Finding a constructive way forward for light-rail
On Monday a Stuff article by Thomas Coughlan revealed that the City Centre to Mangere light rail project seems to be tearing apart the government. It seems he Green Party and New Zealand First are extremely sceptical of the bizarre NZ Super Fund / Canadian pension fund (CDPQ) deal that the Labour Party seems to be incredibly supportive of.…
166 Comments Jan-20 Ridership
As we enter into March Madness, the time of the year where transport use is the highest levels of public transport usage, it’s time to look back at how PT and cycling performed in January.
Public Transport
January is always a tricky month for public transport usage with factors such as summer/school holidays and rail network shutdowns see fewer people catching buses and trains – although it is usually one of the busiest months of the year for ferry trips.…
Ensuring we don’t fall into the ‘Transurban trap’
Within the next few weeks the government will be deciding on who they partner with to deliver light rail in Auckland. It will be a choice between the NZTA and NZ Infra, a joint venture between the NZ SuperFund and the Quebec based pension fund CDPQ.…
Weekly Roundup – 21-Feb-20
Here’s the weekly roundup for this week. Tamaki Dr
On Sunday Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff turned the first sod to kick off construction of an upgrade to Tamaki Dr.
Construction has started on Tamaki Drive to upgrade walking and cycling facilities, forming a critical link in Auckland city’s network of cycleways.…
Dec-19 Ridership
I’ve been bit caught up in other posts so have finally managed to get around to the PT and cycling stats from December. Public Transport
Every year December and January duke it out for the wooden spoon of ridership as the summer holidays see the number of boardings drop dramatically.…
Weekly Roundup – 14-Feb-20
Here’s the weekly roundup for this week. Train Disruption
The big news this week has been the train disruption caused by an unprecedented fire at a Kiwirail signal box in Newmarket. The surprising thing is the scale of the disruption and that it took till Thursday Morning to fix.…
Is the busway extension on the right side at Albany?
Two weeks ago in the weekly roundup post I made this comment in relation to the Northern Busway extension following a flyover video of the Northern Corridor project.
I also confess I still don’t get the point of the busway bridge across the motorway north of Albany which will result in buses doubling back.…
Night Train
This post is by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan
In rail’s heyday, holiday times were hectic. On Christmas Eve in 1938, 16 express trains (including eight bound for Auckland) swept more than 11,000 travellers out of Wellington in a single day. …
Weekly Roundup – 31-Jan-20
As we reach the end of the month and with some kids back at school this week, trains, buses and cycleways have been feeling even busier than normal – and that’s only going to increase next week with more schools back and then in a few more weeks the universities starting.…
The NZ Upgrade transport package
Yesterday the government announced what would be funded as part of their massive $12b infrastructure spend up, that they’ve called “The New Zealand Upgrade Programme“.
As previously indicated, the package includes $6.8 billion on a variety of transport projects and we now know what those are – I managed to correctly pick many of them in my post yesterday.…
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