The Owairaka train station
A few weeks back I wrote about a potential Mt Roskill train station, which would sit at the end of the Mt Roskill spur line around where Dominion Road passes over State Highway 20. There’s also one other station that could sit on this spur line – as shown in the map below: This, of course, is Owairaka Station (or Stoddard Rd station I guess) which would sit near the group of shops at the corner of Richardson Road and Stoddard Road.…
15 Comments Photo of the day – Cycle signs
Encouraging cyclists without the infrastructure to support them. Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
What’s the market value of a carpark?
My last post looked at the question of how much carparks cost to build. This one looks at the other side of the equation: what is their value on completion? The answer being, of course, whatever people are willing to pay for them.…
Puhoi Warkworth Hearing Finishes Today
This is the seventh in a series of posts based on the Campaign for Better Transport’s submission to the Puhoi to Warkworth Board of Inquiry.
The Board of Inquiry Hearing into the Puhoi Warkworth toll road was meant to finish last week, however NZTA are giving their closing submission today (Thursday 5th June) at Courtroom 2.01, Level 2 Chorus Building, 42 Federal St, from 10am.…
Campbell Live’s great urban episode
On Monday night Campbell Live dedicated an entire show to urban issues.
The first segment looked at density in Seattle showing that done well it can be popular and not a blight on the landscape. Next up was an interview with Janette Sadik-Khan And lastly a few vox-pops from what appears to be on Ponsonby Rd.…
Changing transport trends being noticed
As mentioned yesterday, the second interesting paper going to the Council’s Infrastructure Committee is in relation to Transport Trends (page 9). It highlights many of the same trends that we’ve been noting for a few years now and shows that change is happening in how Aucklanders get around.…
TomTom latest meaningless congestion report
TomTom have once again released their meaningless congestion index.
TomTom has announced the results of the TomTom Traffic Index 2013, revealing New Zealanders waste up to 93 hours a year stuck in traffic and that Wellingtonian’s experienced the worst traffic delays during peak hours, spending up to an extra 41 minutes in an hour commute.…
Photo of the Day: Slip Lane Removal
Last week we got a Barnes Dance on the Quay St/Hobson St intersection and this week Auckland Transport (and City Centre Integration Group) are going one better by removing a slip lane. This is at the Quay St/Albert St intersection. Fantastic work and another small step in making this city better for pedestrians.…
Demand responsive parking pricing is awesome!
One of the key initiatives in Auckland Transport’s Parking Discussion Document is the expansion of “demand responsive parking pricing” beyond just the city centre and out into places where people struggle to find a parking spot at the moment. Here’s how it’s described in the document:
As Auckland grows, the demand for the limited supply of on-street space will intensify.…
Funding local transport projects
On Wednesday the Council’s Infrastructure committee meet again and there are a couple interesting papers on the agenda. One is about transport trends which I’ll write about in a separate post the other is about funding assistance rates (FARs). They are probably a fairly boring topic for many people but they can have huge implications on councils as they determine how much money the councils get to help pay for transport projects. …
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