Labour finally ask some tough transport questions
I have (rightfully I think) hassled Labour for not paying enough attention to transport in recent times, letting Steven Joyce get away with a lot of the poor transport decisions that he’s making. So it was good to see them put together a few challenging questions today: (Zip past the first minute or so, which is just silly stuff).…
22 Comments LINK bus fare structure announced
The fares for the three LINK bus routes that we’ll have operational from August 21st was announced today by Auckland Transport:
Auckland’s newest bus services, the Outer, Inner and City LINK bus services begin operating on Sunday 21 August.
Auckland Transport’s Public Transport Operations Manager, Mark Lambert says, “Fare structures have now been finalised for all three services.…
Why did the 1955 Master Transportation Plan focus so much on roads?
As I explained in this previous post, the 1955 Master Transportation Plan for Auckland was a turning point in this city’s approach to transport policy. It pulled us away from the balanced approach of earlier transport plans and towards an exclusive focus on building roads.…
No real explanation for slashing PT infrastructure funding
The Ministry of Transport have released the cabinet paper that accompanied the final version of the Government Policy Statement – released by Steven Joyce last week. It’s worth reading through, as cabinet papers typically provide a bit more of an insight into the real thinking behind some of the decisions governments make, without much of the pointless “fluff” in media releases.…
Economic impacts of auto-dependency
I’m reading a really interesting book at the moment, The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger. It’s a good book because it takes a historical look at the shift in the mid 20th century away from what’s termed “Walkable Urbanism” and towards a “Drivable Suburbanism” as the main form of building cities and transportation systems and then starts considering more recent urban trends – suggesting a shift back towards walkable urbanism as the economics and environmental effects of drivable suburbanism start to no longer make sense.…
The transport plan that changed Auckland
The post I put together the other day about Auckland’s transport history generated a lot of response and discussion – so I thought I would follow things up by doing a bit more research. A most useful outcome of that is to get hold of the 1955 Master Transportation Plan for Auckland.…
What to think of Nikki Kaye’s tram idea
When I first heard about Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye’s proposal to create something of a tram loop around the neighbourhoods of the western part of her Auckland Central electorate, I wasn’t really quite sure what to make of it. Of course I’m not averse to the idea that trams probably do form part of Auckland’s transport future along particular corridors, but at the same time I was also skeptical.…
Two types of urban development
A week ago I took a look at some of the issues with our planning system here in Auckland, and how some of the basic rules around residential development seem to have consequences that don’t exactly seem to fit with our over-arching goals like promoting intensification and trying to provide some affordable housing.…
The new bus timetables
Some of the timetables for the routes of the Central Flagship Project bus changes have been uploaded to the MAXX website – they take effect from August 21. We have:
The 020 and 005 timetables.
The 030 and 005 timetables.
The 010 and 011 timetables. …
10 million rail trips
A pretty important day in the history of Auckland’s rail system today, with the magical figure of 10 million rail trips over the past 12 months having been surpassed. There was even a celebration down at Britomart:
Rail patronage in Auckland has reached a record high with ten million passenger journeys within a twelve month period achieved today.…
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