Submit on signs
Wayfinding is an important part in helping people navigate cities and something Auckland hasn’t been particularly good at in the past. Auckland Transport is leading a project across the council family to try and improve that and come up with a region-wide signage solution.…
36 Comments Are we getting the Public Space Outcome at Britomart the City Needs?
One of best things Auckland is getting as a result of the great upgrade that is the City Rail Link is, at last, a proper urban public square in precisely the right place. The section of Lower Queen St in front of the grand old CPO that is now the Britomart train station, once void of all vehicles, will become the most important bit of paving in the city.…
How Slow Are Auckland’s Trains ?
This is a guest post by reader Malcolm McCaskill based in Hamilton, Victoria.
When visiting Auckland earlier this year, I was surprised how slow the trains were compared with those here in Australia. To see what travel times should be achievable when the dwell time issue is resolved, I assembled timetable and distance data from Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Perth, using publicly available timetables and distances between stations from Google Earth. …
Queen St: more pedestrians, fewer vehicles
Queen St is Auckland’s spiritual and commercial heart but it’s also one of the most unique streets in the city. For the most prominent part, the over 1km from Mayoral Dr to the harbour, there is not a single vehicle destination on the street.…
Sunday reading 3 April 2016
Here is a remarkable story from the United State’s Depart of Transportation. USDOT Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is leading a ‘crusade’ to bring attention to the disruptive and discriminatory legacy of urban highways. Foxx has first hand experience of how transport designs influenced opportunity- “As a child, Anthony Foxx knew he couldn’t ride his bike far from home without being blocked by a freeway” (Washington Post). …
The Google Self Driving Bike
April 1st may be over but this joke from Google is worth sharing…
AMETI busway notified
A newsletter update from Auckland Transport yesterday finally provided some news on the next stage of AMETI which will see significant improvements to public transport and active modes. This includes a busway between Panmure and Pakuranga and much improved walking and cycling facilities.…
Government Unveils “Eastern Ring Route”
The NZ Herald reports:
In a surprise announcement, the Government has today unveiled advanced plans for a combined transport and housing package in Auckland. The centrepiece of the announcement is an “Eastern Ring Route” between Takapuna and Drury to complement the soon to be finished Western Ring Route and take pressure off State Highway 1.…
Walking and Cycling in Mangere to be improved
Some good news from AT this week as they’ve announced that work has started in Mangere on part of the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets project which aims “transform to the streets of Māngere and make it safer and easier for people to travel around, especially by walking and cycling.”…
A Transportblog milestone
Transportblog has reached a milestone, this is our 5,000th post.
The blog was started in 2008 to discuss transport, its role in making Auckland what it is today and how Auckland could be made a better place in the future. Over time we’ve also expanded on that and now talk also about wider urban issues, housing being one of the most prominent.…
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