CRL and the opportunity to fix city streets
From the significant disruption of building the City Rail Link we get two huge benefits. First and foremost, we get a tunnel that transforms our rail network and allow significantly more people to travel around the region free of congestion. But for many of our city streets, it also delivers us blank slate from which we can deliver on the visions that have already been created for the future of the city.…
40 Comments Dear Phil
Dear Phil,
Congratulations on becoming Mayor. While the margin was a bit closer than some had expected, that’s what happens when you get such a low turnout – who actually votes ends up being a bit different to those who get polled.…
Sunday reading 9 October 2016
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here is a collection of stories I found interesting over the week. Add your links in the comments section below.
Here’s another study that quantifies the health benefits of cycling – “Bike lanes are a sound public health investment“, Fox News Health.…
2016 Council Election Results
Today Auckland gets a new Mayor and at least three new Councillors. As of the time this post goes up there’s only half an hour left to cast a vote. If you haven’t yet voted and still want to you better get moving fast. …
Still waiting on level crossing action
Last night train services were once again disrupted following a serious incident at one of Auckland’s most notorious level crossings.
Emergency services are at Morningside train station in Auckland where a car has been hit by a train shortly before 4.30pm.…
Making Trucks Safer in Cities
Improving vehicles is a key aspect in achieving better safety outcomes on ou roads. This video from Transport for London highlights what they’re doing to make trucks safer on city streets. The new design appears to be a huge improvement, begging the question of why it has taken so long and how long till authorities in this country start to push for these kinds of improvements to the truck fleet.…
The plans for Albert St after the CRL
The City Rail Link is now under construction and will see most of Albert St dug up in the process of building the cut and cover tunnels. That presents Auckland Transport with a great opportunity on what is effectively a blank slate to reinstate it to a much higher standard than exists now.…
Quay hits 50k
Some good news yesterday that the Quay St cycleway counter has now passed 50,000 and it has done so in less than 3 months. What’s more it was reader and friend of the blog, Lance Wiggs who saw it click over the 50k mark.…
The costs of tunnelling
Auckland Council and the Government have recently signed an official agreement to jointly fund the City Rail Link (CRL) – a move that both had previously committed to in principle, but not on paper. This is good news for the city, as it gives us certainty about how CRL will progress.…
Zoning reform: Voter turnout and “information problems” (5 of n)
This is the fifth in an open-ended series of posts about the politics and economics of zoning reform. The idea animating the series is that decisions made by local governments, in urban planning and transport planning alike, respond to the local political context.…
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