Why is our rail punctuality so hopeless?
A report going to the Board of Auckland Transport on Monday about the hopeless on-time performance of Eastern Line trains reminded me of a pet annoyance of our rail system – and that is how utterly pathetic its performance statistics are.…
45 Comments Does Auckland Transport now have a Logo?
As Peter mentioned yesterday, it appears that Auckland Transport now has a logo. The image below has appeared on the front of the Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP) which covers the projects that AT plan to ask the NZTA to help fund over the next three years.…
Who Cares What The Trains Look Like?
Surely all that matters about the new trains is how they function, how user friendly the interiors are and above all how well the system is designed and run, right? And how efficiently. Isn’t that why we spend hours drawing little maps, trying to work out running patterns and arguing over the various merits of various systems.…
AT June Board Meeting
Auckland Transport has its next board meeting on Monday and the business report is now online. Here are some of the bits I found interesting:
First up some news about the work going on to update the Public Transport Network Plan, of which the new bus network will be a part of.…
Excellent in Parts: The NW Cycleway Finally Arrives
With much excitement NZTA and AT announced the extension of the strangely terminating NW Cycleway into the city. The evening was carried along by the limitless enthusiasm of Barbara Cuthbert of Cycle Action who certainly has decided that smiles and and encouragement opens more doors than complaint.…
Rail Real Time System is Live
One of Auckland Transports long promised projects seems to have gone live. Real time displays have been promised for years and over the last day or two the displays on the western line have started showing a due time for trains.…
The case for the Eastern Link
The other day I covered part of the case against having an Eastern link, with this post I thought I would look at the case for building it and also whether we could live with things if it was not possible to grade separate the junction with the western link.…
What needs fixing?
Matt’s post the other day on the state of Britomart’s escalator and a piece of broken glass that had gone weeks without being fixed seemed to finally spur Auckland Transport into some action – with word filtering through that both things have now been fixed.…
The Case against the Eastern Link
Talk of cutting back on aspects of the CRL raises a lot of concern for many people, especially those on this blog and that is completely understandable. There may be a good case for delaying some of the stations which is something I think should at least be investigated but there has been more opposition on what should happen with the eastern link.…
CBD Parking scheme joins the 21st century
A really positive looking announcement by Auckland Transport today that they’re looking at completely overhauling the way on-street parking is managed in the city centre so that it turns over more regularly and isn’t used as much for long-stay parking. Here’s the full media release:
Auckland Transport plans to make changes to on-street parking in the central city.…
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