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QLDC Transport Network Monitoring Snapshot Report – Quarter 3 2025/26 (1 January to 31 March 2026), full report
QLDC's full quarterly transport monitoring slide pack for January–March 2026. It covers active travel counts, Orbus bus and ferry patronage, reliability and route changes (ORC data presented 25 March 2026), NZTA daily traffic counts, SH6/SH6A travel times and, for the first time, travel times on the Arthurs Point–Malaghans Road route, plus survey, visitor and parking data carried over from earlier reports.
Key figures
- Kawarau Falls Bridge Q3 average 23,460 vehicles/day (+10%)
- SH6 south of Peninsula Rd Q3 average 19,664 (+13%)
- 8 of 9 count sites show a sharper-than-usual fall from March 2026, attributed by QLDC to fuel prices
- Bus Q1–Q2 2025/26 1,031,075 (+5.7%); July 2025 record month 180,526
- Ferry Q1–Q2 2025/26 41,514 (+29%)
- Cycle trips Q3 198,105
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QLDC Transport Network Monitoring Snapshot Report – Quarter 3 2025/26 (1 January to 31 March 2026), full report (2026-04-21).