Park-and-ride, boon or boondoggle?
Matt L has just dissected AT’s recent announcement regarding the expansion of the Albany Park and Ride.
Park and ride is a vexed transport planning issue: It’s very popular with middle-class commuters and as a result tends to receive a lot of public/political support. …
39 Comments November patronage statistics
The November 2011 PT patronage statistics report has been (finally) released by Auckland Transport. This is the first post-Rugby World Cup report so should give us a bit more of a ‘realistic’ look at patronage across the network than the September and October reports.…
Albany Park & Ride to be Expanded
Auckland Transport have announced that they will be doing a major upgrade to the park and ride at the Albany busway station starting in February and going through to July and this upgrade is pretty significant as it involves doubling the number of carparks at the station to 1100.…
020 Changes finalised
Auckland Transport has confirmed that the proposed changes to the 020 route, including shifting its terminus back to Westmere shops, will occur on February 7th. Here’s what the 020 route will be: The proposed 020X route has also been finalised – to operate as every second run during peak times.…
The future of transport blogging
I was sad to read, back in late December, that Jon C, who runs the AKT blog, is moving to Australia and won’t be able to continue posting on the blog in the future. This blog and AKT have always been quite complementary to each other – predominantly because I don’t have a hope in hell posting as frequently and getting out to take as many photos of developments around the Auckland rail network as Jon managed.…
Tweaking Shared Spaces
I love the shared spaces and have absolutely no problems walking down the middle of them even when cars are around but I can understand why others don’t feel that way and get nervous about the interaction between cars and pedestrians.…
Avoid SH16 this Weekend
If you are driving around Auckland this weekend it may pay to stay away from SH16, in particular around Lincoln Rd as the NZTA is closing the motorway between Lincoln Rd and Brigham Creek Rd for the next stage of the Lincoln Rd upgrade.…
Edge City: not the future after all?
My Amazon book purchases with Christmas money have all arrived in the past few days, leaving me with an exciting – but somewhat daunting – reading list over the next few weeks: When Oil Peaked by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs by Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson
Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil by Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl
Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker
Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities by Michael Southworth and Eran Ben-Joseph
Edge City: Life on the New Frontier by Joel Garreau Typically, I’ve started somewhat madly by reading through the first few pages of each book.…
Making Gt North Rd Greater
Following on from my post yesterday about the the new developments about to happen in New Lynn, Auckland Transport is also currently consulting on its plans to improve Gt North Rd through the area and I for one think they look pretty good.…
Another Shared Street for New Lynn
New Lynn became the first place outside of the CBD to get a shared space in the form of an upgraded Totara Ave West after Clark St was extended over the rail line to take through traffic away from the shopping area. …
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