Guest Post: how can we make feeder buses work?
This is a Guest Post by commenter Peter, who has written previous posts here and here.
There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about the need to improve Auckland’s bus network so that it integrates with, rather than duplicates, the rail network and also the Northern Busway.…
14 Comments A (rare) bouquet for NZTA
We do give the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) quite a bit of stick on this blog for their (predominant) roads-focus when it comes to transport matters – so it’s worth pointing out the (unfortunately, somewhat rare) occasions where they come up with some really good work.…
Supermarket Boycott – Part II
In last week’s tirade I somewhat rashly called for a boycott of NZ’s two major supermarkets. My primary issue is that they favour drivers over other users. People who drive to the supermarket get free parking and fuel discount vouchers; people who choose other transport modes get diddly squat.…
March AT Board Report
Along with the presentation on Tamaki Dr at Wednesday’s AT board meeting there is also the regular board report which details many of different aspects of what is happening in the organisation and as usual it gives quite a few interesting insights.…
The Future of Tamaki Dr
A presentation to the Auckland Transport board meeting next week gives some good insight into the thinking going on about an upgrade of Tamaki Drive. The upgrade is mainly focused on improving safety for what is one of the most prominent roads in the city and has been split up into three main workstreams, the intersection with Ngapipi Dr, the section around Kelly Tarlton’s and a boardwalk from Kelly Tarltons to the Millennium Bridge in Mission Bay.…
Congestion: Cause or Effect?
Todd Littman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute has put together a really useful critical analysis of the way we measure congestion and how this affects the general approaches taken to reducing congestion – typically seen (especially when undertaking cost-benefit analyses of transport projects) as the main justification for transport expenditure.…
Get your Submissions in
An important message from the Campaign for Better Transport because there is only one week to go.
There are a plethora of plans out at the moment for public consultation, but there is one in particular that better transport advocates need to submit on in particular.…
Breaking down the Patronage Targets Futher
I was thinking about the targets being set for PT by the council and the graph I posted yesterday and showing what patronage would look like if we to reach the target of 100 trips per person across the region by 2040.…
Guest Post: Looking at PRT – Part 2
This the second of two guest posts is from commenter Icebird looking at PRT, see the first one here
A short history of PRT
For an idea with such obvious (to me anyway!) potential, PRT has had an enormously difficult time going from the drawing board to reality.…
Vic Park Tunnel on Campbell Live
Campbell Live this evening did a piece on the Victoria Park Tunnel – picking up on many of the points made in this post earlier in the week. Click the image below to watch the video: It’s a pity that Tommy Parker from NZTA never had to answer the question of how much rebuilding the Wellington Street onramp actually cost but he certainly seemed nervous about the whole issue.…
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