So I went to Billy Joel on Saturday.

Great concert. The sound for the top tiers of the stadium was not good, but I blame that on Billy's team who had a rushed set up. The video walls were also very loose but the music was amazing.

The real beef was transport. There were no trains because Kiwirail scheduled maintenance without anyone looking at what was on that weekend. It created a lot of chaos.

Now, I live on the Shore and taking a ferry and a train to Eden Park is normally a delight. So instead we opted to take our electric scooters to the Park taking the NW motorway bike path. Not ideal. Had to stay sober but hate delays and not fond of buses.

So we ferried to downtown which took 15 minutes.

Then rode up Queen Street and on to Eden Park.  That took us 15 minutes.

Coming back it was well lit and we were in a hurry so it took us just 12 minutes. So it was surprisingly efficient and a lot of fun.

But the real take home is that we were the only people on the bike path. Now, that's not the path's or the council's problem. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

Aucklanders were offered a choice with the bike path. While rush hour is seeing big numbers no one chose it for the concert.  All the better for me.

It's all about choice.

I have a friend who lives round the corner from me who bikes. But he chose to Uber home from the concert. It cost him $100 and he arrived home an hour after me. My total transport cost was 5$ return on the ferry.

So Michael Wood's transport spend up announced this weekend will be an investment that will never be appreciated unless New Zealanders freely make a choice to take a punt on PT. For that it needs to be safe and efficient.

I have often talked about how I use public transport and bikes and electric scooters and I get swamped by texters telling me how they're not able to use public transport.

They've got kids and sports practices and shopping to cart around. They seem to think I don't have the same pressures.  And of course I have 2 cars and I too use them for shopping and what not.  

But when there is a choice and I weigh up the pros and cons I will take the scooter or the bus or the train or the ferry. But only when it makes sense. Bit by bit it is making sense.

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