Constellation Park & Ride is a commuter car park beside the Northern Busway in Rosedale on Auckland's North Shore, holding a 4.3 Google rating, with the Northern Motorway right on its doorstep. It works as a first stop for buses running into the city centre.
A park & ride earns its keep when the service beside it beats the drive: buses on dedicated lanes can slip past peak-hour motorway congestion, which is the whole point of leaving the car behind. Regulars learn the rhythm quickly, because commuter car parks on busy corridors tend to fill during the morning peak, so arriving early matters more than any feature of the car park itself. The unspoken deal is park, tag on and ride, as these spaces exist for public transport users rather than all-day parking for other errands.
For North Shore commuters, having a busway stop by the motorway makes leaving the car behind an easy call.