In the race for Auckland’s “super-mayoralty” it has been encouraging to see all major candidates nearly “falling over themselves” to support the large rail projects that Auckland so desperately needs (like the CBD rail tunnel) and even ones that we can probably live without for a few more decades (like North Shore rail).…
Okay, okay, the title is tongue in check (it’s refering to the last sentence of the story) but two days ago marked one year till the RWC and the NZ Herald wrote the following story about the transport plans yesterday. One year till we find out exactly what our PT network can cope with methinks.…
Today we caught an Amtrak train from New York to Boston. After starting the day with the usual cream cheese bagel (I think we managed to stay around the corner from the best bagelry in New York City, judging by the number of people who went there and the number of award they’ve won) we jumped onto the “1 train” at 110th street station, transfered onto the “3 train” (which is an express) at 96th street and made our way down to the 34st Street Penn Station subway station.…
Mike Lee’s latest blog post talks alot about Auckland’s past and how times have changed since the 50s. Here is the snippet of the post about transport. It is very likely Mike Lee will be the Councillor for the CBD (Waitemata and Gulf) so he could have a big roll to play in the future of the CBD tunnel.…
It’s been a while since I posted anything so I thought I’d step in while Josh is away to help keep things ticking over, my apoligies for the length and wordiness of this one!
The outcome of last Sunday’s motorway closure in Newmarket left me with some sense of vindication as a public transport advocate.…
A rather odd article in yesterday’s NZ Herald caught my attention when reading through the Herald website. It would seem as though the “shortlist” for the suppliers of Auckland’s electric trains has been lengthened quite significantly, with a number of new companies vying for the $500 million contract.…
This will have to be a quick post as I’m hogging a computer in the SoHo Apple Store at the moment.
We’ve spent the day mainly wandering around parts of New York, including the lovely Greenwich Village and the very trendy SoHo.…
Well after a rather crazy marathon flight via Sydney and Los Angeles, we finally made it to New York at around 11pm Friday night. Getting from the Airport to where we are staying turned out to be quite a challenge, involving the very flash air-train, the E-Line subway (which took forever, but nice to use the subway) and then eventually the 1-Line subway.…
I haven’t posted for a while and Josh being a way gives me a chance to get back in the groove. One of the reasons I haven’t posted for a while is because I think our brains work about 10 times as fast as money is available and about 50 times faster than most policiticians brain’s move.…
Well 9am tomorrow morning I fly out to New York, via Sydney and Los Angeles.
While I’m away posts will probably be a little less frequent, and certainly quite a bit shorter! However, I hope to post reasonably frequently, particularly to shed some light on the transport systems of the USA and Canada.…
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