SH6A Frankton Rd
28,921 vehicles/day
average, Jul 2026
+4.1% vs Jul 2025 (27,771)
Heavy vehicles 5.32%
Data to 23 Aug 2026. NZTA has not yet published later counts for this site.
NZTA, ORC and QLDC
Transport system performance
Last updated:
How Queenstown's roads, buses and ferry are being used, from public data published by NZTA, Otago Regional Council and QLDC. Each figure shows the date its data runs to. Traffic counts are published by NZTA in batches, typically 3–5 weeks after the day counted.
Traffic data checked: 18 Oct 2026, 5:16 pm · latest traffic day: 20 Sep 2026. Showing data as at build time.
Network at a glance
SH6 Kawarau Falls Bridge
23,146 vehicles/day
average, Jul 2026
+5.4% vs Jul 2025 (21,968)
Heavy vehicles 3.29%
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
SH6 Frankton (NE of SH6/6A junction)
29,352 vehicles/day
average, Aug 2026
+0.6% vs Aug 2025 (29,188)
Heavy vehicles 3.81%
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
SH6 west of Shotover Bridge
27,896 vehicles/day
average, Jul 2026
+1.2% vs Jul 2025 (27,565)
Heavy vehicles 3.59%
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
SH6 Ladies Mile
19,611 vehicles/day
average, Aug 2026
+1.9% vs Aug 2025 (19,245)
Heavy vehicles 4.3%
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
SH6 south of Peninsula Rd
19,556 vehicles/day
average, Aug 2026
+7.1% vs Aug 2025 (18,252)
Heavy vehicles 3.21%
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
SH6A Stanley St
14,505 vehicles/day
average, Aug 2026
+11.7% vs Aug 2025 (12,991)
Data to 20 Sep 2026.
Bus boardings
167,059
Jun 2026
+5.2% vs same month last year
2025/26: 2,094,772 boardings (12 months)
vs 1,966,086 in previous year
Data to Jun 2026. Source: ORC.
Ferry trips
94,135 trips in 2025/26
+32% vs 2024/25
Data to 30 Jun 2026.
Bus reliability
90.1% of scheduled trips departed on time (2025/26)
Punctuality 63.0%
Definitions
Reliability = trips departing on time / scheduled trips; punctuality = trips arriving on time / operated trips (QLDC definitions) Source: QTS-204 slide 10.
Data to 30 Jun 2026.
2024 baseline
2,241 vehicles
SH6A Frankton Rd busiest-hour median (max 3,257)
Most common start hour 5 pm.
2022–24 baseline – NZTA has not published hourly counts since January 2025
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