Visions for the future of rail
For some time our rail network has suffered from a short-term approach to investment and development. The investment that has taken place has generally done so on an adhoc basis without clear thought put into long term development and how rail can play a larger role in New Zealand’s transport picture.…
142 Comments The Tourism Taskforce
Leading image: Anchorage, Abel Tasman National Park
This is a post by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan
Tourism in New Zealand has suffered under Covid 19. As the Queenstown mayor says:
We must diversify our economy. We must also consider the negative side of global tourism and the concern for the effects of mass tourism on our communities and our environment.…
AT steps up to deliver COVID emergency works
We’re living through some fairly extraordinary times of late but there there have been some silver linings. It’s been incredible to see families out together during this time. Normally quiet neighbourhoods are bustling with people walking and cycling. Even many normally busy arterials have until now been so quiet that families feel comfortable enough riding on them with their children.…
Weekly Roundup – 24-Apr-20
It’s another Friday so here’s a roundup of news you may not have seen. Auckland Transport’s new homepage
I have long been frustrated by AT’s user-unfriendly website that has what should be even basic information hidden many layers deep and often across multiple pages.…
Mar-20 Ridership – starting the descent
We’ve always keenly tracked how public transport has performed in Auckland and it’s been exciting watching the numbers generally head in one direction over the last 10-15 years, up. From fewer than 50 million annual trips at the beginning of 2006, usage peaked at nearly 104 million trips by the end of February.…
Optimising the road network
One of the items in Auckland’s wish list for funding as part of the COVID-19 stimulus package is a road network optimisation programme. Network optimisation is one of those often unsexy projects that is always going on behind the scenes without a lot of fanfare – no one is cutting the ribbon on a tweak to traffic light timings.…
Getting the freight out of the town
Of all the potential new rural motorway projects that get thrown around, including ones recently announced, there’s always one I’m surprised we never hear called for more. Surprised because the two-lane road it would replace carries about twice (or more) as many vehicles every day as any of the other motorway projects that been getting media and political attention.…
The Great Upskilling
Auckland will face some new transport challenges during Alert Levels 2 and 3. The space required for physical distancing when walking and cycling will conflict with higher traffic volumes when more people start driving. Cities overseas have shown how to respond to these sorts of conditions, including Bogota way back in mid March.…
Weekly Roundup – 17-Apr-20
Here’s the weekly roundup and this one more than most feels like it has a bit of a theme to it. Road Deaths update
If there are any silver linings to come out of the lockdown it’s that with fewer people travelling there’s been much less death and destruction on our roads.…
NZTA’s Proposal to Fix the Berm Parking Problem
NZTA are currently consulting on their Accessible Streets package, which is designed:
to improve safety for footpath users, encourage active modes of transport, and support the creation of more liveable and vibrant towns and cities.
Consultation closes at 5 pm on the 22nd April.…
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