The ARC Transport Survey
In March each year the Auckland Regional Council conducts a survey of the number of people entering the CBD via public transport. It’s a pretty crude measurement tool in my opinion – just picking one day a year and seeing what happens on that day – but it shows up some interesting information as the same survey has been conducted on a day in March of every year since 1986.…
13 Comments Onehunga Line Information
I don’t have much time to write a big long post on the matter, but the ARC’s Transport and Urban Design Committee’s agenda includes a big long article on the reopening of the Onehunga Line and in particular the location of the Onehunga Railway station.…
Fort Street Shared Space
Regular readers would have heard me rave on and on about shared spaces a few times now, so therefore it’s probably no surprise to hear that I’m a pretty big fan of what Auckland City Council is planning for the Fort Street Area.…
There’s plenty of money for electrification
If one thing has become clear to me this year, it is that there is a lot of money out there for transport – the real question is “how should we spend it?” This is what makes situations like the current electrification debacle so frustrating.…
Central Connector saved
Auckland City Council have, thankfully, decided to proceed with making Grafton Bridge bus only between 7am and 7pm, when it reopens next month. Grafton Bridge forms a key part of the Central Connector – effectively a semi-busway between Newmarket and Britomart along the route shown in the map below: I had been a bit worried that the roads-loving Auckland City Council would look at allowing cars back onto this bridge at all hours of the day – making it highly likely the link would be clogged up and therefore making the whole idea of the central connector rather pointless.…
Joyce rethinking electrification cutbacks?
Well my post a couple of days ago has certainly led to some interesting results, with the NZ Herald reporting that Steven Joyce is “upset” at the proposal to nearly halve the number of new electric trains that Auckland will get.…
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