Making progress in the face of complexity
Transport planning must be pretty complicated at times. Different projects interact with each other, you don’t want to unnecessarily dig a road up when you might need to dig it up again in the near future, you need to try to align service changes with infrastructure improvements and so on.…
9 Comments Jun-18 Ridership
June is always one of the most important months in the year for ridership as it’s the final month in the financial year. The latest results are out and here’s a breakdown.
Auckland
AT have published the June numbers, although they don’t have quite the same level of detail as the report that goes to the board.…
NZTA’s new “Investment Assessment Framework” – a (small) step in the right direction
The new Government Policy Statement sets a bold and far more balanced policy direction for transport in New Zealand than we have seen for decades. Its strategic direction is based around four key objectives: As well as setting the balance of funding across different areas, the other important thing the GPS does is identify the policy priorities that NZTA must give effect to through their funding decisions.…
Build a PT bridge and get over it
We believe the harbour crossing should be public transport and active only bridge. Here are a few key reasons why.
Why another road crossing is dumb idea
This is something we’ve talked about a number of times before. The most recent plan for another harbour crossing comes from 2011 and in a nutshell, the new crossing would be for traffic travelling past the city centre and the existing Harbour Bridge would become a glorified off-ramp.…
Flashback Saturday: How transport policy affects location choice
Each weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Stu was first published in September 2017.
When we talk about transport, it’s natural for our minds to focus on moving people from A to B. That is, we tend to think about how to meet the demand for travel between locations, assuming that the demand for being in those locations is unaffected by the transport policies that we implement.…
The Unitary Plan is working
One of the often criticised goals from the original Auckland Plan, and subsequently the Unitary Plan was the council’s desire for a 70:40 split in housing development. Translated, they essentially wanted 60-70% of all growth in housing to occur within the existing urban area.…
Cities in the Year 2000 (chapter 1)
Note: this 6-part series is now complete; here are parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I suggest reading on a desktop, as the screenshots of the pages should be large enough to read (hopefully).
In 2013 or thereabouts, I bought a book from a second hand bookstore in Tirau.…
End of Wynyard Tram shows how light-rail has evolved
Earlier this week the Herald reported that the Wynyard Quarter tram will shortly cease operation, with no clear indication about whether it will ever be revived: The Dockline Tram is due to halt its service from next Monday, August 6, as the area gears up for a busy period of construction work.…
NW Light Rail – use Gt North Rd or Motorway
On Saturday, the Herald raised the issue of how light rail to the Northwest will reach the city.
The Weekend Herald can reveal that the suburbs of Pt Chevalier, Grey Lynn, Arch Hill and Karangahape Rd are on the route being considered by the NZ Transport Agency.…
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