Upcoming PT changes
Last Friday, Auckland Transport announced a raft of upcoming changes to public transport services, primarily in a bid to save $10 million as a result of the Council’s emergency budget. But sometimes budgetary pressures can be a positive thing if it makes you address long standing issues and that seems to be at least some of what’s happening here.…
23 Comments Harbour Bridge Damage implications
By now I’m sure most have seen the news about the Auckland Harbour Bridge being damaged after a 127 km/h gust of wind blew over two trucks, including one that hit a load-bearing upright strut on the superstructure.
As is always the case these days it seems, it was even caught on camera.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-Sep-20
Here is our weekly roundup CRL Station Construction ramping up
Works on construction of the Karangahape Rd Station are getting serious with the temporary access shaft nearing completion and mining of the stations 217m long platforms as well as the connecting passageways due to start in a few weeks Meanwhile further north at Aotea, the first section of roof across the Albert/Wellesley intersection has been poured.…
Airport to Botany and the problem of Flat Bush
A couple of weeks ago Waka Kotahi NZTA and Auckland Transport gave a brief update on the outcome from consultation late last year of their Southern Gateway Programme, the most prominent aspect of which will eventually be the Airport to Botany Rapid Transit route (A2B).…
Public Transport use during Lockdown Two
We’re now two weeks into our current level 2.5 restrictions and have at least another week to go. However when it comes to transport, yesterday the government announced one change, lifting seating restrictions on public transport.
On the issue of travel I can also announce today a change of physical distancing restrictions on planes and public transport.…
Weekly Roundup – 11-Sep-20
Here’s our roundup for the week. Downtown works
The downtown area has been a hive of cones over the last few years as the various upgrades have been underway. Some of the results of all of the disruption are now slowly starting to be seen and over the coming months we should see most of the various elements start to come together.…
Weekly Roundup – 28-Aug-20
Here’s our weekly roundup COVID Level 2 from Monday
As Auckland moves back to COVID Level 2 there will be more people travelling and one difference this time around is that the government have mandated that masks be worn on public transport.…
Lockdown extension and Mask Requirements on PT
As you will have undoubtedly seen by now, the current Level 3 lockdown in Auckland has been extended till Sunday and then Auckland will move to Level 2 from Monday – like the rest of the country.
Level 2 of course means that more businesses and activities can take place, though there are still conditions around distancing and the size of gatherings allowed.…
Weekly Roundup – 14-Aug-20
It was already shaping up as a hectic week for news even before we had the COVID results on Tuesday night. Here’s our wrap up of some of the things that caught my attention. The Great Rail Network Slowdown
I’ll be writing about this more in the coming days but in case you haven’t seen, it turns out Auckland’s rail network is in much worse case than thought and around 100km of tracks needs new rails or other maintenance work done on them.…
Weekly Roundup – 07-Aug-20
It’s Friday and here’s out weekly wrap up of stories. National’s Wellington Plans
Another week and few more transport announcements by National.
On Monday they were on the Kapiti Coast to announce $330 million to Electrifying and double-tracking the rail line between Wellington and Ōtaki
Building a full expressway interchange at Peka Peka
Completing the Horowhenua Expressway (Ōtaki to Levin) An extra 15km of double tracking and electrification sound positive but it’s notable that the idea isn’t even on the long term list of Greater Wellington or Kiwirail.…
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