Sideswipe Covers Travel Time Savings
In recent days the Herald “Sideswipe” column has helpfully illustrated some of the core issues around urban sprawl and using travel time savings as a measure of the worth of a transport project. It started with this on Monday:
Good life in the country costs less
OK, so you move out to, say, Whangaparaoa from the North Shore to get a more affordable mortgage.…
19 Comments Taking a closer look at East Coast Rd
Peters post yesterday reminded me about a post I had intended to write myself based on that Phoebe piece but from a different perspective. Reading it and some of the comments below made me wonder why people think that the speed should be higher and as I’m not that familiar with the area so I made a trip out there courtesy of google maps and street view.…
And the transport prizes go to … Queensland Rail and Symonds Street
It’s been a serene little while since the last ATB transport prizes were awarded. For those who missed it, the last prize ceremony ended in somewhat spectacular fashion, with one commenter calling me a “self righteous prat” and telling me to to “stop moaning“.…
Before they were Shared Spaces
Its easy to forget just how much things have improved over the last few years so here are a couple of videos to remind you just what the shared spaces looked like a couple of years ago.
Fort St: The whole area around Fort St was really a run down hole and frankly quite embarrassing for a modern city but now it is one of my favourite places in the city.…
What the heck Phoebe?
I almost let the one slip past – meaning to post last week but only just remembering it last night. I just have to comment though when something like this ends up in the NZ Herald’s “Ask Phoebe” column:
Can you please tell me who sets the speed limits on our roads in New Zealand and what criteria are used for determining these limits?…
The New Panmure Station
Along with the AMETI works, the Panmure station is also getting a substantial upgrade worth $17.5 million so that it interacts better with the future South Eastern busway and also provides much better amenity to users. In many ways it is very similar to what exists at New Lynn as the platforms will be in a trench with the station building above it .…
A visit to Panmure
Took a trip out to Panmure today to get an update as to what is happening with AMETI and to watch the mayor ceremonially pour some concrete. We were mainly looking at the bit in what will be a covered trench and will eventually form part of a new road that bypasses the Panmure town centre which is shown in blue in the image below (the tunnel part will be between Ellerslie Panmure Highway and Mountain Rd which is the part next to the train station).…
Sydney’s Rail Strategy
Recently the New South Wales Government released a long term rail strategy for Sydney. It makes for interesting reading. Like Auckland, Sydney is experiencing relatively fast population growth and expects to grow from its current population of 4.6 million to around 6 million by 2031.…
Lonely Planet gives Auckland’s PT the thumbs down
The Herald today reports that the new edition of the Lonely Planet tourist guide for New Zealand doesn’t have particularly kind things to say about Auckland’s public transport system.
Auckland is a more vibrant city after the Rugby World Cup but public transport is a “mess”, says the latest Lonely Planet guide book of New Zealand.…
AMP NZ sees the benefit of the CRL
An interesting little development that has some implications for the CRL. Stuff Reports:
AMP NZ Office is spending $90 million buying a downtown Auckland shopping centre from Westfield which it believes is the ”best site in town” for future development.
The NZX-listed company, which owns more than $1 billion of grade A office space in Auckland and Wellington, has reached an agreement to buy the Westfield Downtown Shopping Centre on Auckland’s waterfront.…
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