Photo of the day – Waiheke/Auckland
Auckland City as seen from Waiheke Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne (aka Sydney)…
6 Comments Lincoln Rd to be “upgraded”
Auckland Transport is proposing to widen Lincoln Rd – something that in my opinion is probably already Auckland’s most soul destroying street, particularly from a land use perspective. Every time I travel down there (which is frequently as I live not far from it) it always reminds me of the worst aspects of auto-dependency.…
Deloitte Patronage Growth report
I think it’s fair to say that we’ve been pretty disappointed with patronage results over the last year or so (longer for rail). After about 7 years of almost constant growth we saw patronage decline and then flat line with it only just starting to show signs of turning around.…
Photo of the day – Cycling Family
A cycling family seen in Devonport Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne (aka Sydney)…
Transport Stories from around the web
There were quite a few transport related stories from around the Internet that caught my attention yesterday that I thought readers might like. Here is a summary of them
Truck Blind Spot
This video comes from Transport for London showing the blind spot of a truck
http://youtu.be/Y9E1_1M-qhU…
Council to look at using PPPs
Len Brown has announced that the city will be looking at using Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to help fund building some of Auckland’s infrastructure. Here’s the press release.
Public-private partnerships an option for Auckland
Auckland needs to take a good hard look at public-private partnership models for funding infrastructure says Mayor Len Brown, to relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.…
Photo of the day – Basin Bridge
As part of the EPA process, the NZTA have released some new images showing before and afters of the ugly flyover they are proposing called the Basin Bridge.…
Hear Jarrett Walker talk in Auckland
If you’ve got some spare time on Friday, consider popping along to the the Aotea Centre to see Jarrett Walker – author of Human Transit and one of the key people behind the design of our new bus network -talk about How will an integrated public transport network create a city for people?…
More details on vehicle ownership over time
Yesterday I posted about the Infernal Combustion Engine, a piece discussing some of the issues we face of being so auto dependant. As part of that I also looked at some details about what has happened with vehicle ownership over the last 90 odd years and I also briefly talked about some trends in vehicle engine size. …
Auctioning Alice for Charity
Congratulations to the NZTA for coming up with a really unique way to raise some money for charity.
Waterview Xmas gift for Philippines typhoon victims
The giant tunnel boring machine called Alice at Auckland’s Waterview Connection motorway project is at the centre of the workers’ initiative to raise money for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.…
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