Should Auckland Transport get out of the parking business?
This is a question that Councillor Chris Darby asked on Facebook last week:
It is a valid question, especially considering the white elephant that has been the Ronwood Ave carpark in Manukau. But if we look a bit closer at the city centre, it seems like some pretty key sites – worth quite a lot of money – are wrapped up in parking.…
55 Comments Combating Fare evasion
Rail patronage has been growing well in recent months but something that a lot of people have also noticed is that fare evasion also appears to be on the rise. This seems to be the result of more and more people realising the chance of getting caught without a ticket is low and even if they do get caught, the ticket inspectors are powerless to do anything.…
Photo of the Day: Grafton Bridge
Grafton Bridge (probably my favourite in Auckland) Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
February 2014 Patronage
The patronage results for February are out and overall they’re looking pretty good. It was helped in part by some of the major events that occurred like the Eminem concert and the NRL 9’s however even accounting for those the results were positive.…
AT’s March Board Meeting
The Auckland Transport board meeting is next week and the documents are now online (although only through the old website, not the new one for some reason). As usual I’ve gone through and here are the parts that stood out to me.…
Photo of the Day: Morningside Art
Some of the neat graffiti artwork on display near the Morningside Train Station. There’s some other good works around the rail network too but always room for more. And can just be seen from in this shot taken from the platform.…
How can we make road pricing fair?
Talk to a transport economist for more than a couple of minutes (seconds?) and the issue of road pricing will come up. “If only we could introduce road pricing, all our problems would go away,” says your transport economist. Congestion – gone.…
How rail upgrades help the North Shore
Whenever there is public discussion on projects that improve the rail network – whether it be electrification or the city rail link – we often see comments to the effect of “but it doesn’t do anything to help the North Shore”.…
Photo of the day – Ivy
This photo of the Queenies Lunchroom in Freemans bay by oh.yes.melbourne caught my attention due to the covering of Ivy but even more so when you compare it to this photo from Google Street view which would have only been taken a few years ago.…
Brownlee admits they ignore economic analysis when it suits them
Following on from the Greens walking and cycling to school policy last week, Julie Anne Genter was again asking about it in Parliament yesterday and the answers from Gerry Brownlee were quite insightful to the governments thinking while some were also quite comical.…
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