The Wellesley Street corridor
One interesting part of the Central Flagship bus changes that were finalised earlier this week is the use of Wellesley Street as a major crosstown bus route corridor in the city centre. The “Outer Link” route will use Wellesley Street to get across the city, between Victoria Park in the west and the University in the east.…
41 Comments NZTA struggling to pay the bills?
There was an interesting media release from NZTA a couple of days ago, in relation to their decision to delay moving ahead with a reconfiguration of a major bottleneck in Warkworth – the Hill Street intersection. Somewhat unsurprisingly, NZTA have made the decision to delay this project – presumably because they’re working on advancing the Warkworth bypass section of the holiday highway and it would be pretty crazy to continue to spend tens of millions of dollars on upgrading the existing road when you’re going to bypass it soon.…
The big BAM theory
Welcome back and thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post, which tried to highlight some ‘inconvenient truths’ about light rail (LRT). In today’s post I will try to synthesize and respond to those comments, before moving on to what I think are greener pastures. …
What does Wellington’s rail package mean for Auckland?
On Tuesday a quite important rail funding package for Wellington was confirmed by the government. This was originally announced a few months ago, and somewhat came out of the blue. Here are the details:
The package includes Government funding of $88.4 million to renew the rest of the signalling and traction assets on the network.…
Inconvenient truths about light rail in Auckland
So, after circling in my head for about seven years it’s finally time to let this pigeon fly.
Before we begin, I just want highlight that this is a two-part post: Today I highlight some inconvenient truths about light rail before tomorrow responding to comments.…
Business advisory panel wants CRL in six years
It seems that the business community is really starting to swing in behind supporting the City Rail Link project. Perhaps they’ve read the business case and its supporting information, and are starting to comprehend the potential benefits the project will bring.…
Central bus changes finalised
Auckland Transport have today released the final version of the bus changes to many central buses that was consulted on a few months back. Here’s the final version (click here for a PDF version): Below we have the original version that was put out for consultation: There seem to be a number of changes: The Link and the Outer Loop (called the Inner and Outer Link in the new system respectively) have swapped their path through the northern part of the city centre.…
Tolling for a new harbour crossing
An article in the NZ Herald today raises the typical old debate of whether tolls should be introduced to fund another harbour crossing. If any issue was ever likely to raise the heckles of the North Shore, this is it:
Transport Agency consultants believe tolls of $6 to $8 could pay for a new Auckland harbour crossing.…
1960s thinking alive and well in Wellington
As much as I think Puhoi-Wellsford is a stupid project and a complete waste of money, I have now been convinced that it is nowhere near the worst of the Roads of National Significance. That incredibly dubious prize must, without a doubt, go to Wellington’s Northern Corridor RoNS.…
National Infrastructure Plan
The government has today released its second National Infrastructure Plan, outlining its expenditure (and the principles behind it) on infrastructure such as transport, electricity, telcommunications, water and social infrastructure over the next four years. In terms of transport, as far as I can see there’s absolutely nothing new in the plan – but it provides an interesting and useful collation of information.…
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