Higher petrol prices – how prepared are we?
As I got off the bus this evening I noticed that BP had raised their price for 91 octane petrol to 221.9 c a litre. From memory this is the highest price, in nominal terms, we’ve ever seen for petrol in New Zealand.…
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An article in today’s NZ Herald picks up on the funding squeeze for transport that I posted about a couple of days ago. For a start, it points out the irony of potentially significant funding shortfalls at the very time we’re seeing public transport patronage skyrocket:
Auckland Transport faces a tight funding squeeze as it struggles to cope with unprecedented numbers of commuters switching to buses, trains and ferries.…
Council doesn’t take the bait
When NZTA released their further assessment of whether the next Waitemata Harbour Crossing should be a bridge or a tunnel (millions of dollars of public money spent on the assessment, without it even having a recommendation) I felt that the whole project really missed the point – why do we need another road-based harbour crossing?…
Funding squeeze starting to hurt
Over the past week I have written a number of posts about the upcoming 2012 Government Policy Statement for transport and its effect on the “funding bands” that guide the amount of money NZTA can spend on particular things. My general feeling about the GPS draft document is that it’s utterly stupid and illogical, but also that it’s not particularly more stupid and illogical than the current 2009 GPS – which I suppose isn’t really saying much.…
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