De-electrification cancelled
Some great news yesterday with the government announcing yesterday that the electric locomotives in the central North Island will be refurbished and keep running.
The Government is keeping electric locomotives on the North Island Main Trunk Line running to help meet its long term emissions goals and boost the economy.…
146 Comments Development update: October 2018
To most Aucklanders, 2018 looks a lot like 2017.
House prices have been flat, or have gone down a tiny bit, depending on what data you look at. Rents keep going up. Auckland is still growing, still congested, and still has sub-par public transport.…
Lime Scooter Safety
This is a guest post from Hamish Mackie Director, Mackie Research www.mackieresearch.co.nz
It’s a real slice of life gazing out the window of an (oversubscribed) bus on the morning commute. Lots of cars, buses, bikes, e-bikes, people walking, jogging, and scootering.…
Great new video from Auckland Transport
We do frequently critique Auckland Transport, but this is only because we are impatient for change and AT must play a key role in making Auckland a better city. So it’s great when they create something really awesome – and a good example of that is this new video: Let’s see this approach coming through in everything AT does.…
Albert Street Debacle
Last week Simon Wilson lamented about the mess that has happened in relation to Albert Street’s reinstatement as part of the City Rail Link project, something we’ve long been concerned about. This built on the City Centre Advisory Board‘s (CCAB) deep disappointment with the designs for the street, especially the lack of greenery and the inclusion of unnecessary lengthy bus bays along large stretches of the road.…
Flashback Saturday: The Work Needed on the Rail Network
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in September 2015.
A presentation by Kiwirail (from page 41) to the Auckland Council Infrastructure Committee provides some interesting insight into the future of the Auckland Rail Network.…
Eastern Busway getting closer
The long-awaited Eastern Busway is finally a few steps closer with Auckland Transport announcing that some works will be starting soon with the main construction due to start early next year.
Work is starting shortly to remove 61 properties as part of the AMETI Eastern Busway route.…
Te Atatu South Road Safety improvements
Improving road safety is now a large part of Auckland Transport’s plans with $700 million to be invested over the next decade in a bid to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Auckland’s roads. AT’s safety programme includes improvements to rural roads, town centres, such as Glen Eden, the City Centre as well as area wide improvements in residential areas.…
Light Rail: How we got here
Over the last few weeks we’ve seen numerous articles and opinion pieces about Light Rail and the airport. A common and incorrect theme amongst many of them has been the suggestion that the choice to use light rail was a political one and that it’s a vanity project that we can choose not to do or do something different.…
The advice Auckland has ignored for 50 years but must now heed
Engineer planner Lt Col Sir Colin Buchanan is rightly famous for his 1963 report Traffic in Towns and 1964 book of the same name. The report looks ahead to wall of traffic heading to British streets in the post war period and sets out principles and plans to ameliorate the negative effects as much as possible.…
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