The refreshed Auckland Plan is here
The Auckland Plan is the region’s long term vision and spatial plan. The first version was created in 2012 following amalgamation and it is required to be reviewed every six years, which is now. Today the Council are launching consultation on the revised plan, called Auckland Plan 2050, along with the latest 10-year budget.…
117 Comments Auckland needs a transport vision
The Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) was been a significant piece of work, mainly because it finally got the former government and council talking to each other, not over each other, about transport. It resulted in some important outcomes, such as for the first time finally acknowledging: that we can’t build our way out of congestion, that the motorway network is basically complete with only limited scope for more widening, and that major expansion of our Strategic Transit Network is needed.…
Ministry of Transport’s report card makes for grim reading
Last year the Ministry of Transport was subjected to a performance review, the results of which are now out and they don’t make for good reading. Out of the 28 attributes and tasks they were rated on, only in five were they considered ‘well placed’, only the second highest rating.…
Long Read: Fixing our Transport Planning System
This is a longer post than usual, but I want to tackle a question that’s been nagging me for quite a while, as well as look into some issues with the inner workings of our transport planning system. The big question, the one that we should always be coming back to over time is: “why, despite tens of billions of dollars in investment, are so many transport outcomes generally getting worse rather than better?”…
Work fewer days to bust congestion?
Perpetual Guardian got plenty of news coverage last week after announcing that they would be trialling a four-day working week for all staff. At its core, its core they say it’s about improving staff motivation and productivity. In March, Perpetual Guardian, a firm which deals with wills and trust funds, will introduce a four-day week for a period of six weeks across the business of over 200 staff in a bid to measure what impact this will have on productivity within the company.…
Should NZ develop a transport policy to reduce child poverty?
This is a guest post from reader Anna
Should NZ develop a transport policy to reduce child poverty?
When I had kids at two separate schools, plus one at daycare, transport ruled my life. Despite living on the Auckland isthmus with good public transport, the task of getting the kids safety off for the day and both of us to work was only just possible.…
Yes, Auckland is congested
The discussion of congestion/road pricing in Auckland has been rolling around for a while. It’s had some level of political support from the two main political parties and Mayor Phil Goff included an eventual implementation as part of his transport policy.…
Electric Vehicle targets and 2017 sales
In August 2016, the then-National government set a target for New Zealand to have 64,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2021. The target may have seemed ambitious – there were only 1,400 EVs in the country at the time the target was set – but we seem to be on track.…
Where now for the Regional Land Transport Plan?
So yesterday the Auckland Transport Board did its job and thoroughly rejected the disgraceful draft budget that staff had put in front of them. Their decision is perhaps best captured by Simon Wilson’s tweet: Board of @AklTransport has resolved to rewrite its project priorities to reflect public transport, cycling+walking, safety, carbon reduction, in line with @AklCouncil + govt wishes, and throw out the bullshit list prepared by AT staff.…
How did the draft RLTP end up such a mess?
On Thursday we will see whether the Auckland Transport Board lives up to the promises of Chairman Lester Levy and radically changes the proposed 10 year transport budget from what staff have put in front of them. I’ve had sincere apology from AT chair Lester Levy for internal “budget” document mistakenly made public.…
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