KiwiRail newsletter – 15 October
If I can keep getting my hands on them, I hope to regularly post up on here a copy of KiwiRail’s weekly newsletter – The Express. Generally there’s at least a few things in there of interest to me, and of relevance to the Auckland transport situation.…
Comment Auckland’s Best Bus Route?
There was a question on the Campaign for Better Transport Forums the other day that really got me thinking. Basically, it was “what is Auckland’s highest frequency bus route?” I have expanded that a little bit in terms of this post, to “what is Auckland’s best bus route?”…
Probing Cost-Benefit Analyses
A couple of months ago I stated that if there were two things I could change about transport, it would be creating one pot of money for transport – and also to change the way that transport projects are analysed. This post focuses on the second of those two issues, and it based around a journal article that I came across today that makes for interesting reading.…
Len Brown supports CBD Rail Tunnel too
Following on from John Banks’s public support of completing the CBD Rail Tunnel, it’s good to also see Len Brown show his support for this key project:
…it was interesting to see my fellow super-city mayoral contender John Banks proclaiming his enthusiasm for rail and an inner city loop connecting Britomart up with Mt Eden.…
Analysing the Puhoi-Wellsford Road
When the seven roads of national significance were announced back in March this year I don’t think I quite appreciated the extent to which transport prioritisation would be based around them. However, one thing did stand out at the time – and that was how strange it was to include the link between Puhoi and Wellsford.…
Lockout Ends – buses back tomorrow
Ah finally, the lockout has ended. The NZ Herald reports:
Buses will be back on Auckland roads tomorrow after seven days of disrupted service.
NZ Bus has agreed to suspend the lock out of staff and the union has agreed to suspend industrial action.…
Upcoming electrification works
While the debate over how many electric trains Auckland will get continues, there are signs that the infrastructure side of this critical project is proceeding quite well. Here’s an interesting story from KiwiRail’s most recent newsletter:…
The Oil Crash
Here’s a really informative video – broken up into a series of parts – about peak oil’s causes and potential effects. It’s definitely worth a watch in my opinion:…
Bus Lockout – an end in sight?
We finally saw a bit of movement in the ongoing bus lockout today, with ARTA taking the hint from ARC Chairman Mike Lee and putting the hard word on NZ Bus themselves:
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) has written to New Zealand Bus asking the company, in the interests of Auckland commuters, to provide proposals to resolve the current dispute by 5pm today.…
New Lynn rail trench – progress
The New Lynn rail trench is the biggest section of Project DART that remains to be completed. This trench is a critical project that will ensure that the railway line can be double-tracked through New Lynn while not cutting the township in two and preventing good quality future pedestrian linkages from one side of the place to the other.…
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