Public Transport… or Passenger Transit?
Long before getting involved in all this transport advocacy business I wasted the golden years of my youth studying for an arts degree. Useless as it has proven to be, I learned many fascinating tidbits of knowledge along the way. One of the most captivating -but unavailing- tidbits was the study of semantics and semiotics.…
53 Comments Public transport is cool
Call me a snob if you will, but there’s something cool about how those Scandinavians do public transport.
As an example, on a recent journey to a beautiful fjord in Norway, I snapped this photo of a mossy log cabin being used for a bus stop, complete with scooter park and ride.…
September Update on the EMUs
On Wednesday is the next meeting for the Auckland Transport Board and as usual there are a couple of interesting items worth looking at. I will cover the main business report in a separate post as there is lots in there but there was one separate item I felt deserved its own post which is an update on our new electric trains (EMUs) that are being built by CAF in Spain.…
More “tin pot dictator” bus punctuality stats
Back in June I blogged about the running joke that is the bus reliability and punctuality statistics, as reported in each month’s PT statistics report. Brian Rudman has also commented on these number previously, noting that even a tin pot dictator rigging an election would be embarrassed by how high they are.…
Streets: A Platform for Creating Value
My last post discussed the inherent tension between through and to movement. I argued that where there is increased pedestrian angst there is a place dividend that naturally seeks to be realised. This post takes a related theoretical understanding of streets and urbanism and applies it to Auckland’s city centre.…
August Patronage Stats
The PT stats for August are out ahead of next weeks board meeting (thanks AT, please keep this up). The numbers over the coming months in particular are going to very interesting to see just what impact was made by the RWC last year but more on that shortly.…
Guest Post: Taking the plunge – A newbie cyclist in Auckland speaks out
*** This is a guest post by my friend Victoria Neilson. It turns out that I’m not the only person in Auckland who cycles to pole-dancing classes ***
Introduction
My husband, Derek, me, and our silver Subaru Impreza had been the comfortable two people plus one car Auckland family until we moved into our first house.…
More Puhoi-Wellsford discussion in parliament
Phil Twyford had another go at the Puhoi-Wellsford project in parliament yesterday – interestingly this time with Maurice Williamson answering the questions: You can read the transcript of the exchange here.
I thought the most interesting part was the answer to the last question Mr Twyford asked:
Phil Twyford: Is the Minister aware of a 2008 report prepared by Sinclair Knight Merz consultants—the current consultants working on the Pūhoi to Wellsford project—that said that “the scope for substantial economic growth with the upgrading of SH1 is limited.”,…
The times they are a-changin’ – Is our “love affair” with cars over?
Last week Patrick launched a brilliant and scathing critique of the “charge of the RoNs brigade.” He argued that times have changed: The socio-economic conditions we are currently experiencing (and seem likely to face in the future) are different from those that characterised the recent past.…
Well that answers the “eastern link” question
Some really interesting news today about the big Lion Breweries site in Newmarket – which looks like will be purchased by Auckland University:
The University of Auckland is shutting its Epsom and Tamaki campus hubs and buying a big Newmarket site where it will educate and house some of its growing student population base.…
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