An Alternate CRL Route?
Following on from years of investigation and initial design, Auckland Transport are currently going through the process to get the City Rail Link designated. Over the last few years the project has been discussed not only on this blog but also in other forms of media.…
15 Comments Unitary Plan youth video competition
Are you less than 25? Are you passionate about Auckland? If you answered yes to those two questions, or know someone who is then read on.
In a few weeks we should get our first look at the unitary plan which is document that will detail how and where Auckland will grow.…
Urban Math
It is increasingly clear that there is a common theme to almost all of the major differences of opinion around the issues we cover on this site. The same theme that I think sums up the contrasting world views of the Auckland Council and the current government.…
The importance of speed!
There’s a lot I agree with in Stu’s post yesterday about being careful how we look to grow the public transport market and focusing on low-hanging fruit before trying to convince rich people to give up the BMW’s by building super-expensive light-rail lines everywhere.…
What would happen to Petrol if….?
Over the recent week, the price of petrol has moved up close to its all-time record high, in nominal terms, and is sitting at around $2.20 per litre. Yet at the same time the New Zealand dollar is also close to an all-time high vs.…
Growing public transport patronage – Expansion or retention?
Peter M’s recent post on “Making light rail make sense” threw up a lot of interesting comments.
One of the more interesting arguments went something along the lines of “many people will never catch a bus so we should invest in rail“. …
Here comes the Census
In just over two weeks, on Tuesday 5th March, we will have the next census and the forms for it started to be delivered yesterday. It’s the first one since March 2006 as the planned 2011 census was cancelled due to the Christchurch Earthquakes.…
What would New York do?
“One of our greatest innovations is our ability to move quickly. The normal capital construction program takes about five years. But we’ve been able to transform city streets virtually overnight. You can literally paint the city you want to see. You can do it with two traffic cones, a can of paint, and stone planters.” …
Kiwis want more spent on Public Transport
Well the title says it all really and it comes from a survey done by UMR Research, included in their Mood of the Nation Report for 2013:
New Zealanders are much more likely to support Government funding to go to public transport than they were 20 years ago.…
“We are what we repeatedly do”: “Why you should travel young”
A Norwegian friend (whom I affectionately refer – and defer – to as the “Socialist Dictator”) recently alerted me to this article entitled “Why you should travel young“.
If you are looking for a delightfully introspective, relatively insightful, and genuinely motivating article on the virtues of travel then I’d encourage you to read this article.…
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