Continuous improvement needed to drive ridership
Public Transport in Auckland has improved remarkably over the last few decades. The number of annual boardings have almost tripled from a low of just 33 million to 92 million today, well ahead of population growth and most of that in the last decade.…
88 Comments Flashback Sunday: How rail was saved in Auckland
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in April 2014.
Next Monday will be a historic day for transport in Auckland as for the first time the city will have electric trains carrying fare paying passengers.…
Improving Wellington’s Rail Network Part 4
In the previous post, I wrote about how we could improve the Wellington rail network including how we could possibly make the Melling line fit better for Wellington from a network operations perspective
In this last post for this series, I propose an alternative solution which is making the Melling line more useful.…
Covering the news, Motorways and Safety
There were a couple of news items yesterday that kept popping up that I want to discuss
Four lanes to Whangarei
Last year during the election campaign, National’s transport policy could probably best be summed up by this: Despite being empty promises, it’s a policy that’s proving to be like a forest fire that’s stubborn to put out, with hot spots unexpectedly flaring back up again from time to time.…
What’s changing in the next batch of trains
Our electric trains have been fantastic and successful addition to the city. More successful than officials predicted, helping to drive ridership on trains to double in four years to 20 million trips annually. They’ve been so successful that many services now have capacity constraints.…
Guest Post: He aha te mea nui o te ao
This is a guest post from Bridget Burdett. She is a principal researcher at TDG (now part of Stantec). She has a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters of Engineering in Transportation, and is in the final stages of a PhD in the psychology of everyday driving.…
Guest Post: Auckland’s Road Safety Crisis
This is a guest post by Pippa Coom, Chair, Waitematā Local Board. Pippa recently attended and presented at the the Local Government Road Safety Summit called by Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter.
It has been a sad week on Auckland roads.…
Improving Wellington’s Rail Network Part 3
This is part three of my series that looks at how we can improve Wellington’s rail network. In Part 1 I summarised the network and recent upgrades to it.
In Part 2 I looked at some of the upgrades likely to be progressed in the near future and the need to improve the Wairarapa line.…
The Maddest March yet
I always look forward to the latest ridership numbers from Auckland Transport but March holds a special place thanks to “March Madness”, the time of the year when the usage of buses and trains peak. I had been a little worried about the results for this March due to the combination of two fewer business days, train staff taking industrial action at the beginning of the month and there being a hugely popular series of Adele concerts last year.…
Upcoming submissions
Over the next week there are a couple of important submissions that you should make on key transport initiatives: The draft Government Policy Statement – submissions close on May 2nd.
The Regional Fuel Tax legislation – submissions close on April 20th.…
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