Platform Screen Doors – Light Rail
We think Platform Screen Doors should be part of the City Rail Link project, in the underground stations. There are four main reasons for this: Lower operating costs as Air Conditioning/Heating are not lost, and items cannot be thrown on tracks;
Higher platform capacity as larger crowds can be accommodated without risk of people falling on tracks;
Higher resilience as the tracks cannot be accessed from platform by passengers;
Higher passenger satisfaction as creates feel of modern metro system as well as more effective air conditioning; Platform screen doors should be included day one of the CRL as adding them in later will cause unnecessary disruption.…
61 Comments Smarter Buses Series – Pt 7 – Shoulder Lanes, Lane Widths and Ghost Lanes
This is part six of my series looking into how we can make big improvements to bus journeys through relatively small changes. In part one I looked at Khyber Pass and the need for us to be more flexible in providing better bus lanes.…
Improving Wellington’s Rail Network Part 1
I thought I might do a little series giving an update on the upgrades Wellington has submitted budget bids for, the more recent upgrades and how their network could be run more efficiently.
In this post, we will look at the current network and the more recent upgrades.…
Smarter Buses Series – Pt 6 Dwells and Bus Management
This is part six of my series looking into how we can make big improvements to bus journeys through relatively small changes. In part one I looked at Khyber Pass and the need for us to be more flexible in providing better bus lanes.…
The Marsden Point Rail Link
A few months ago I outlined the opportunities for Northland rail upgrades. After doing some more research I have found some more interesting information that backs up the case. For this post, I will focus on the Marsden Point line and log traffic.…
Is “Let’s Get Wellington Moving” biased against light-rail?
Last year the Wellington’s semi-equivalent of our Auckland Transport Alignment Project was released for consultation. The work, known as “Let’s Get Welly Moving”, 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.…
Smarter Buses Series – Pt 5 Transit/Bus Lanes
This post continues my series on how we can make big improvements to bus journeys through relatively small changes. In part one I looked at Khyber Pass and the need for us to be more flexible in providing better bus lanes.…
Smarter Buses Series – Pt 4 We need to talk about the Links
This post continues my recent series on how we can make big improvements to bus journeys through relatively small changes. In part one I looked at Khyber Pass and the need for us to be more flexible in providing better bus lanes.…
Wellesley Bus Boulevard – Learning from King St
A few days ago I discussed the budget blowout for Auckland Transport’s Midtown Bus Solution, the root cause of which was a stupid compromise made by Auckland Transport to the unreasonable demands of the University a few years ago which prevents the obvious solution of linking buses from Wellesley Street to Symonds Street via a useful little slip lane that is hardly used.…
Smarter Buses Series – Pt 3 Cycling & Great South Rd
In part one of this series, I used the case example of Khyber Pass Rd to show how we could be much smarter about bus priority than simple kerbside bus lanes, I also mentioned how taking the approach of quantity over quality has large opportunity costs beyond just effectiveness and cost.…
Processing...