Relating to your comment improvements, It is now a long time after the bridge has been open to cars. Several signage upgrades have already occurred. Initially the traditional bus lanes signs were installed (along with giant electronic temporary signs). It was determined this was insufficient so the council added the no turn /no entry signs (after gaining approval from the NZTA). More recently a overhead gantry with red crosses on it has also been added. Don’t get the idea that the council has ignored the issue.

I can confirm that most of the Grafton Bridge bus lane warnings are very different from those relating to bus lanes up and down Symonds Street. The only exception is the one on the bridge itself – hidden by a tree and out of the ‘down the tunnel’ view. The council has something serious to answer for. Apart from hiding the most applicable and commonly understood illustrated sign, it has broken the ‘Human Factors’ rule regarding commonality of signage and a few others in the process…

The idea of ‘B’ lights is very good. If there is anything that we all seem to focus on – it is traffic lights. The idea has much merit and I know it would have attracted my attention to something being different from the expected. However, the ‘B’ light has to be white – according to the rule of commonality. There are other reasons also…

Having had time to think about the further implementation of improvements, I can say that it can be done and I hope that a requested meeting with the Auckland City Council will happen and that a way to resolve the issue will be reached. It is election year and council has to do something to appease angered rate payers. Keep your fingers crossed.

I think this would add clarity while minimizing signage clutter.

Relating to the council I understand there was a warning period which has long since expired. Given how long the Grafton Bridge has a been a buslane and how much damage has been done to the councils reputation already they are unlikely to back down on that. When we have the new supercity council enforcement policy will need to be unified across Auckland. Some changes might be made at this point.

Let’s all get behind this idea – the council should be paying attention to what we are saying and since there are still instances of bridge incursion by people, for whatever reason, the council should be more lenient and give a warning before fining.

There is another angle to the legality of the signage. Can anyone add constructively to this forum by looking through the NZTA regulations and confirm that the ‘NO ENTRY’ sign should not be placed on the traffic light pole and that wording on the exception signs is smaller than regulation and of a non standard layout. The signage related to the Grafton Bridge bus lane appears to be different to other bus lanes and it would be nice to have confirmation of that also. Thanks.

Regarding finding something your not looking for I was the understanding it is a legal requirement to look for signs.

Yes one warning per registration would have massively reduced the number of people feeling hard done by such as your self. This would have been a politically smart move.

There has been equally unfair criticism by other bloggers here of real people, living real lives and trying to do the right thing. People will be concentrating on the actual traffic and be working off old knowledge. There was a lot more going on with me on that day and I will only say “Real people will find themselves travelling onto the bridge because the mass of indications are so confusing and the written signage too verbose – the insignificant sized lettering can’t be read when in a hurry or looking out for the red-light-runners”. Little wonder that people will assign a different meaning to anything they see as ‘the burr’ they just passed by.

Comparing the ‘K’ Road and Grafton Bridge signs to those of some other Auckland bus lanes (i.e. Dominion Raod) you see a totally different story – clear illustrations. NZTA legal sizing and wording.

To those who believe signage is adequate – try finding something you are not looking for. It just doesn’t happen every time, if at all.