Improving Wellesley St
A paper to the Auckland Transport board tomorrow is looking for approval and funding to finally make some progress on another of the key city centre public transport projects – the Wellesley St Bus Improvements (WSBI). This along with the Te Hā Noa – the Victoria St Linear Park are two of the flagship projects as part of the council’s Midtown Regeneration plans.…
60 Comments Weekly Roundup 27-October-2023
It’s Friday again so here’s a few articles that have caught our attention recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt looked at the AT’s plans to improve some of the PT basics to get usage growing.
On Thursday a guest post from George Weeks reviewed the book Paved Paradise.…
Book Review: Paved Paradise
This is a guest post from George Weeks reviewing the book Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar (Penguin, 2023) To the uninitiated, a book on car parking sounds like the dullest, greyest topic in the entire world. Trust me: It isn’t. This is a serious page-turner, with forays into architecture, psychology, economics, city management and organised crime.…
AT looking to get the PT Basics right for growth
Auckland Transport have set themselves the ambitious target of getting back to 100 million trips on public transport by the middle of next year – which is fantastic to see – as part of delivering a turnaround plan pushed by Mayor Wayne Brown.…
Weekly Roundup 20-October-2023
It’s Friday and a long weekend. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt looked back on Labour’s performance on transport.
On Thursday we ran a guest post from Darren Davis about possible new train stations in the Northern Waikato Wayne Brown to champion light rail?…
New train stations for the Upper North Waikato?
This is a cross post from Adventures in Transitland by Darren Davis. However, based on the rhetoric of the incoming government it’s hard to see any of it progressing. Plans are proceeding for additional train stations for Te Huia in the Upper North Waikato.…
Looking Back at Labour’s Transport Performance
The election is over and we have a change in government – though we will need to wait for the counting of special votes to see the exact makeup of that government. That makes it a good time to reflect back on the the last six years of a Labour government.…
Weekly Roundup 13-October-2023
It’s Friday once again and the is election tomorrow. Tomorrow’s election is sucking up most of the news but there’s still a few articles that caught our attention this week. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt discovered how HOP cards expire.…
2023 Election Transport Policies
We’re only a couple of days away from the election so here’s a quick recap of the key aspects of transport polices of various parties.
National and Labour
We covered both National’s and Labour’s transport policies more in depth earlier, and both are strikingly similar.…
Auckland Derailed – The Next Step
Over the last year, parts of Auckland’s rail network have been shut down as Kiwirail have worked to replace aging formation below the tracks. They started with the inner southern line between Newmarket and Otahuhu, Then in March moved on to the Eastern Line between Quay Park and Otahuhu.…
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