ATAP Indicative Projects Costings
In September the Final Report of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) was released and we’ve talked about it a lot since then. It focused on strategic recommendations following multiple rounds of modelling of packages of projects and with & without Smarter Pricing.…
93 Comments Platform 2 Mystery Solved – Better Newmarket Transfers
Back in September I wrote a post on better Newmarket Station Transfers, following up from this & the many comments debating the issue I decided try answer the mystery of Platform 2 once and for all. On the 22.11.2016 I received a reply to my LGOIMA (Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act) request Dear Harriet
Thank you for contacting Auckland Transport (AT) on 25 October 2016 requesting the following information: “What is the reason that Platform 2 at Newmarket cannot be used, and has any investigation taken place to better utilise platform 2.”…
Smaller Consultations – December
Recently I noticed that AT often do smaller online consultations all the time, as far as I know these are not shared widely. As a result I have decided to do a post every now and again on all the small consultations that are happening giving people the opportunity to share their thoughts with AT from Crossings to Bus Lanes to Parking.…
The Speeds Limits are too Damn High
Recently I have been reading the new NACTO Global Street Design Guide, in it is this great graph that illustrates the power of speed & it’s effect on the risk of pedestrian death after impact.
As you can see at 60km/h the risk of pedestrian death after impact is near 90%, at 50km/h it is around 60%.…
Small Steps – Better Bus Lanes
We often talk about the big projects, networks, as well as game changing best practice regulations. For a while I have wanted to create a small campaign about the small things, low hanging fruit where for cheaply i.e. not for hundreds of millions of dollars, we can achieve with a “Small Step” a “Great Leap” for the people the project and area it effects.…
ATAP ASAPs – Third Main
In September the final report of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) was released, many of you may have read about it, or most likely have heard about it. The Indicative Package was the below projects + 3 separate tranches of 21 Trains which were separated into three decades.…
Light Rail Dominion Road – Land Use Low Hanging Fruit
Light rail on Dominion Rd is one of the big projects being discussed right now and is being actively investigated.
During the Unitary Plan debate I saw many people raise concerns that Dominion Road does not have the zoning to support Light Rail.…
Ride Sharing & Fare Evasion – Land Transport Amendments
The Government has introduced this years Land Transport Amendment Bill, they say it will Introduce new requirements that will apply to all small passenger services, by removing outdated provisions and by catering for the use of new technologies that facilitate such services
Make the alcohol interlock programme mandatory for repeat and serious first time drink-driving offenders
Increase penalties for fleeing drivers, or those who fail or refuse to provide information that may lead to the identification of fleeing drivers
Include new provisions to help limit fare evasion on public transport
Update the Act’s requirements relating to heavy vehicles to complement the new Land Transport (Vehicle Dimensions and Mass) Rule 2016
Make miscellaneous changes to various Act provisions to make them more workable.…
SMART Alignments Observations
I recently read through the Jacobs prepared alignments for AT for the SMART (South-western Multi-modal Airport Rapid Transit) project. In it contains the proposed alignments for HR (Heavy Rail), BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), LRT (Light Rail Transit), as well as a Hybrid option.…
Small Steps Giant Leaps Campaign – Better Timed Transfers
We often talk about the big projects, networks, as well as game changing best practice regulations. However what about the small things, low hanging fruit where for cheaply i.e. not for 100s of millions of dollars we can achieve with a “Small Step” a “Great Leap” for the people the project & area it effects, part 3 is about the difficultly of transfers in the off peak.…
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