Auckland Harbour Bridge

Here's another piece of transport history... the day - maybe more than a day - in July 1974 - when they opened two lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge to walkers and cyclists. The reason - there was a bus strike (which happened to be during another period of historically high fuel prices) - and authorities reallocated a couple of lanes to allow commuters from the North Shore to get to work. Of course more recently - our current road authority - Waka Kotahi - has rejected suggestions we could do the same with just one lane. You might have seen Simon Wilson's article on this for the N Z Herald.. Michael Nickless, who remembers taking some time off from school to walk the bridge 48 years ago, joins Bryan Crump.