Photo of the day – Wellesley St
Photo is credited to Craig…
9 Comments Len trying to kick-start the CRL
News today that Len Brown is pushing for an earlier start on part of the CRL.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is offering $250 million of the city’s money to kick-start the $2.86 billion underground rail project before the Government starts contributing.…
Possibilities on Ponsonby Road
This is 254 Ponsonby Rd.
A low rise and rather miserable example of provincial modernity currently home to a large car park and drive-through, the food retailer Nosh, and a Liquor King. Just another piece of dross-scape left over from the great auto-age.…
More bus lanes required
We have regularly been critical of Auckland Transport’s failure to implement any new bus lanes since their inception. The creation of Auckland Transport should have been an excellent opportunity for creation of new bus lanes, with the coordination of bus services and roads put in the hands of one body, instead of being divided between Regional and City councils.…
Photo of the day – Albert Park
Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Do ramp signals really help?
By now we’re pretty well acquainted with ramp signals on motorway onramps across Auckland. You know the ones:
NZTA explains the reasoning behind ramp signals on this old page (which hasn’t changed since the NZTAs predecessor agency over 5 years ago):
Currently traffic on the motorway is disrupted by ‘bottlenecking’.…
Photo of the day – Town Hall
Photo is credited to Craig…
Last chance for a say on Lincoln Rd
Back in November it was announced that Auckland Transport wanted to ‘upgrade’ Lincoln Rd. A road I travel on regularly and one that I consider the most soul destroying in all of Auckland. AT have had their proposal open to consultation and public feedback however that is closing today so if you want to have a say about it you need to get on with a submission quickly.…
Are diesel drivers paying their share?
In NZ, we don’t have many diesel cars. They make up around 8.4% of the “light passenger vehicle” fleet,1 similar to Japan (where most of our cars come from) and the US, but much lower than most European countries. Diesel engines are more common for “light commercial vehicles”, i.e.…
Photo of the day – Lanes
You could almost be forgiven for thinking you weren’t in Auckland Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
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