ATAP 2.0 – wrapup
Words like transformational and step-change get thrown around far too often when talking about transport announcements. But I think yesterday’s release of the updated Auckland Transport Alignment Project is one announcement that certainly qualifies.
At $28 billion over the next decade, the plan the biggest we’ve seen and for the first time it’s fully funded too – although there are a couple of caveats on that¹.…
119 Comments ATAP 2.0 – first details look great
Auckland’s next decade of transport is looking fantastic with latest version of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project just released by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff. We’ll have some more complete analysis but here are some of the highlights: It’s a fully funded, $28 billion package over the coming decade.…
Auckland Strategic Roading Network Projects
With the change in Government, we are likely to see PT/Walking/Cycling prioritised over the many roading projects National wanted. However, it is likely and in some circumstances necessary for Government to make some investments to take place in our strategic roading network during the first decade 2018 – 2028.…
ATAP Revised
The Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) released just last year has been already been one of the most influential transport documents Auckland has seen. That’s because for the first time Auckland and the Government agreed on the future of transport in Auckland and even though it asked many of the wrong questions, ATAP still came out with many of the right answers.…
Now a $7 billion shortfall
As well as revealing that the government would be making an announcement on road pricing this week, Mayor Phil Goff also made another interesting comment in relation to transport in his interview on The Nation on the weekend. He mentioned that the funding shortfall from ATAP over the first decade has risen from $4 billion to $7 billion.…
ATAP ASAP’s – Eastern Busway
In Part 1 of my series I wrote about the third main between Westfield & Wiri as being an ATAP ASAP, a first decade project that in my opinion needed funding straight away. My second post of this series was about the need for extra trains prior to the completion of the City Rail Link.…
Agreeing with Joyce
Last week Finance Minister Steven Joyce gave a speech to Massey University and Auckland Chamber of Commerce about the economy and this year’s budget. There were some notable elements related to transport in it worth highlighting, especially those in relation to demand management.…
Time for a national rapid transit discussion
An article from the Bay of Plenty Times highlights one of the challenges facing mini-Auckland Tauranga
Rush-hour congestion on one of Tauranga’s busiest roads is returning to levels not seen since the second Harbour Bridge opened eight years ago.
Predictions made in 2006 that Hewletts Rd would be congested within 15 to 20 years of the completion of the $225 million Harbour Link project have come true almost twice as fast as expected.…
RIP Eastern Motorway
In ATAP (the Auckland Transport Alignment Project) one of the ideas that was investigated was the reincarnation of the Eastern Motorway, this time called the Eastern Strategic Corridor. It came about as a result of a push by the NZCID (now just called Infrastructure New Zealand) in their report titled “Transport Solutions for a Growing City“.…
2016 – A Year in Review Part 4 – Everything else
This is Part 4 and the final part of our series wrapping up the year and in this post I’m looking at everything else. You can also see: Part 1 on public transport
Part 2 on Walking and Cycling
Part 3 on Roads Unitary Plan
The completion of the Unitary Plan has been one of the biggest and most important discussions Auckland has had for the last few years.…
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