Cycling’s missing millions
It’s been a pretty exciting time recently with the release of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) and now the Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) which is currently being consulted on (consultation closes 14 May). The plans will see many of the things we’ve advocated for over the last decade become a reality in the next decade.…
33 Comments Onewa Road
With the Northcote byelection happening in the next few weeks, it was inevitable that attention would focus on Onewa Road on Auckland’s North Shore. Thanks to geography, the western North Shore has a terribly disconnected street network and when combined with the reliance on the State Highway 1 corridor, it results in a huge number of trips funneled into this one road.…
Calculating travel times
Last week I wrote about how the impact of speed on our transit networks. I showed that just because one vehicle might have a higher top speed than another on paper, that it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be much faster in reality.…
Are our Business Cases Founded on a Lie?
Last year Matt wrote a post about NZTA’s Post-implementation reviews. These reviews are undertaken a few years after a project is completed and perform three functions: To see how the outcomes compare what was expected before the project was built
To explain any variation in those measures
To identify lessons that can be learned to improve other projects.…
What did 2017 ATAP say about light-rail?
Transport is a high profile political issue at the moment, with a lot of news happening all at once. We have the release of ATAP, the Regional Land Transport Plan and the Regional Fuel Tax proposal, hot on the heels of the Government Policy Statement.…
Flashback Saturday: What about Airport Heavy Rail from Puhinui?
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was originally published by Matt in April 2017.
Since Auckland Transport and NZTA decided in the middle of last year to rule out Heavy Rail as the best way of serving the Airport with rapid transit, there has been a lot of ongoing consternation from many about this decision.…
Funded Auckland
Yesterday I took a look at what isn’t (currently) being funded over the next decade in Auckland Transport’s Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP). In this post, I’m taking a look at some of what is being funded, and there’s a lot.…
Unfunded Auckland
Death and taxes are said to be the only certainties of life but when it comes to cities, especially growing ones, perhaps it’s that they’re never finished. There’s always more that could be done to improve our transport networks. If by magic our 30-year list of transport projects were suddenly completed tomorrow, we’d come up with another 30-years’ worth of projects by the following day.…
How to bring Hobsonville into Auckland
This is a guest post from Brendon Harre. It first appeared here.
Hobsonville Point has been a great commercial success.
It demonstrates that Aucklanders will eagerly choose higher density living if it is master planned to a good quality.
The challenge for Auckland is in replicating that success for its existing suburbs that were originally designed for low density autocentric living.…
Greater Auckland’s Submission on the 2018 draft Government Policy Statement
Last month the government released their draft policy statement (GPS) for transport. It represents a significant change from GPS’ of the previous government and is a positive step forward, not just in its funding bands but in its language too. Consultation on the GPS closes today at 5pm.…
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