Khartoum Place upgrade in full swing
The Khartoum place upgrade is well under way and shaping up to be an even greater set of urban spaces for our rapidly developing city.
First up, down on the Lorne St side we can see the new owner of the old new gallery building has changed its format in response to the opening of the new old gallery (ahem). …
67 Comments Be one of the first to ride our new electric trains
Want a trip on one of Auckland’s brand new electric trains before they start carrying the first fare paying passengers on the 28th April? 5000 lucky Aucklanders first to ride electric trains
On Monday 28 April, the first of Auckland’s new electric trains will go into service on the Onehunga line.…
Photo of the Day: Caterpillar
From our now exiled oh.yes.melbourne Photographers and Urbanistas comes this Melbourne tram clearly posing as a brightly coloured caterpillar:…
Wanted: An All Mode Transport Agency
This morning NZTA reported some run-of-the-mill snarfus on their big Auckland motorway system via Twitter, below Matt took the opportunity to suggest they improve their communications to include more forms of transport available in Auckland, in particular the Rail network that they do help fund to operate [but weirdly are barred from funding new capital works on the rail network- even ones that would lower the net operating cost].…
Z Energy to build a biodiesel plant (hopefully)
As announced in the Herald, Z Energy is planning to build a biodiesel plant. The company has been looking at this option for quite some time, but they’re now at the stage where it’s looking pretty likely. As per the statement they released to the NZX:
While Z has publicly discussed the potential for this project in the past, the Z Board has approved the project, subject to the completion of regulatory and resource consenting – including approvals from competitor companies to construct a blending facility at the Wiri fuel terminal – and the finalisation of key contracts.…
Where to put a bus interchange in Henderson
With the new bus network set to roll out next year one of the important pieces of work Auckland Transport need to do is build or upgrade a number of transport interchanges to enable quick and easy transfers. The ones we know about so far are Otahuhu and Manukau.…
Winston Peters show’s he doesn’t get HOP
Winston Peters shows that he clearly doesn’t understand HOP – although I guess that shouldn’t be surprising
New Zealand First is urging SuperGold Cardholders who travel for free on Auckland public transport not to waste their money buying a prepaid card.…
Photo of the day: Takapuna Beach
It might be a long journey getting there via PT for me but one thing you can do in Takapuna that you can’t do in any other major employment area in Auckland is be at the beach with just a short walk.…
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
The Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront in Cape Town is one of the world’s top waterfronts, and one of South Africa’s major tourist attractions.
When I took these photos in late 2010, Auckland had its Viaduct Harbour and Princes Wharf, but Queen’s Wharf was still closed to the public, and the first stages of Wynyard Quarter were at least six months away from opening.…
Auckland Transport’s draft Statement of Intent for 2014-17
Every year Auckland Transport agree with the council a new Statement of Intent (SOI) with the council. It sets out their strategic approach, priorities and targets for the following three years. They are currently in the process of setting the SOI for the 2014-2017 period and there appear to be some quite concerning aspects in the documents – which are found in the various agenda items for the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee.…
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