Are we ready for the “March madness”?
Every year public transport patronage peaks in March. This is a combination of university returning, an absence of school holidays and a 31 day month with (for the past few years when Easter has fallen in April) no public holidays. Perhaps a few Super rugby games and a large number of tourists in Auckland during March also help boost the numbers.…
27 Comments Briefing to the Transport Minister – Part 2
This carries on from my first post about the briefing from the Ministry of Transport to the incoming ministers.
The report makes only brief mention of what will likely be the biggest issue for transport going forward, funding. We have already seen the NZTA have to do a deal with the Auckland Council to help cover some of their funding shortfall but the next graph shows that we will only be able to cover the planned expenditure with a ‘high growth’ scenario.…
Briefing to the Transport Minister – Part 1
The government has released the briefings ministers received from their ministries and of course this blog is fairly interested in what the transport ministry has to say. The briefing has been split into two sections, one giving an overview of the portfolio and the other the policy challenges and upcoming decisions.…
Rail shuttle alternative to port expansion?
There’s been a bit of talk in the papers recently about Port of Auckland’s long term plan to reclaim more land in the harbour, in order to handle an expected four-fold increase in container traffic “in the long term”. I don’t really want to get into the debate over the pros and cons of expanding the port and filling in the harbour, but yesterday Patrick pointed out an interesting piece in the Herald about using rail and inland ports instead which warrants a further look:
Mainfreight boss Don Braid says better rail and use of an inland port should restrict the need to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.…
Real Debate in the Herald, at last.
Two interesting articles in the Herald this morning. Both a refreshing change from the largely silly and scaremongering level of the debate about Auckland’s future in that publication and other parts of the mainstream media recently.
The first is about the future of the Port including its impact on the city.…
Processing...