2023/24 Summer Rail Works Complete
Kiwirail are celebrating the completion of their near four-week long Christmas/New Year network shutdown works. KiwiRail successfully delivers summer holiday infrastructure upgrades across NZ
KiwiRail teams delivered significant upgrade initiatives across the country’s major commuter rail networks on time and on target over the summer holiday period.…
48 Comments New Maps, Old Issues
Back in 2021, Auckland Transport introduced a new Rapid Transit map, one which actually called it the Rapid Transit Network rather than a rail map which had the busway tacked on. While the map was an improvement on what had come before, there was still plenty of room for improvement, not to mention a few errors.…
Weekly Roundup 19-January-2024
It’s Friday again and so we’re bringing back the weekly roundup again. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt covered the news that the new government has officially cancelled Auckland’s (tunnelled) light rail project.
On Wednesday we shared a post about the idea of straightening the 25 bus route.…
Straightening the 25 route
With the death of light rail, this post from Puketāpapa Local Board member Jon Turner late last year feels particularly relevant. A while ago I asked AT about the potential to run the 252 route down Dominion Road as the ‘standard’ route, with the View Road detour only being run by either the 25L or 25B.…
Light Rail officially dies
Yesterday the government made an announcement that should surprise almost no-one, finally making it official that light rail is dead.
The coalition Government continues to deliver on its 100-day plan with the decision to cancel the Auckland Light Rail project.
“Auckland Light Rail would have cost taxpayers $15 billion, with advice showing the cost could increase to $29.2 billion,” Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.…
2024 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2024. After wrapping up 2023, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see and will be watching for this year. Public Transport
Ridership Recovery
The last few years have been extremely disruptive for public transport ridership, initially from COVID but then we were hit with massive disruption across all modes with staffing shortages on buses and ferries, and the need for Kiwirail to rebuild large parts of the rail network resulting in closures.…
2023 – A Year in Review
We’re only a few days away from the end of the year, so it’s time for a quick wrap-up of the most important things that happened in 2023.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the blog and supported us in making Auckland greater.…
Better enforcement will stop “bad parking cards”
There’s been a few articles lately about bad parking cards being used, such as this one from 1 News.
Puzzling “bad parking cards” have been left on windshields in Auckland and Tauranga this week, to the surprise of two drivers confused at what they did wrong.…
Weekly Roundup 15-December-2023
It’s Friday again, here’s some articles that caught our attention this week. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt looked the council’s Long Term Plan discussions and the impact that might have for the government
On Thursday Matt covered the latest advice from the Climate Change Commission.…
The climate will (continue to) deliver its own advice
Yesterday the Climate Change Commission released their final advice for the government’s second Emission Reduction Plan which will run from 2026 to 2030. Notably they titled the release: Government policies must add up to achieve climate goals
While the Commission’s analysis shows the country has made progress, it is not on track to meet its climate goals for the end of this decade.…
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