Guest Post: The Grafton Cycleway – A New City Gateway
This is a guest post from Max Robitzsch who is the Infrastructure liaison for Cycle Action Auckland Auckland’s City Centre has often been described in the same term as a fortified city – one surrounded by a “moat” on three sides, and the coast on the fourth.…
48 Comments Progress on the City Centre Future Access Study
I was taking a look through the very useful Franklin Live website this evening, which has video recordings of pretty much every Council meeting (though I wish the videos were on Youtube for easier searching!) and came across a presentation at the October Transport Committee meeting on the City Centre Future Access Study.…
How far the rail timetable has come
Following on from my post this morning from looking at timetables I thought it would be worthwhile to show just how much the timetable has evolved since before Britomart. Here are the timetables that were brought in during 1998.
Western Line Southern Lines As you can see both timetables are pretty sparse compared to now.…
IPENZ talk on the new PT Network tonight
Sorry for the really late notice (Stu was a bit late in sending it through). If your interested in the bus network redesign then you may be interested in a talk being held by IPENZ on the subject tonight.…
Why is our Rail Patronage Stalling
Like I’m sure many of you are, I have been getting increasingly concerned about what is happening with rail patronage this year and it seemed like as soon as the RWC finished, the growth just hit a wall. The 12 month rolling patronage total is likely to drop quite a bit over the next few months as we finally work the RWC boost our of our system.…
Fairer fare zones
One of the most discussed parts of the draft Regional Public Transport Plan seems to have turned out to be the proposed fare zone map. My fellow bloggers Mr Anderson and Stu Donovan discussed the zones in previous posts, while today’s NZ Herald also quotes Labour MP Phil Twyford’s criticism of the proposed boundaries.…
In Praise of City Trees
It’s Spring! And in many places the city is looking its best, especially some of the recently upgraded places. Also some of our old friends are coming back to life too. I love city streets, and buildings, and the spaces between, but often the most wonderful things in a city are the trees.…
Win a HOP card loaded with $50
In recognition of HOP rolling out to the rail network on the 28th of October and the ferries a month later we thought it might be fun to celebrate this long awaited event. We approached Auckland Transport who agreed and so we have managed to get our hands on TWO AT HOP cards to give away, each loaded with $50 worth of travel on them.…
Keeping the option of a regional fuel tax
A number of changes (most of them really bad) are proposed to the Land Transport Management Act, with the LTMA Amendment Bill open for submissions until October 26th before a select committee then hears the submissions and thinks about making changes to the Bill. …
The History of Albert-Eden
The development of Auckland and every city is intricately linked to its transport network. This video, created for heritage week by the Auckland Council, looks at the history of Albert-Eden local board area and one of the things I feel comes through was just how important the transport network, in particular the trams were in their development.…
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