Auckland Transport to designate CRL?
The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of Auckland Council’s governing body contains a very interesting item on the City Rail Link project (page 27 onwards). It would seem as though Auckland Council and Auckland Transport have become somewhat sick and tired of the government’s tactics in relation to the project – and are looking to effectively “go it alone” in terms of advancing to the next stage of making the project a reality: designating the route and acquiring all the necessary consents.…
13 Comments Transforming Auckland’s city centre
One of the best things that has come out of the creation of the Auckland “Super City” Council so far has been, in my opinion, the fundamental reconsideration of how Auckland should work. In documents like the Auckland Spatial Plan, the City Centre Master Plan and the forthcoming Unitary Plan, we have the opportunity to completely reanalyse the plans and policies that will guide and shape Auckland’s future.…
Looking at Auckland’s economic future
An opinion piece by sprawl advocate Owen McShane in the National Business Review refers to a series of research papers undertaken by the Ministry for Economic Development over the past few years. The papers relate to MED trying to get a better handle on what policy interventions in Auckland are likely to have the most impact on improving the city’s economic performance.…
Changing transport trends
In a comment on yesterday’s post about changing attitudes towards transport among young people, Stu Donovan pointed towards a very interesting piece of research undertaken by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute on changing transport trends in a number of different countries around the world.…
Is PT the new “cool” way to travel for young people?
An interesting article in the Perth newspaper “The West Australian” highlights a potential culture shift that I had seen mentioned in a number of previous articles. A culture shift among young people away from cars and towards technology like laptops, iPads, Smartphones and so forth – technology that fits more easily with public transport use than driving everywhere.…
Guest Post: Postcard from Amsterdam
This is a Guest Post by regular commenter Stuart Donovan, who has spent much of the last year living in Amsterdam.
Frankly my dears I’d have to give A’dam the full “douze points.” Living in Amsterdam is like wandering around in the middle of a fairytale – you half expect Shrek and donkey to wander by at any moment. …
Real-time rail signs: finally nearly here
It has long amazed me that Auckland has had real-time bus information signs for a number of years, but not real-time information signs at any of our trains stations. Logically, when one thinks about it, creating a real-time system for buses should be much more complicated than doing the same thing for trains.…
How far we’ve come
It’s easy to constantly criticise Auckland’s rail system for its short-comings. Today I caught the train in from Morningside to Grafton (a pretty unfair two-stage trip) and noticed that the internal train map still said “opening in mid 2010” next to its Onehunga branch.…
Auckland Transports Draft Statement of Intent
Auckland Transport will devote their next board meeting on 29 June entirely to their draft statement of intent (SOI). The SOI will be a pretty key document as it effectively determines what their goals will be for the next 3 years (they have had a temporary one to cover November to July).…
$65 to Cycle across Harbour Bridge
The NZ Herald reports on a proposed cycling event in December that will enable people to cycle over the harbour bridge – if you pay the entry fee of at least $65. There are also a whole pile of weird conditions that it seems NZTA have applied to the event.…
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