Submit on the East West Connections
Post from Ryan Mearns of Generation Zero
In June NZTA and Auckland Transport finally came out with a new proposed route for the East-West Connections, which is a new road route long pushed by business groups that would link SH1 and SH20 either north or south of the Manukau Harbour. …
25 Comments The economics of fare policies, part 3
For those that don’t read Transportblog on a daily basis, this is the third part of a series I’m writing on the economics of public transport fare policies. Part 1 discussed a key rationale for public transport subsidies – lower fares keep people from clogging up already-congested roads.…
Waihorotiu
A short documentary on Waihorotiu – the stream beneath Queen St
A watery portrait of our urban landscape reveals that when it comes to our cities, there is more than meets the eye.…
Gating more train stations
Auckland Transport have said that they are considering gating up to nine additional rail stations
An AT spokesman said it was hoped a proposal to install gates at nine more stations would address the issues.
Britomart, Newmarket and Manukau stations are gated – where only people with valid tickets can enter and exit – with New Lynn set to join the list this month.…
Prebble on Rail
I and I’m sure many others were surprised the other day to see such a good opinion piece on why we should invest in rail from Richard Prebble – especially given his history with rail. It was in response to the news last week that Treasury recommended closing the rail network down the freight network.…
How much should we value resilience?
A few months back, I took a critical look at some dodgy arguments about the need for expensive security measures for cities to be “resilient” against terrorism. The whole thing got me thinking: how should we value protection against low-probability events?…
Extend Light Rail to the North Shore?
Regular readers will be well aware that we strongly believe our transport agencies need to rethink the Additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing. It appears to us that the price tag of $4-$6 billion is way out of proportion to the benefits another road crossing would provide. …
Auckland’s Historical Settlement Pattern since 1840
From the Auckland Plan, how Auckland has developed since 1840.…
Rail Faults and Level Crossings
There can occasionally be interesting bits of information found within the written questions asked of government ministers and so I keep an eye on it from time to time. Going through them the other day I stumbled across a few questions that Green MP Julie Anne Genter had recently asked about the rail network.…
Toil and trouble; economy burn and housing bubble #4
Like Jack Tame, I’m surprised by the slow update of apartment living in New Zealand. I am also bored by the degree to which “wheel estate” dominates the public discourse, which I suspect is symptomatic of wider policy issues. No other country in which I have lived dedicates such a disproportionate amount of oxygen to the machinations of a single, relatively uninteresting market.…
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