CRL moves a step closer
Auckland Transport has applied for resource consent to start digging the first section of the City Rail link from Britomart to Wyndham. This is needed so that construction can begin before the end of the year. This section is being built as a cut and cover tunnel due to it’s proximity to the surface and as such going to cause huge disruptions while it’s being built, especially to the many buses that use Albert St.…
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The Prime Minister has suggested a new solution to housing problems in Auckland
If you can’t afford a house in Auckland the prime minister has some advice for you – head to Waikato.
John Key was in the region yesterday for a less controversial cup of tea at Zealong Tea Estate, before heading up to Pokeno to see what he made of growth in the area.…
Big city, small firms
Urbanists often argue for better cities by appealing to our desire to be happier, healthier, or more environmentally sustainable. Cities, they argue, can improve our well-being in all sorts of ways. There is definitely something to this idea. As I’ve previously written, good urban policies, such as mixed-use developments, denser neighbourhoods, shared spaces, and useful public transport, can make us better off in all sorts of ways.…
Waterview Aerials
Some new aerial photos from the team building the Waterview Connection project which show the extent of it.…
Energy, transport and efficiency
Last year, the National Energy Research Institute (NERI) kindly gave us a free ticket to attend the NERI Energy Conference 2014. There were plenty of relevant topics to what we discuss here on the blog, including a great presentation from Mike Underhill, the head of EECA (that’s the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, a government agency).…
A Parnell Rail Station by June?
One of the projects that is sitting in the pile awaiting funding is the Parnell Train Station. The project has been one that seems to always be just around the corner. The tracks in the area were lowered in 2011/12 in one of largest Christmas shutdown’s we’ve seen to enable the station to be built but that never happened and constant delays have ensued.…
Wellington takes a(nother) step back on transport
Wellington is a great city but when it comes to transport I fear it is continuing to make foolish decisions. The latest news comes in relation to cycling in the city. In December we learned that a fantastic looking cycleway to Island Bay had been approved that used parking protected lanes and even continued the cycle lanes behind bus stops.…
Yes or No to Alternative funding
One of the key discussions with the Long Term Plan (LTP) is around whether we should implement motorway tolling or increase Rates/Fuel taxes to pay all of the transport projects on the council’s plans.
As a quick recap for any new readers, the council has come up with two transport plans for the next 30 years.…
Visualising Rail Patronage
Late last year Auckland Transport provided me with some fantastic data showing how many people travelled from each station to each other station on the network for the 2013/14 financial year. At the time I also published the raw data that I had and thought it would be great to see what visualisations people could come up with.…
Selling Skypath is simple, make it easy
This is a guest post from Ryan Mearns of Generation Zero
On Wednesday the 14th of January just over 5,000 people received an email asking them to submit in support of the resource consent for Skypath using a quick submission form.…
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