AT need to up their consultation game
Transport decisions and projects always involve tradeoffs and so no matter what decision that gets made, some people will be always unhappy with it. As such, Auckland Transport constantly gets a hard time from the media, the public and politicians on almost everything they do, though sometimes undeservedly.…
42 Comments Forming Policy on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
On Monday, Stuff published an article by Holly Walker, on low traffic neighbourhoods and their importance in the New Zealand context. Holly is from the Helen Clark Foundation, an independent public policy think tank, and today, she is releasing “The Shared Path,” a report on the subject by the foundation and WSP New Zealand.…
Are we doing enough?
Auckland has made impressive progress on improving public transport over the last 10-15 years, when you consider how low the base was we were coming from. The city also has a lot of exciting plans for the coming decade, many of which are already underway. …
The Auckland Freight Plan
Image Credit: KiwiRail
A plan being released this week will have implications not just on how we move stuff around Auckland, but on safety in our road corridors and on our climate response. Its summary, the Auckland Freight Plan Summary Report was presented by Auckland Transport at the September AT Board meeting.…
What we need the new government to deliver over the next 3 years
Labour’s resounding election win on Saturday means it can govern alone and without the ‘hand brake’ of NZ First. The result also means they now have no excuses for not delivering and gives the opportunity for some transformational change, but the fear is they won’t make the most of that.…
Auckland Election Transport Policy Roundup
Transport policies typically play a leading role in local government elections but don’t tend to be as important in central government ones. Instead topics like the economy, health, education and more recently climate/environment play a much larger role. But of course a party’s transport policies can often be a major lever in how successful they might be in achieving those other goals.…
School Traffic
School traffic – it’s probably not on anyone’s list of favourite things. But it’s a problem worth tackling. If children are safe to make their own way to school, their health and learning would improve, parents would be freed from taxi driver service, and congestion, emissions, noise and fumes would all reduce.…
Flashback Saturday: The REAL Cost of Cars
On weekends we like to dig into the archives. This post was first published in April 2009.
Now if I’m being honest here, I will admit that public transport advocates do get hammered a bit on the whole “economics of transport” debate.…
EVs in the bus lanes – not this again
Last week the National Party announced a repeat of a failed policy they tried last time they were in government, allowing electric vehicles to use bus lanes. As with last time, they say it’s all about encouraging people and businesses to buy EVs.…
Flashback Sunday: Draft 2009 Auckland Transport Plan
On weekends we like to dig into the archives. This post comes from some of the earliest days of this blog and was first published in March 2009.
The Draft 2009 Auckland Transport Plan has been released by ARTA for public comment and submissions.…
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