Flashback Saturday: “The Case for the Eastern Link”
This post originally appeared in June 2012. Looking back now, it’s a huge relief that Auckland Transport did end up including the Eastern Link in the CRL project, as excluding it would have undermined the functionality of the CRL enormously.
The other day I covered part of the case against having an Eastern link, with this post I thought I would look at the case for building it and also whether we could live with things if it was not possible to grade separate the junction with the western link.…
11 Comments The Third Main Business Case
The proposed third main between Westfield and Wiri – and eventually further north and south – has long been considered one of the most important rail projects in Auckland, if not the country. Being one of the busiest sections of rail for passengers and the busiest section of rail for freight in the country it has long been suspected to deliver huge benefits. …
Let have ‘safety-first’ speed limits – Submissions due now!
This is a guest post from Bevan Woodward
NZTA is updating the country’s speed limit setting rule, but is unwilling to put New Zealanders’ safety first.
New Zealand’s road toll is by high international standards and is particularly bad for our most vulnerable road users.…
Jun-17 AT Board Meeting
Time has rolled around again for another AT board meeting. I’ve taken a look at some of the key reports to hopefully find some interesting information.
Closed Agenda
There are a few items on the closed agenda for next week but two look the most interesting and both seem to be related to buying more trains.…
Lake Rd consultation
About a month ago it was revealed that Auckland Transport had come up with three options with three very costs for Lake Rd between Takapuna and Devonport (not the be confused with the other Lake Rd just a few kilometres away). …
Riding the Western New Network
This is a guest post from reader and friend of the blog, Shan L.
As seems to be becoming tradition, on Sunday I took a trip around a large tract of Auckland by public transport, to experience AT’s New Network West on launch day.…
Morrow Street Changes
I recently complained to AT regarding the intersection at Broadway/Morrow in Newmarket which is very unfriendly to pedestrians due to the high speeds of vehicles moving through which seems to result in constant stream of near misses this was the response
Thank you for contacting Auckland Transport on 27 February regarding pedestrian safety at the Morrow Street/ Broadway intersection.…
The Economics of the East West Link
The East West Link Board of Inquiry is well under way, with the expert witness conferencing sessions winding up last week, and the hearing itself set to begin shortly. Expert witness conferencing is where experts representing the applicant (the NZTA) and submitters come together to try and find common ground and identify remaining areas of disagreement.…
Road Pricing responses
There have been some interesting responses to the announcement last week that the government and council would be looking into road pricing, including many with very similar themes to what we’ve suggested.
Simon Wilson published an excellent piece at The Spinoff on Friday highlighting that we can’t afford to wait years for solutions and that there was a lot that could be done in the short-term to make a difference.…
Light at the end of the Waterview Tunnel
After months of delays the opening of the Waterview tunnels is finally in sight with Transport Minister Simon Bridges announcing it will open in early July and that there will be open days over the next two weekends. That follows the ribbon cutting on Sunday.…
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