Motorway network nearing completion
A couple of media releases on motorway projects today show that good progress is being made on two large projects: the SH20-SH1 Manukau Connection and the SH1 Newmarket Viaduct replacement project. Looking at the Manukau Connection Project first, the following part of the media release is quite interesting:
The $220M Manukau Extension motorway project is scheduled to be opened progressively between August and December.…
33 Comments “We should be aworking on the railroads”
Had this interesting newspaper article sent to me today: It dates from July 7th, 1962. If only we’d listened.…
Should we “prettify” our motorways?
An interesting discussion on my post about turning Nelson and Hobson streets into two-way boulevards probably needs a post of its own I think, and that is the issue of whether it’s a good idea or not to try to “prettify” our motorways through various sculptures, patterns in the concrete and so forth.…
Nelson & Hobson Streets – traffic sewer to boulevard?
A few months back I explored the idea of turning Nelson Street and Hobson Street, probably the most horrible streets in Auckland’s CBD, from massive six-lane wide onramp and offramp extensions into two way boulevards. A few discussions since then that I’ve had with various people indicate that I’m definitely not the first person to think of this, and that actually there’s potentially a growing level of support for what would be a great, but pretty dramatic, change to the transport functioning of the western part of Auckland’s CBD.…
Join CBT and hear John Banks talk on transport
Tonight at 7.30pm the annual general meeting of the Campaign for Better Transport is being held at the Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Rd. The CBT is a politically neutral lobby-group for transport issues in Auckland and elsewhere in NZ, and has had many successes, like the Onehunga Line, rail electrification and so forth.…
Parisian Bus Lanes
Jarrett from Humantransit.org has an excellent blog post up about bus lanes in Paris. Here’s a section of his post:
Next time you’re involved in a debate about whether we should consider taking one lane of traffic on a busy street and setting it aside for buses, show them some pictures of Paris in 2010.…
Manukau Rail Link Photos
With thanks to Manukau City Council, I have some fantastic photos of the Manukau Rail Link, a project that is coming along very nicely indeed it would seem. It seems as though the station will be open by July next year, although with a temporary station only.…
Auckland’s Rail System: thinking long term
With studies into the CBD Rail Tunnel seemingly progressing well, and studies into protecting a route for rail to the airport kicking off, I couldn’t help but get my thinking cap on again just a little bit in terms of what I think Auckland’s long-term rail system could look like.…
NYC: Times Square
Last year New York City pedestrianised large chunks of Broadway around Times Square – one of the busiest and most notable intersections in the whole world. Here’s a great video showing the before and after: Wouldn’t it be great to do something like this in Auckland?…
Progress on Airport rail line!
Some exciting news hidden in the agenda of next week’s ARC Transport and Urban Development committee meeting, that the next step is being taken towards making a railway line to the airport a reality. The full item can be read from pages 8-21 of this document.…
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