NZTA proposes massive nationwide safety improvement project
The Draft Government Policy Statement released in early April signaled a major shift in government transport priorities. One part of this was the funding for Rapid Transit, which has enabled a quick start to Light Rail procurement. Another major policy shift was that Safety was lifted to become one of the top 2 priorities.…
74 Comments Crazy motorway plan shows how far we’ve come
Every now and then something so ridiculous comes along it’s hard to ignore. That came over the weekend courtesy of the ACT party’s candidate for the Northcote by-election, Stephen Berry. It start initially as a comment about what he’d rather see for transport in Auckland I’d rather see the motorway network, including a harbour crossing at Northcote to Pt Chev and Devonport to Orakei.…
Light Rail Routes
The government’s announcement last week that they have launched a procurement process for light-rail suggests that things are going to move pretty fast over the coming months. One of the interesting parts of this process will be so see exactly what route the two proposed light-rail lines (City-Airport and Northwest) take.…
Light Rail Ticketing
Light rail plans are progressing fast, which got me thinking about the different options for doing ticketing for these services.
First off I think it is likely the service will have to either not accept cash fares or will need to provide ticket machines at all Light Rail stations.…
Our Submission on the 2018 draft Regional Land Transport Plan
The council and Auckland Transport are currently consulting on the proposed Regional Fuel Tax (RFT) and the draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP). The RLTP is the 10-year transport programme for Auckland. The draft RLTP represents a significant improvement from the version that emerged in February and now is more reflective of council and government policy, as well as ATAP.…
Sunday reading 13 May 2018
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here are the best things from the interwebs this week. Please add your links in the comments below.
Christopher Standen’s PHD on transport evaluation methods and their limitations has been floating around places for the last few months.…
Flashback Saturday: Apartments, proximity, and living space
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was originally published in June 2016.
Housing is a normal good. That is, it’s something that people tend to want more of as their incomes increase.
“More” doesn’t necessarily mean “larger”.…
Dealing with the derailment
As a train user, the last three days have certainly been challenging following the derailment of a train in the Britomart Tunnel. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) have opened an investigation into the incident, but based on other cases, it is likely to take more than a year to find out the cause.…
AT’s Car Park Buildings — Delivering Little Value? (Part 1- Ronwood Avenue)
This is a guest post from reader taka-ite
Background
Last year Panuku Development indicated that they wanted to develop a 450 space multi level carpark on the Gasometer site in Takapuna This proposal came despite no evidence that extra parking was needed in Takapuna, however more of that later.…
Light Rail procurement starts
The government isn’t mucking around when it comes to light rail in Auckland. Less than two weeks after confirming it as a priority in the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP), yesterday they announced they’re launching the procurement process and that they’ve already received an unsolicited proposal for it.…
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