Exploring the connections between land-use planning and transport
I meet up with quite a few people in person as a result of this blog. Sometimes they’re people in official capacities – at Auckland Transport or wherever, other times they’re just interested readers who have contacted me via email to have a chat about transport stuff.…
17 Comments Transport discussion in parliament
Green MP Gareth Hughes took on Transport Minister Steven Joyce in another Question and Answer session in parliament today – with the initial topic of conversation interestingly similar to a blog post I wrote a couple of days ago. A transcript of the debate can be found here.…
What to read into the govt’s transport priorities?
Yesterday Prime Minister John Key gave a speech outlining the government’s priorities for 2011. Of relevance to this blog is what he said about transport. Starting with what he said about State Highways:
We will continue building New Zealand’s transport infrastructure.…
Dominion Road feedback
There’s an interesting item in the minutes of the most recent Albert-Eden Local Board meeting: the full document outlining the feedback Auckland City Council received on the Dominion Road project that caused such controversy last year. I’ve updated a copy of the report prepared for the Council here.…
PT investment creates more jobs
At a time when unemployment in NZ is stubbornly high (at least compared to levels in recent years) and investment in infrastructure has been touted as a major way of keeping people in work, it might be a useful idea to consider the relative effectiveness of different types of infrastructure investment in generating jobs.…
Len Brown’s train trips
There has been a bit of a furore developing over the last week or so around Len Brown’s commitment to regularly catching the train to work from Papatoetoe – instead of being driven in the Mayoral car. When it was announced that Len was going to do this I fully supported the move: not because one less car on the road would make the world of difference to congestion or climate change, but because it’s important for Len to truly understand the ins and outs of the Auckland rail system.…
Infratil Monthly Update – Feb 2011
Infratil, who own NZ Bus and Snapper, have just released their monthly business report and while much of the commentary refers to their Wellington operations here are some interesting bits from it. (note the report also contains info on their other investments, the NZ Bus stuff is near the bottom of the page)
Progress continues with the development of the new public transport contracting model.…
An example of “City Rail Link” benefits
After much discussion over the past few days, I think I’ve settled on the “City Rail Link” as being my favourite name for what I have previously (and am bound to continue to do so in the future) called the CBD Rail Tunnel.…
Round 2 of NZ Herald’s war on bus lanes?
Last year the NZ Herald did immeasurable damage to Auckland’s chances of improving public transport quickly and cheaply, by undertaking a concerted campaign against Auckland’s bus lanes. While Auckland City Council certainly were pretty dumb in their response to concerns about the clarity of where bus lanes began and ended, it was a pretty nasty campaign from the Herald: after all, if you don’t want a ticket then don’t drive in the bus lanes!…
What to call the Britomart-Mt Eden rail connection?
I’ve had a bit of debate in recent times over what’s the best thing to call the rail project that I generally refer to as the “CBD Rail Tunnel“. It has had various names: the CBD Rail Loop, the CBD Rail Link (which I think is the official one), the West Britomart Extension and so forth.…
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