AT Business Report Feb 2011
The papers relating to the Auckland Transport Board meeting are now online, there is a lot to go through but I thought I would put some of my initial thoughts up and I’m sure Admin will as well. Looking initially at just the business report here are some things that piqued my interest (note: this doesn’t include everything from each section)
2.3 Public Transport
A record 33% of the crowd were carried by special event rail and bus services to the Big Day Out at Mt Smart Stadium on Friday 21 January.…
0 Comments Finally we learn something about “PTOM”
There has been a long-running debate raging over the future of the “Public Transport Management Act” since it was passed in 2008. Infratil, who run NZ Bus (who are the largest bus operators in Auckland), were very displeased with this legislation and took their concerns to the new Minister of Transport after the 2008 election, Steven Joyce.…
Petrol back above $2 per litre
The price of 91 octane petrol had been sitting at $1.99.9 – effectively $2 a litre – for quite a few weeks until I noticed on Friday afternoon that the psychological barrier of $2 had been broken, with the stations around where I live showing a price of effectively $2.03 a litre.…
Exploring the mystery $300 million
I noted in a post last week the weird mysteries in Auckland Council’s draft annual plan when it comes to what they’re going to be spending the transport money on. To refresh memories, here’s a table showing the council’s proposed capital expenditure on transport for the 2011/2012 financial year: The big mystery is the $307 million proposed to be spent on the “road network” in the 2011/2012 financial year.…
Fare gap between buses & trains starts to close
Auckland Transport has conducted their annual fare review and decided that bus and ferry fares will remain the same, but that train fares will rise by around 10 cents per stage. Here’s the media release:
Auckland Transport said today it has completed its annual review of bus, ferry and train fares.…
Vancouver’s TravelSmart
Vancouver in Canada is a city that Auckland can learn a lot from in terms of improving our transport system and the general quality of our urban environment. Vancouver has many similarities to Auckland, a constrained geography, a similar density and a similarly low proportion of jobs in its central city.…
Vehicle emissions kill 400 a year
I was reading through the agenda of today’s meeting of the Regional Development and Operations Committee of Auckland Council (which seems to be a very important committee) when I came across the Council’s proposed submission on some changes to the chemical make-up of fuel sold in New Zealand.…
Making public transport the logical travel choice
Every time I hear the saying “but Aucklanders love their cars” I generally roll my eyes. My reply is generally along the lines of: “yes, it is true that Aucklanders are very auto-dependent and that we have one of the highest rates of car ownership in the world.…
AT Boarding Meeting: Wed 9.00am
The February board meeting of Auckland Transport is happening on Wednesday at 9.00am out at their Henderson headquarters. Here’s the agenda for the meeting: The special topics would seem the most interesting, and I hope that Auckland Transport get around to publishing the board papers for these items on their website (we still haven’t seen the December business report!)…
The importance of strategic co-ordination
As I mentioned in a post a few days ago, I’m reading the excellent book “Car Sick: solutions for our car addicted culture“. One thing that the book points out quite clearly is that we don’t need to spend more money to improve our transport situation, rather we need to spend the money we have in smarter ways.…
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