AT to Trial Secure Cycle Cages at Train Stations
Two weeks ago an article in my local paper caught my attention. The article was in relation to the security of bikes locked up at train stations.
As mayor Len Brown strives to convince Aucklanders to stop using cars some of Auckland’s most eco-friendly commuters are calling for more safety measures to protect bikes.…
33 Comments Housing Affordability: Why Where Matters As Well As What
Unfortunately there is a tendency in discussions on housing affordability to remain quite siloed. The government seems to be only concerned with land supply as the key to addressing affordability, financial commentators privilege access to loans and other financial instruments, and developers stress construction overheads and compliance costs.…
Carpooling – when all else fails
*** This is a guest post by Christian Williams ***
It certainly isn’t glamorous. It doesn’t steal the limelight, and it doesn’t exactly have a huge cult following. But carpooling has big payoffs and has the potential for major growth.
Why doesn’t it get the attention it deserves?…
Manukau street getting a parking diet
If there is one thing that Manukau has more than enough of, its parking. In fact as this image shows, there is more land dedicated to parking than there is actual buildings. If there is one advantage to all of this parking it is that it makes it much less painless to remove on street parking and in some good news, that is exactly what is happening.…
How Cities Foster Innovation
We talk quite a bit on this blog about the importance and value of agglomeration, which is the additional level of productivity which comes from locating activities close to each other. Agglomeration is why Auckland growing will be good for all New Zealanders, and at a smaller scale why central parts of Auckland growing will be good for all of Auckland.…
EMU Production Video
Auckland transport have released a new video showing some of our new electric trains on the production line in Spain. The last board report gave us the following details on the progress of the project.
Design
The design activity is now focussed on review of test programmes and specifications for testing of the vehicles in New Zealand.…
Onehunga buses improved
The focus for improvements to public transport around Onehunga in recent years has been in the form of trains with services reinstated to the town centre back in 2010 after being stopped 37 years previously. The station has since been wired up and is now ready and waiting for our new electric trains to arrive.…
Submissions on alternative funding options close today
The intensity of the Unitary Plan ended up distracting us a bit from the discussion around alternative transport funding, although perhaps that was intended. Submissions on the funding options close today so this is a quick recap and explanation of my submission.…
Who should pay for grade separation?
As our rail system has improved, people are increasingly starting to see value in being nearby it. This is leading to more and more people who live along the rail line to want new stations in their communities. We have seen calls for a new station in the valley below Selwyn College, a new station on the site of the old Tamaki station and a new station at Parnell.…
Are fewer people wanting to drive?
We already know that people are driving less and owning fewer cars. As we have shown before, since the mid 2,000s both vehicle ownership and the number of kilometres travelled (VKT) have plateaued and then fallen in recent years on a per capita basis (VKT has fallen in real terms too).…
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