A smoother bus ride
Whenever a debate appears on here around the benefits of one particular mode or another, inevitably someone will complain about the way buses can be driven. Having customers feel comfortable on a bus is incredibly important so it was pleasing to see that steps are being taken to improve that.…
29 Comments Lampooning Lambourne – And other brain-eating transport zombies
I live in a parallel transport universe. A universe where zombies make uninformed statements about Auckland’s transport issues, which are subsequently published by well-meaning but clueless mainstream media. The zombies’ strategy is to hypnotise people with absurdity and then proceed to eat a few parts of their brains, after which their haplessly brainless victims stumble out into the world spouting transport nonsense.…
Should we be installing freight lanes?
The transport network exists for two reasons to move around people and freight. On this blog we tend to focus on the former with one of the biggest benefits of public transport being that it allows for us to move a lot more people at any one time than we can with cars alone.…
Te Atatu Bus Interchange hits stormy waters
I’m not sure whether to be disappointed or optimistic. Auckland Transport has announced that following consultation, they are now looking at other options for the Te Atatu bus interchange. Here is the press release.
Auckland Transport has decided to look at further options for the site of the Te Atatu Transport Interchange.…
Radio Live discussion on transport issues
Radio live yesterday dedicated an hour to discussing transport issues and in particular transport funding and amongst others, our very own Patrick Reynolds was on to discuss some of the issues. Here is the synopsis:
Wallace Chapman dedicated an hour of his show on Sunday regarding Auckland’s traffic congestion problem.…
How does CRL benefit each part of Auckland?
There’s seemingly a lot of confusion around about the impacts of the City Rail Link project – heck the transport minister still thinks that it’s a loop going around in circles under the CBD (surely the ultimate indictment of Auckland Transport’s CRL communications?)…
Cycling on Sunday
There was an excellent piece on TVNZs Sunday programme last week about cycling (click the image). Its great that they talked to Glen Koorey (sometimes comments on here as Glen K) who made the excellent point that for ~$600 million, we could build an entire cycle network in Auckland.…
The government’s annoying funding myth
Over the last few weeks there has been a renewed media focus on Auckland’s transport issues. This has been spurred on by two main events the first was the Green Party launching their Reconnect Auckland campaign and the second was the announcement of alternative funding options to help pay for future transport projects. …
The impact of Maurice standing for mayor
Many people, including us were wondering just who might stand against Len Brown for the mayoralty later this year. It is a question that has been simmering away for a while now and burst to life again earlier this week after National party MP Maurice Williamson said that he was thinking about standing (note: thinking about standing is not the same as standing).…
How to “keep Auckland moving”?
The transport funding “Consensus Building Group” released its discussion paper on the different ways to raise extra money for transport spending on Monday. As I noted at the time, it’s a pity that the group was forced to limit itself to how to find the money rather than prompting a more detailed discussion around whether the Auckland Plan has the right mix of transport projects or whether the future traffic growth projections are correct.…
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