The Road to Zero – Submissions Due Now
Submissions are due today at 5 pm for Road to Zero: A New Road Safety Strategy for NZ, which we posted about last month.
Here is the Ministry of Transport’s video about the strategy.
And their information, including summaries and how to submit is here.…
13 Comments Eastern Busway construction contract signed
Good news yesterday with Auckland Transport signing a $100 million contract to build the Eastern busway between Panmure and Pakuranga. The busway is long overdue and will be a critical part of finally helping to serve the urban area of Auckland with the lowest levels of public transport use.…
Development update: October 2018
To most Aucklanders, 2018 looks a lot like 2017.
House prices have been flat, or have gone down a tiny bit, depending on what data you look at. Rents keep going up. Auckland is still growing, still congested, and still has sub-par public transport.…
School Bus brouhaha
The Herald has been making a bit of a brouhaha recently about changes to school buses, with four articles in three days last week on the subject. The articles focus on changes Auckland Transport have been making to school bus services at the same time as rolling out the new bus network.…
Time to embrace the PT Pass
Auckland has made some big and important strides to improve public transport in recent years, and big changes like electrification, the new bus network, City Rail Link and light rail have or will help to improve PT. While lots of good things are happening, there’s still a lot more to be done.…
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