Flashback Saturday: How everything went wrong for Auckland
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in October 2009.
Strangely enough, while today Auckland is a highly auto-dependent city (notwithstanding recent improvements to the public transport system and the upswing in patronage), this has not always been the case – and certainly this outcome was not completely inevitable.…
76 Comments Weekly Roundup – 15-May-20
Here’s our weekly roundup. Budget
Many people were looking to yesterday’s budget announcement to see what projects might get the green light as part of the Government’s call for ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects. However, it seems that announcement is still some weeks away.…
Deconstructing the RTF
Over the last decade or more we’ve seen many of the historic ‘pro-road’ advocacy groups, such as the AA, business lobby groups and even some of the big trucking companies, become much more moderated or even supportive in their views around multi-modal solutions.…
Electrifying the Recovery
This is a guest post from reader Brendon Harre and first appeared here a few weeks ago.
*Note: Brendon has updated this article based on feedback and the new version can be found here.
The coronavirus is devastating for public health and economic well-being.…
Is CRL still value for money?
It’s said you shouldn’t respond to every stupid thing you see on the internet but sometimes it’s too hard to resist and that’s the case with an opinion piece published by Newsroom yesterday about the City Rail Link. The piece was written by University of Auckland economics Professor Tim Hazeldine suggesting we should stop building the CRL.…
Submissions due for GPS 2021
Today is the final day for feedback on the Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2021 (GPS) which will be for the years 2021 to 2031. It is also the final day for submissions on the Draft NZ Rail Plan which we wrote about just over a week ago.…
Flashback Saturday: Probing cost-benefit analyses
(Almost) every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in October 2009.
A couple of months ago I stated that if there were two things I could change about transport, it would be creating one pot of money for transport – and also to change the way that transport projects are analysed.…
Weekly Roundup – 08-May-20
It’s Friday again, here’s our roundup of some of the things that have caught our attention this week. PT back to normal from next week
We might be waiting till Monday to find out if the country moves back to Level 2 however Auckland Transport have advised that full PT services resume from then.…
AT starting to progress the Eastern Busway to Botany
The first stage of the Eastern Busway from Panmure to Pakuranga is currently under construction and is the first step in giving much needed high-quality public transport to East Auckland, one of the most poorly served areas in the city for PT.…
Time’s up for PPPs
COVID-19 has dealt the massive Transmission Gully project another blow and if we weren’t already, it’s something that should give us more pause for thought when it comes to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).
When announcing the cost increase in February, the NZTA said the project would also be open by Christmas this year.…
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