Flashback Saturday: The Rail Development Plan
Each weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in July 2009.
It’s easy for one to plan dream rail networks for Auckland – heck I tend to do it all the time. And indeed, in the longer run I think it will be necessary for Auckland to embark upon a significant expansion of the rail network, starting with the CBD rail loop.…
9 Comments Flashback Saturday: Improving the Northern Busway
On the weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in June 2009.
By all accounts Auckland’s Northern Busway has been a huge success since it opened in February last year. The graph below shows quite clearly how its patronage has continued to rise in recent months: with March 2009 being up significantly on March 2008 (even though the full busway was open by March 2008).…
Flashback Saturday: The REAL Cost of Cars
On weekends we like to dig into the archives. This post was first published in April 2009.
Now if I’m being honest here, I will admit that public transport advocates do get hammered a bit on the whole “economics of transport” debate.…
Flashback Sunday: Draft 2009 Auckland Transport Plan
On weekends we like to dig into the archives. This post comes from some of the earliest days of this blog and was first published in March 2009.
The Draft 2009 Auckland Transport Plan has been released by ARTA for public comment and submissions.…
Flashback Sunday: NZTA confirm Harbour Crossing road project is a waste of money
Most weekends we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in March 2019.
It’s been some time since we last heard anything official about the Additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing project but that all changed a few days ago with the NZTA updating the project page for it along with publishing two briefings on it to the Minister of Transport last year.…
Fighting for scraps on accessible streets
This post was contributed to by a number of people.
The government is currently consulting on the Accessible Streets Regulatory Package, a bundle of rule changes designed to enhance the safety of people using footpaths, bikes, scooters and other active transport modes.…
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.…
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.…
Flashback Saturday: CBD Rail Tunnel Study Announced
(Almost) every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in October 2009.
Well after a lot of bad news relating to public transport recently, it’s very nice to see some good news emerging for once. ARTA and KiwiRail have announced a jointly funded study into Auckland’s CBD Rail Tunnel project, to determine the best route, the best station locations and an economic justification for the project.…
Flashback Saturday: 2010-2040 RLTS – finally a good transport strategy?
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in October 2009.
It’s quite arguable that Auckland hasn’t had a good transport strategy in over 60 years – ever since the 1946 plan to invest in both expansions of the rail network and the road network was shelved in favour of around 50 years where public transport investment was almost non-existent and Auckland went down a rather nasty path towards becoming one of the most auto-dependent cities in the entire world.…
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