CCFAS to be released today
Newstalk ZB is reporting that the City Centre Future Access Study (CCFAS) will be released today by Len Brown. This is the study that Brian Rudman got his hands on a couple of weeks back, which highlighted something akin to ‘impending doom’ for Auckland’s city centre due to growing public transport and private vehicle trips to the city centre over the next 10 years and beyond.…
78 Comments Gerry Brownlee on the CRL
Phil Tywford asked transport minister Gerry Brownlee in parliament yesterday about the CRL Transscript is here.
Perhaps it is just me dreaming but Gerry did at least seem less negative about it than he had in the past. Based on his answers it suggests he waiting for the final version of the CCFAS to come across his desk before he can properly comment.…
What does the CCFAS document tell us?
Whoever leaked the draft City Centre Future Access study (CCFAS) is, as Mr Anderson said in a comment the other day, a complete and utter idiot (assuming that it’s someone from Auckland Transport rather than Central Government). After working so hard over the past year to get beyond the differences in opinion between the two parties which plagued last year’s review of the CRL’s original business case, it’s really dumb to spoil this goodwill by jumping the gun.…
Reaction to the leaking of the CCFAS
When news like the leaked CCFAS report comes out, it is always quite interesting to see the response from various groups or organisations.
First up the project has plenty of support from Steven Selwood and the NZ Council for Infrastructure development
In the eyes of infrastructure experts, Auckland desperately needs the proposed city rail link.…
CCFAS details leak out
Well someone managed to leak a copy of the City Centre Future Access Study (CCFAS) to the Herald as Brian Rudman has an article this morning covering what are likely to be many of the key outcomes from the study. First a brief recap about what the CCFAS is and why it came about.…
Does Brian Rudman need some new glasses?
It might be time for Brian Rudman to get some new glasses as in his latest piece he seems to have been confused by various route maps in the draft Regional Public Transport Plan.
What is alarming is the fate of Queen St, which in 2007 got a $40 million makeover, complete with nikau palms and Chinese granite paving.…
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