Briefings to the Incoming Transport Minister (Simeon Brown)
Anytime there’s a new government and/or minister, the associated agencies produce a Briefing to the Incoming Minister (BIM) to help them get up to speed. They also have the advantage over many policy documents in that they historically tend to represent advice unfiltered by political policies and promises.…
126 Comments “Brown-town”: the Wayne & Simeon show
Last week Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown kicked off what is always the most important thing a Council does every three years – update its ‘Long term plan’. This is the budgeting process for the Council and – unlike central government – the budget has to balance in terms of income and operating expenses.…
The New Government’s Agreements
Last Friday, almost six weeks after election day, National finally came to an agreement with ACT and NZ First to form a government.
They also released the agreements between each party, and looking through them, here are the things I thought were the most interesting (and often concerning).…
Looking Back at Labour’s Transport Performance
The election is over and we have a change in government – though we will need to wait for the counting of special votes to see the exact makeup of that government. That makes it a good time to reflect back on the the last six years of a Labour government.…
2023 Election Transport Policies
We’re only a couple of days away from the election so here’s a quick recap of the key aspects of transport polices of various parties.
National and Labour
We covered both National’s and Labour’s transport policies more in depth earlier, and both are strikingly similar.…
The Mayor and the ‘Manifesto for Auckland’
Once upon a time, manifestos were a key feature of the election period, arriving in letterboxes in solid printed form, and full of details of what each party proposed to do and why. These days, we get a little pledge card with a few bullet points on it.…
How will AT work with Council on the RLTP?
At last month’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee (TIC) meeting on 17 August, Mayor Wayne Brown proposed reforming the governance and investment direction for Auckland Transport, with unanimous backing from councillors.
As a first step to “changing Auckland’s complex transport ecosystem”, the Mayor’s motion included a request that Council and AT work together to develop the next Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP).…
Changing Auckland’s “Complex Transport Ecosystem”
On Thursday, Mayor Wayne Brown will ask the council’s Transport and Infrastructure committee to push for a legislative change in the way transport strategy is delivered in Auckland by giving Auckland Council itself a bigger say. The Mayor also wants Auckland to have the ability to make other key regulatory decisions around transport, such as the ability to set its own parking fines.…
National’s 2023 Transport Policy
On Monday, National launched its transport policy for the upcoming election, showing that at least National have learnt how to recycle, with the policy largely recycled from their 2020 campaign, which itself was mostly recycled from 2017.
As expected, the policy is almost all about building lots of big roads, once again using the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) name.…
2023 Election transport policies we’d like to see
Today we’re just 75 days away from the next election and the parties are about to start pumping our their various transport policies. With that in mind, I thought I’d lay out our thoughts on what a good transport policy might be.…
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