More on the Budget
This is a more comprehensive post looking at the outcome of yesterday’s budget.
As mentioned briefly yesterday, when it comes to transport the big news of the budget was that government providing $375 million in an interest free loan towards $800 million of additional motorway projects that they had announced last year.…
38 Comments Budget announced
The 2014 budget was released today and as expected it further reinforced the governments commitments to more roads. There were two key announcements: How the government will fund the road fest they announced last year.
Additional funding for Kiwirail’s turn around plan.…
What do carparks cost to build?
Car parking can be a thorny issue for high-density residential development. This post looks at the “cost” side of the equation: how much does it cost to provide carparks within a residential development?
I’d better start with a disclaimer: I’m an economist, not a quantity surveyor, and the figures I’m using here are just for discussion purposes on this blog.…
A bus stop frustration
My regular trip to work in the mornings involves catching a train to Britomart and then transferring to a bus to get across to Takapuna. It generally works fairly well and I don’t mind transferring however there is one aspect that really bugs me, the bus stops on Albert St.…
Photo of the day: Domain parking
And residents complain about a some cycle lanes replacing a few carparks on Carlton Gore Rd. Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Submit on the K Road and Newton Area Plans today
As we mentioned last week, the Karangahape Road Area Plan is open for submissions, which close Wednesday 5pm. Generation Zero have been running a campaign to call for separated cycle lanes on Karangahape Road. The 8 Key reasons for this were included on the original post here. …
Another look at intercity rail
Not long ago Patrick outlined a proposal for gradually extending the proposed Pukekohe to Papakura shuttle train into the Waikato, to eventually end up with a Hamilton to Auckland service. That is a great idea.
The simple reality is that big and useful transport projects almost always start small and get expanded piece by piece.…
Photo of the Day: New Ferry
The new Fullers ferry. I’m not sure what routes is serving so let us know in the comments
(sorry for the poor quality, photo was rushed on my phone while I was on the way elsewhere).…
Developing Eden Park?
Should parts of Eden Park be developed? That’s a possibility the herald has uncovered.
The No 2 ground and cricket pitch at Eden Park will be replaced with residential and commercial buildings of up to nine storeys, according to documents obtained by the Weekend Herald.…
Just how much impact does P&R have
The rail station boarding stats I published a week or so ago provided really useful insight into how many people are using each train station on the network – although time of day and origin-destination information would be fantastic to see.…
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