Warkworth to Wellsford Consent
On Friday there were two important and quite contrasting announcements from the NZTA, one really good and one not so much. For this post I’ll be covering the “not so good” announcement and tomorrow we’ll cover the “really good” one.
As the post title alludes to, on Friday the NZTA announced they’ve started the process consent the Warkworth to Wellsford boondoggle.…
31 Comments What happened to the Cycleway?
The sad news yesterday of a cyclist being hit and critically injured on Cook St in central Auckland has once again rammed home the level of inaction and delay we experience from Auckland Transport.
To be clear, we don’t know the cause of the crash, or if AT’s plans would have prevented it.…
Planning the post COVID-19 Stimulus
As the current COVID-19 crisis eventually starts to shift from lockdown to recovery, the phrase “never waste a crisis” springs to mind.
Already there is talk of a huge spend up infrastructure projects all around the country in a bid to help the economy and get people working.…
New Skypath-Seapath consultation
We may all be in lockdown but while there may be no physical works going on, projects in earlier stages of the design process are still able to be be progressed.
Yesterday the NZTA announced a new consultation on their latest designs for the Northern Path Skypath and Seapath.…
COVID-19 Update: time to stay at home
As of 11.59pm last night New Zealand entered “Level 4” of the alert system that guides our response to the Covid-19 virus. This means we are now formally in “lockdown mode” and you must not travel, unless you work in an essential service or you are accessing an essential service.…
Mar-20 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board meet once again, only this time presumably via video chat. Here are some of the highlights from the board papers published in advance.
Like everyone else, AT have gone into lockdown and that means projects currently under construction have had to shut down.…
Feb-19 Ridership
With the country rapidly moving towards lockdown, thinking about how many people used public transport last month doesn’t seem like a high priority, but then nor does a lot of other things.
Over the last decade we’ve seen public transport use in Auckland grow like never before, rising by over 44 million trips to nearly 104 million and 60% of that was in just the last five years.…
COVID-19: now requires physical distancing on public transport
As COVID-19 continues to spread both locally and internationally, on Saturday the Prime Minister introduced a new four-level alert system. Each new stage gets progressively stricter in what measures will be taken, In announcing the system, the PM also announced we’ve moved to Level 2.…
Weekly Roundup – 20-Mar-20
Wow what a week. Here’s our weekly roundup AT’s COVID-19 Response
Auckland Transport’s response to COVID-19 has evolved over the week since the first announcement on Tuesday.
On Wednesday they said that people paying cash on buses would be given a free HOP card in a bid to keep bus drivers safer by minimising physical contact between them and customers.…
The Government’s new Transport Policy Statement for 2021
Today the government have released the draft of their new Government Policy Statement on Land Transport for 2021-31 (GPS).
As the name implies, the GPS sets out the government’s transport policies and spending on transport and does so over a 10-year horizon – although is refreshed every three years.…
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