Northern Busway Extension is back
We were rightly dismayed when the previous Transport Minister vetoed the desperately needed extension of the famously successful Northern Busway as part of the big spend up on SH1 on the North Shore. We suspect NZTA were too, as they know that the Busway the single most effective tool for reducing congestion and increasing access and human happiness for the travelling public on this route.…
61 Comments July-15 Patronage
It’s a good thing the government might be moving on the City Rail Link because Auckland Transport’s latest patronage report for July shows that there has been no slowdown in the staggering growth of the rail system – or the rest of the PT system for that matter.…
CRL Funding Agreed?
In what looks like a sign that the ‘alignment’ project between the Auckland Council and the Government on transport may well just be falling in the right direction, the following data line was discovered by Luke in a Treasury funding ‘pipeline’ spreadsheet: The full document is here.…
Waiting a century for a cycleway
The Wellington to Hutt Road is, and has been for a quite long time, one of the most popular and important cycle routes in New Zealand’s urban areas. It connects a busy downtown area with large suburban areas in the Hutt Valley, via a scenic harbour front.…
AT’s new bus tender requirements
Buses equipped with WiFi, USB ports and internal screens to display messages such as route information will become standard in Auckland in the future. All three features and much more are requirements of Auckland Transports PTOM contracts which were revealed on Monday in the finally released tender documents for the new bus network in South Auckland. …
Nelson St Cycleway a step closer
The Nelson St cycleway should start to feel a lot more real soon with the bridge connecting Canada St to the old Nelson St Offramp about to start being installed. Nelson Street Cycleway bridge makes its way to Auckland
An iconic component of the Nelson St Cycleway, the Canada St Bridge, is taking shape and being transported to Auckland’s Central Motorway Junction (CMJ) project site in mammoth sections starting this week.…
Where are the big boys?
If you look around at the companies which are developing apartments in Auckland, or the ones who have in the past, you’ll see that most of them are private firms. This is a contrast from Australia, where there are a number of big, stock exchange-listed companies carrying out projects on a much bigger scale than anything we see here.…
Puhoi to Warkworth PPP shortlisted
While Auckland remains waiting on the government to commit to its share of funding for the most transformative transport project since the Harbour Bridge – the City Rail Link – the NZTA have just announced that they’ve shortlisted three groups of companies to build the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway as Public Private Partnership.…
Travel diary: Beachfront cycling in LA
I was recently on holiday in California. Here are some thoughts and images from the week I spent in Los Angeles, a car-dependent city that is, like Auckland, trying to become something different.
One of the frustrations of travelling in California is how much time I spent in cars.…
An update on Light Rail
Around a month ago Auckland Transport gave a presentation to the Campaign for Better Transport on their Light Rail plans. I wasn’t there however I was provided with a copy of the presentation and it contains some new information not shown before – and not all about light rail.…
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