Ferry trade-offs
On a post about Auckland’s planned rapid transit network a while ago, one reader asked the question of why we don’t plan more ferry services:
We have a nice big harbour with good access from the North Shore and East Auckland.…
Month: April 2017
73 Comments Sunday reading 23 April 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading. I apologise for the continued hiatus in general blogging – unfortunately it’s likely to continue through at least part of May. (Deadlines and exams…)
One of the fundamental questions of the 21st century economy is why the demand for agglomeration and physical presence has strengthened even as telecommunications have become cheaper.…
Flashback Saturday: Auckland Patronage Plummets
This is a special “Flashback Saturday” as it was originally published in Passenger Transport Magazine, August/September 1992 issue
Public transport patronage into central Auckland continues to plummet, according to a survey of peak hour commuters by the Auckland Regional Council. Darren Davis investigates.…
Guest Post: The Battle for Victoria Street
The Linear Park is one of those projects that once implemented, will become one of the defining features of the city centre, one that Aucklanders admire and be proud of. A project future Aucklanders will be amazed we ever considered not doing.…
March Madness 2017 Ridership
The public transport results for March are always the most anticipated of the year because we’re eager to see just how much March Madness lived up to its reputation.
In past years we’ve anticipated big numbers because we’d seen the regular complaints about extremely busy services.…
What’s happening with the transport funding gap?
When the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) was completed in September last year, a lot of the initial focus was on how to best fill the $4 billion funding gap the project identified over the next decade. This “gap” arose from being the difference between the $23.7 billion programme of investments across the whole transport network (new projects, PT service costs, asset maintenance, renewals etc.)…
Guest Post: First World Travel, Third World Facilities
This is a guest post from Paul Callister. You can read another post of his on this topic here. If you need to travel long distance to or from some of New Zealand’s most deprived rural areas what choices do you have?…
Save a Park, Save a City
This post is on behalf of Leroy from Generation Zero. This campaign is supported by Greater Auckland and Bike Auckland. Linear Park is an incredible idea. It’s a park/walkway/cycleway running from Victoria Park to Albert Park. It would open up a grey, underused part of the city to people, and connect our CBD’s green spaces.…
Development Update: April 2017
Industrial is important
In more than two years of Development Update posts, I’ve hardly ever mentioned industrial development. It’s hard to show in a map like the RCG Development Tracker, so I don’t cover it there.
But even in a modern economy like Auckland, with a strong services base, industrial properties are important.…
Light-rail is light in name only
Ever since it was announced light-rail was being considered to rail to the airport there has been a ton of debate about the merits of it compared to extending our existing rail system. This has only increased in the last week since we launched the Congestion Free Network 2 (CFN).…
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