What does the CCFAS document tell us?

Whoever leaked the draft City Centre Future Access study (CCFAS) is, as Mr Anderson said in a comment the other day, a complete and utter idiot (assuming that it’s someone from Auckland Transport rather than Central Government). After working so hard over the past year to get beyond the differences in opinion between the two parties which plagued last year’s review of the CRL’s original business case, it’s really dumb to spoil this goodwill by jumping the gun.…
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Reaction to the leaking of the CCFAS

When news like the leaked CCFAS report comes out, it is always quite interesting to see the response from various groups or organisations. First up the project has plenty of support from Steven Selwood and the NZ Council for Infrastructure development In the eyes of infrastructure experts, Auckland desperately needs the proposed city rail link.…
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How my home fares in the 5 minute pint test

Following on from my post yesterday on the talk by Hank Dittmar, I thought I would have a look at the neighbourhood that I live in to show how it does against the 5 minute pint test. First a little bacground, I live out west nearby the Sturges Rd train station, the area was developed about 10-15 years ago and before that was farmland.…
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Young people really are driving less

Another article on changing travel patterns – this time looking at the driving habits of younger Americans: An April study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that between 2001 and 2009 the average annual vehicle miles traveled by Americans ages 16 to 34 fell by close to a quarter, from 10,300 to 7,900 per capita (four times greater than the drop among all adults), and from 12,800 to 10,700 among those with jobs.…
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CCFAS details leak out

Well someone managed to leak a copy of the City Centre Future Access Study (CCFAS) to the Herald as Brian Rudman has an article this morning covering what are likely to be many of the key outcomes from the study. First a brief recap about what the CCFAS is and why it came about.…
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Transport Capacity

This infographic from the Asian Development Bank shows excellently why cars are the absolute worst mode for moving people around if you want to have a dense city centre. In Auckland we still devote the majority of the street space we have to them and very little to anything else.…
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