October-21 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board meet again and here are the highlights from their board reports. You can also watch the open session of the meeting live between 9am to 10:10am via this Microsoft Teams link. Closed Agenda
Below are the most interesting items from the closed agenda.…
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In order for Auckland to achieve its goals of reducing emissions, improving liveability and mobility we are going to require significant mode shift away from driving. Some of that shift will come from people travelling less, some from a shift to active modes but the lion’s share will need to come from more people using public transport.…
Road pricing: a boost for Auckland’s transit?
This guest post was first published by Nicolas Reid on his Linked In page.
The idea of a road pricing for Auckland was in the news last week as the select committee reported back on its inquiry into the Congestion Question report.…
A Mill Rd Alternative
In June the government announced changes to their NZ Upgrade Progamme (NZUP) which saw the cost blow out on many projects. Second to the media’s huge double standard focus on the Northern Pathway has been their coverage of the decision to cut back Mill Rd.…
Cullen on Climate and Light Rail
Sir Michael Cullen, ex-deputy prime minister and finance minister under Helen Clark, briefly an Auckland Transport director, and resident of coastal Bay of Plenty, used his opinion column in the herald last weekend to make some strong points about climate change action.…
July-21 AT Board Meeting
Today the Auckland Transport board meet again and it’s been while since we covered one. Here are the things that caught my attention from the agendas and papers.
Closed Session
The closed session is where most of the interesting stuff goes, though not entirely this month, and there were a number of items up for approval and noting this meeting that stood out.…
Northwest Bus Improvements Start
Auckland has had plenty of mistakes and missed opportunities in its transport history and one of the biggest is also one of the most recent, the failure by Waka Kotahi to build a busway on SH16 at the same time as we were expanding it as part of the Western Ring Route works.…
What Auckland can teach the world about post-covid ridership
This is a guest post by Nick Lovett a long-time reader of the blog and former Auckland/Christchurch expat who moved to Vancouver in July 2020.
Auckland’s public transit system has captured the gaze of many cities in Europe and North America.…
The Plan for Buses in the City Centre
When complete the City Rail Link will transform how many people access and move around the city centre. Light rail, the Northern Path and other cycling improvements will be the same if they go ahead.
Even with these projects many people, and many more than do so today, will access the city centre by bus and I’m sure everyone would agree that the experience of catching buses needs to be improved.…
Weekly Roundup – 09-July-21
We’re at the end of the week again. Here’s our roundup. Fare Free Day
Auckland Transport are hailing their Fare Free day last Saturday as a success.
A combination of free public transport and a sunny day saw Aucklanders take to public transport on Saturday in numbers not seen since before COVID.…
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