Cycling and John Banks
Auckland Cycle Chic has done a post on her blog about John Bank’s recent speech to the Go By The Bike Breakfast.
During which he implied the reasons cyclists are getting hit on our roads is that it is basically their own damn fault.…
26 Comments Joel Cayford on Urban Sprawl
Last weekend I did a post about a Herald article on possible changes to policies that currently restrict urban sprawl in the Auckland region. Now ARC councillor Joel Cayford has done a lengthy blog post illustrating his take on the matter.…
Protected: Queens Wharf cruiseship terminal rejected… again
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Does building motorways really generate economic growth?
We all know that this government is pretty keen on building motorways – certainly more keen on them than investing in public transport it would seem. Generally this is justified on the basis that building motorways generates economic growth and development.…
406 failures on Auckland’s rail network
Information from answers to parliamentary written questions submitted by Mt Albert MP David Shearer show the biggest two problems with Auckland’s rail network – the number of signalling failures and the number of points failures. Here’s the question Mr Shearer put to the Minister of Transport, and his answer:
Question: How does the number of points or signal failures on the Auckland rail system over the past year compare to previous years?…
More opposition to the Super City Bill
At the moment every day it seems as though another group, council or prominent person is picking massive holes in the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill. I have previously commented on the feedback on this bill from North Shore City Council, Auckland Regional Council, the Campaign for Better Transport, Len Brown and the New Zealand Herald (by way of an editorial).…
More on the Avondale-Southdown Line
A number of commenters on my post yesterday noted with great concern the potential effects of the latest Waterview Connection alignment on the viability of the Avondale-Southdown Railway Corridor. I figure that it’s probably worth exploring that matter in a little bit more detail, as I can impart a little bit of my knowledge of planning matters to help us analyse the situation.…
Waterview Updates
There are some interesting updates on the Waterview Connection in this month’s agendas of the Auckland Regional Council Transport & Urban Development Committee and the Auckland City Council Transport Committee. Before I specify the details, remember that this is the kind of information that would not be publicly available under the proposed Super City legislation relating to Auckland Transport.…
Herald Editorial on Auckland Transport
It’s fairly rare that the NZ Herald dedicates an editorial to transport matters, but they have done so today – raising the very same issue which I blogged about recently: the secrecy of Auckland Transport.
I shall go through it bit by bit, as I think there are a number of things that deserve comment.…
Auckland Council v Auckland Transport
Should Len Brown be elected mayor of the future Auckland Council (and the polls for him generally look pretty good) it looks like we can expect a giant battle between the Auckland Council and the unaccountable “Auckland Transport” over matters of who controls transport in the Auckland region.…
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