NEWSFLASH: Do we need another Waitemata Harbour Crossing?
Here at the Auckland Transport Blog we have finally found a road project that seems more unwarranted than either Puhoi-to-Wellsford or Transmission Gully. This is a road project that costs more than both of those two premature white elephants combined. Yes, we’re talking about the “Additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing Project“.…
85 Comments A hidden benefit to public transport
Public transport has many benefits but some just can’t be quantified, like how it gives a location and audience to make a public display and have a little fun. The latest example of this is from Vienna where a lady got on an underground train with nothing on but a pair of boots.…
Empty San Francisco
Ever wondered what a large city would look like completely empty? Thanks to some clever use of Photoshop, we get an idea in the video below of San Francisco: How eerie the video looks I think is testament to the fact that cities really are about people and the sign of success for a part of the city is when there are a lot of people in it.…
Auckland is winning more awards
I really love Auckland, I was born here and some time, a long way out in the future I will die here too. Over the space of my lifetime I have a pretty positive feeling that I will witness the city make perhaps the biggest transformation it may ever experience and that is starting to happen right now.…
September 2012 Patronage Stats
Well we knew that this was coming. Auckland Transport have released the patronage stats for September and they look pretty grim as the glow from the RWC wears off. Overall patronage was down 13.4% on 2011 however AT have also pointed out that this year has been affected by the fact there were two less working days which they estimate has had a -7% to -8% impact.…
What to do about generational differences?
One topic that has received more attention of late is the idea of “generational differences” and how they might impact on future travel patterns. As many of our regular readers will know, there is considerable evidence emerging that shows some fairly stark differences in the transport and land use preferences of older and younger generations.…
Submit on the LTMA Amendment Bill
There have been a few posts on this blog over the past year or so on the Land Transport Management Act Amendment Bill. Looking through the “LTMA tag” I come across the following: Steven Joyce’s revenge? Big changes proposed to LTMA
Should NZTA be allowed to borrow for the RoNS?…
Don’t hop on the rail bus with your AT HOP
I think this can only really be described as a bit of an own goal by Auckland Transport.
So you are a regular train user, you’ve seen all of the promotional material about the new AT HOP card that can be used on the trains from 27th October so you go and buy one as soon as they go on sale.…
Details from the IPENZ presentation
While unfortunately Stu was a bit late getting us the notification for the IPENZ discussion on the new PT network, he has managed to get us a copy of the presentation that was given (and thank to AT for allowing it).…
The pitfalls of “multi-modal projects”
A previous post by Patrick highlighted his concerns about the phrase “multi-modal”, something that I want to explore further. Patrick’s general argument is that we “talk the good talk” about multi-modalism (is that even a word?) but in reality what we have built over and over again is “mono-modalism”.…
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