... what's been awesome for one has been shocking for the other...