What does the next Aucklander want?
In a recent post on the failures of toll roads, I argued that marginal analysis can be a powerful tool for understanding transport markets:
Economists understand the importance of marginal analysis when making decisions about what to build and how to charge for it.…
Mapping population changes and young(ish) adults
Yesterday reader Aaron Schiff published this post looking at how population had changed across the country and compared it to how it had changed for the 20-34 age group.
Young adults represent the future of New Zealand’s economy, so I think it’s interesting to look at what is happening to them over time.…
Factors influencing PT use
A comprehensive US study looks at different factors determining modal choice – in particular looking at what makes particular people more likely to use public transport than others. The key findings are shown below:
None of the findings are particularly surprising at this level, although it is interesting to note that the basics of getting PT right – fast, reliable and affordable service – are seen as more important than flashy add-ons.…
Is the future working from home?
There are a number of common claims that those who oppose investment in public transport and in particular the City Rail Link use to try and justify their ideological position. Claims like that it will cost a lot more than predicted, that not as many people will use it as predicted, that autonomous cars will magically solve the problem.…
Auckland’s city centre is getting more diverse
This post is the first part of what will be a three-part series on Auckland’s city centre and the 2013 census stats on it. Today, I’m looking at the changing demographics of the city centre.
Age Groups
The graph below shows the changing age structure of city centre residents, from 1996 through to 2013: As shown here, we’re seeing a broader mix of age groups starting to live in the city centre.…
Is Petrol cheap?
I don’t tend to look at the motoring section of the Herald much however every now and then something stands out – often for its comedy value – and that was the case yesterday in an article titled Motoring Mythbusting. The article covers off a number of areas but two in particular deserve some attention.…
Census 2013: Auckland Travel Patterns
The Ministry of Transport has released a detailed and interesting look into some of the results coming out of the 2013 Census Journey to Work question. Both the executive summary and the full report are worth a read. As we’ve noted before, the 2013 census results confirm a shift in the way Aucklanders are travelling, with much stronger growth in public transport than in driving (especially in percentage terms).…
How census mode share has changed over time
On Saturday we finally saw the first glimpses of information on the Journey to Work (JTW) data from the 2013 Census for Auckland (we received the national figures a few months ago). This morning Stu looked at how effective investment in each mode has been since 2006. …
Returns on Government transport investment – A “BOE” calculation
In this recent post Matt mapped census journey to work data across Auckland.
I will now use this data to draw some high-level inferences about returns on Goverment investment in transport infrastructure in Auckland in the period from 2007-13, i.e. between the last two census.…
Census Travel to work results
Auckland’s journey to work data from the census was released yesterday by the council on their site www.censusauckland.co.nz. Journey to work is a useful metric but it does have some serious flaws in that as the name implies it’s only recording how people got to work whereas there are generally a lot of other trips at peak times, like to school.…
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