Single Stage Business Cases
Over the past five years NZTA has developed their “Business Case Approach” to guide transport funding decisions. In many ways this is a good process – it requires a clear articulation of the problems you’re trying to solve, how significant they are, what the desired outcomes are (and why) and then an evaluation of possible options and alternatives.…
5 Comments Auckland Strategic Roading Network Projects
With the change in Government, we are likely to see PT/Walking/Cycling prioritised over the many roading projects National wanted. However, it is likely and in some circumstances necessary for Government to make some investments to take place in our strategic roading network during the first decade 2018 – 2028.…
Let’s Get Wellington Moving – Smarter Pricing and Demand Management
Last year Wellington’s semi-equivalent of our Auckland Transport Alignment Project was released for consultation. The work was done as a result of the declined consent for the Basin Reserve Flyover which required Central and Local Government to go back to the drawing board.…
Great Housing Opportunity – the Eastern Motorway Corridor
Have you ever wondered why the land right next to Glen Innes station has not been developed? Land that would make a perfect transit orientated development opportunity with the Eastern Line meaning an under 15min train ride with great views of the basin to the City, as well as next to the partially completed and future Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path.…
Regional Rapid Rail – Hamilton Central Station
Last year we launched the Regional Rapid Rail concept, a staged approach to an inter-regional rail network in the upper North Island. The idea has proven popular and now forms part of the government’s transport plans.
As you can see in the map below, Hamilton forms the heart of the Regional Rapid Rail network, and it will be important to the success of the whole concept that we get Hamilton right.…
Fixing Rail Congestion in Auckland
It has been known for a while what the major congestion points for rail that will not be fixed by CRL are: Westfield-Wiri where a third main (track) is needed as most Auckland Freight movements, as well as two passenger lines the southern and eastern share limited tracks in this section;
Westfield Junction which suffers from many of the same issues as the above where a proposed “Westfield Lite” upgrade is proposed.…
Panmure Modelling – Expectation vs Reality
One of the big issues we have had with public transport modelling, which is used to make forecasts about how many people might use different routes in the future, is how the transport models deal with transfers. A transfer (or connection) is where someone changes from one service onto another.…
Fixing the rail crossing at Ngāruawhāhia?
The crossing over the Waikato River at Ngāruawhāhia is one of two pinch points of single track on the rail line between Auckland and Hamilton, the other being through the Whangamarino swamp north of Te Kauwhata.
The crossing also is a hot spot of near misses and fatalities with an 11-year-old girl being struck by a train very recently.…
Improving Wellington’s Rail Network Part 2
In the last post we looked at the current Wellington rail network and its more recent upgrades, in this post we are going to look into the future upgrades. Wellington has submitted budget bids for around $200 million with the new Government in line with Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Wellington Regional Rail Plan 2010-2035.…
Platform 2 Newmarket News
AT have finally started using Platform 2 at Newmarket, easing transfers between the Southern Line to the Western Line. Because of this change, you will no longer have to walk up to the main concourse and down again to transfer between the Western and Southern lines.…
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