The Peak Oil debate rears its head
An article in the Guardian by environmentalist writer George Monbiot has led to some really interesting debate around whether peak oil will happen, when it might happen, whether it’s happened already or whether the old adage of “the stone age didn’t end because we ran out of stones” might be true or not.…
18 Comments An update on the Unitary Plan
With the Auckland Plan now completed, it seems as though Auckland Council’s focus has shifted onto a critical document in actually achieving the land-use changes outlined in the Plan through, unsurprisingly, yet another plan – this time one called the “Unitary Plan”.…
Assessing alternatives to the CRL
With Auckland Transport announcing yesterday that they have selected a preferred route for the City Rail Link, this might be a good time to highlight some work that various bloggers on this site have been doing to build up a top quality repository for information on this project.…
More info on the CRL announcement
I attended Auckland Transports media briefing yesterday for the City Rail Link. Much of the information from the presentation has already been reported on various news sites around the web so I thought I would post some of my impressions as well as some of the images that they have provided.…
CRL route confirmed
From the NZ Herald
Officials are contacting more than 200 landowners whose properties are in the way of a just-revealed route for an Auckland inner city rail link.
Auckland Transport today released its preferred path for the City Rail Link, which is expected to cost up to $2.86 billion.…
Changes to the Waterview Interchanges & Cycling Route Moves Closer
Last week the NZ Herald reported that the NZTA was once again looking at making changes to the design of the Waterview project
Designers of Auckland’s $2 billion Waterview motorway tunnels project are trying to solve congestion and safety problems at a three-tiered interchange between two state highways.…
We don’t want a repeat of 2009 all over again
I first noticed this yesterday when looking on the MAXX site for something but the NZ Herald today has a bit more information.
Auckland commuters could be in for trying times as bus drivers respond to a pay offer that has failed to win approval from union negotiators.…
Guest Post: Auckland Streetcar Suburbs, More Please
This is another Guest Post by Kent Lundberg and originally appeared on the Isthmus Group blog. It is reproduced here with Kent’s permission.
Recently I wrote about the streetcar genesis of Auckland’s suburbs. All of the historic tram line streets still serve as key movement infrastructure primarily providing central city access.…
Council wakes up to flat-lining traffic growth
There’s an interesting report, written by the Manager of Transport Strategy Kevin Wright, in the agenda for Wednesday’s transport committee meeting that looks at congestion in Auckland. In terms of the headline issue, congestion, the report notes that congestion levels are around the same as they were in 2004 (despite how much we have spent on widening and extending motorways).…
Glen Eden Park and Ride
I was reading the Western Leader that came on Friday and a letter to the editor caught my eye:
I regret that Gayle Marshall is right (Western Leader, June 22, 2012)
Auckland Transport is proposing to delay for two years the introduction of further Park and Ride in Glen Eden.…
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