Weekly Roundup 1-December-2023
Wow, it’s December already, and it’s a Friday. So here are few things that caught our attention recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt covered the new government’s coalition agreements and what they mean for transport.
On Tuesday Matt looked at AT’s plans for fare increases as well as some poor comments about PT and Cycling from it’s CEO.…
72 Comments Dangling Transport Solutions
Cable Cars, Gondolas, Ropeways and Aerial Trams are all names for essentially the same technology and the world’s biggest maker of them are here to sell them as an public transport solution. Stuff reports:
Austrian cable car company Doppelmayr has launched its case for adding aerial cable cars to New Zealand’s urban transport mix at an event hosted by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday.…
PT use up but fare increases coming
Yesterday Auckland Transport were celebrating, as the most recent Sunday was the busiest Sunday they’ve ever had. That’s a great outcome and I’m sure the recent car parking issues at malls has probably helped encourage a bit of use too.
The previous busiest Sunday was November 24 2019, which was also a Santa Parade day.…
The New Government’s Agreements
Last Friday, almost six weeks after election day, National finally came to an agreement with ACT and NZ First to form a government.
They also released the agreements between each party, and looking through them, here are the things I thought were the most interesting (and often concerning).…
Weekly Roundup 23-November-2023
It’s Friday again! Maybe today we’ll finally have a government again. Roll into the weekend with some of the articles that caught our attention this week. And as always, feel free to add your links and observations in the comments. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt wrote about a welcome development: AT and Waka Kotahi execs tasting their own dog food, by riding the new WX bus route to see how it’s working.…
21st Century City or 20th Century Carpark?
Yesterday I wrote about the council’s upcoming decision around the sale of the downtown carpark.
On the same day the herald ran an opinion by Patrick Reynolds in his role as deputy chair of the Council’s City Centre Advisory Panel, reproduced below with permission.…
Councillors: Sell the Downtown Carpark
Discussion around the sale of the Downtown Carpark has been heating up again lately, and it likely all comes to a head tomorrow when Council will effectively decide on whether to sell it or not.
The previous council’s Finance and Performance Committee approved starting the sale process back in December 2020, in large part due to the impact COVID had on council’s finances.…
Making PT better by experiencing it
A couple of articles caught my attention over the weekend that I think ultimately are somewhat related.
First up, following a number of articles last week about he new WX1 route, yesterday Todd Niall reported on how some senior managers from Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi tried it out.…
Weekly Roundup 17-November-2023
It’s Friday and we’re still waiting to see if we’ll have a government. In the meantime, here are some things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland
On Monday Matt covered the launch of the new Western Express
On Wednesday looked at the latest next steps for congestion pricing Congestion Pricing Next Steps Approved
We’ll start our roundup with the two items we covered this week.…
Congestion Pricing back on the agenda
Road pricing, congestion pricing, time of use pricing, whatever you want to call it, it’s back on the council’s agenda with a report going to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on the next steps. The recommendation is also that the committee “endorse the creation of a joint Auckland Transport / Auckland Council programme team to implement Time of Use Charging“.…
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