Fanshawe bus lane gets permanent enforcement
Despite what some claim, the main issues with bus and transit lanes are that there are not enough of them, that they don’t operate for long enough and that even where they do exist, they can become clogged with cars ignoring the rules.…
24 Comments Parnell Station, next stop Disneyland.
A friend inspired this post with her attempt to use Parnell Station recently. I received a phone call from her, saying she was late to a meeting because she had tried to catch the train from her workplace in Parnell.
The story she told was one of great frustration:
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Quay St cycleway turns one
On Saturday, one of Auckland’s most important cycleways turned one. The Quay St cycleway was opened on July 08, 2016 by now former Prime Minister John Key. One of the best things about the Quay St cycleway is that it’s on-street and is a great example of how we can get more efficiency out of our road network.…
Democratic Tin: Observations from Bourke St
Melbourne has the largest surface Light Rail network in the world (there were larger ones, mainly in the Americas, but these all fell to the fashion of the mid last century for all-in motordom). And this network, despite its foibles and peculiarities, is part of what makes Melbourne such a successful, connected, and particular city.…
Sunday reading 9 July 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading.
This week I wanted to highlight a few important comments from Yonah Freemark (The Transit Politic). Yonah’s been having a look at the high cost to build infrastructure in the US, and the consequences that has for the quality of more or less everything in American cities.…
Let’s make cup parade impacts permanent
I wasn’t at yesterday’s parade to celebrate Team New Zealand’s winning of the America’s Cup but from what I saw on social media, it highlighted a couple of important and completely unrelated things.
We can close streets in the city centre with little impact.…
Should Auckland’s boundaries be redrawn? Part 1: the splitters
We’ve had a unified Auckland Council since 2010 – it replaced seven district/ city councils and one regional council, in the largest local government restructure in New Zealand since 1989. With such a major, complicated process, it’s a given that it won’t have been perfect: things that could have been done better, and things that should be revisited now that we’re seven years on.…
Wynyard’s slower streets
Some good news that following consultation earlier in the year, Auckland Transport have changing the speed limits at Wynyard Quarter to 30km/h permanently. A permanent safer speed limit of 30km/h has begun in Wynyard Quarter and Viaduct Harbour.
Much of the area has already been under a temporarily lower speed limit because of construction work being carried out.…
Build bridges, not walls: How to make Auckland a more equitable city
This piece was originally written for Fightback magazine and published online in March.
As an economist specialising in urban issues, I spend most of my time analysing and debating how transport and housing policy can make society wealthier, healthier, and happier.…
Hosking’s idiotic bus lane rant
I can’t say I’m normally one to watch Mike Hosking but I noticed this video and after seeing it, felt it deserved a response.
We’re wrecking roads for a mere 2% of people who catch busses – it’s utterly scandalous. Here’s some truth: Kiwis don’t like public transport!…
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