The Future of K Rd and Newton
Do you live near Karangahape Road or Newton or have a strong interest in the area? The local board are holding some ideas evenings to help come up with some plans for the two area which are likely to see significant change after the City Rail Link is built.…
18 Comments Electric Buses
Buses are often the quiet workhorse of many PT systems running all sorts of routes from high capacity busway systems down to local services that connect suburbs to shops or train stations. Yet for many, buses have anything but a quiet image, add in emissions and they are often thought of as noisy and smelly beasts.…
Encouraging people to scratch bus stops
I love ideas that make using PT fun. Like most people, I can also get quite annoyed at bus stops and train stations and trains being vandalised by idiots who scratch their names in them (although there’s usually a protective covering on them anyway).…
What is employment in the city centre, anyway?
I wrote most of this post back in November, when the latest CBD-specific employment data came out. We didn’t publish it at the time, since we felt we had given the topic enough coverage already, but it seems appropriate to revisit it now that the Ministry of Transport has released some new documents on progress towards the government’s targets for starting the City Rail Link early.…
Driving and sprawl are killing you
An article in the New York Times a few months ago summarised quite nicely recent research into connections between transport modes and health outcomes:
Millions of Americans like her pay dearly for their dependence on automobiles, losing hours a day that would be better spent exercising, socializing with family and friends, preparing home-cooked meals or simply getting enough sleep.…
Photo of the day – View from the Waitakeres
A view of Auckland from the Waitakere Ranges Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Big event issues once again
This weekend has been a particularly big one with so many events on and with the exception of the Big Day Out, Auckland Transport haven’t exactly be doing a stellar job when it comes to event management with the recent cricket matches in particular being quite shambolic.…
Photo of the day – Takutai Square
Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
More bus lanes – Fanshawe Street
Last week I asked our readers what roads in Auckland would benefit from new or improved buslanes. One that came up a few times was Fanshawe Street, and as I walk along here everyday I see many buses being held up in general traffic where there are no bus lanes.…
Photo of the day – Roof Heart
I was looking at something on Google maps the other day and came across this heart drawn on a roof somewhere in Auckland. Can you find where it is?…
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