Steven Joyce on the CRL in Parliament
Julie Anne Genter questioned Steven Joyce in Parliament today about the City Rail Link. Perhaps the most laughable comment is when Joyce claims they are speeding up the project, not slowing it down. If they were speeding it up then at the very least they would be looking to have it started at the same time the council is wanting for it to happen.…
67 Comments Massive CBD tower announced
One of the reasons Lens suggestion of a $250 million kick start to the CRL is so interesting is that there are a heap of large private sector projects underway along the cut and cover portion of the route and it there is likely to be a lot of value working in with them as they are being built rather than waiting till they finish construction only to dig up the road in front of them for a few more years.…
Len trying to kick-start the CRL
News today that Len Brown is pushing for an earlier start on part of the CRL.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is offering $250 million of the city’s money to kick-start the $2.86 billion underground rail project before the Government starts contributing.…
Photo of the day – Reflective
Once the CRL is built the Aotea station will be right under where this photo is taken from Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
2013: A year in review – Part 1
Over the next few days I’ll be doing a series of posts recapping the year before beginning the new year by looking at what we can expect in the year ahead. For me when it comes to transport, 2013 was always going to be a bit of an “in progress” year.…
New City Rail Link Video
We have been extremely critical of Auckland Transport for how they have undersold the City Rail Link to the general public through vague statements that suggest things like that services will actually be worse than they are now or will be with electrification.…
Project Auckland op-eds
The Herald today has a large amount of op-eds on what is being called Project Auckland which is looking at how Auckland is going to develop and as you would expect, housing and transport features very heavily. Op-eds include Len Brown: Down to business
Lester Levy: Single focus sets city on the road to success
Liam Dann: The stalemate is cracking at last
Tony Garnier: 2014 a pivotal year for Project Auckland
Package solution for transport projects
Kim Cambell: Business-friendly city a must for jobs
Michael Barnett: Auckland needs a team of champions
The debate over change
Matthew Heal: Lessons to be learned from London Olympics
Robert Jones: ‘One plan’ a mature approach
Mark Smith: Migrants find much to offer here
Housing partnerships provide golden opportunity Now I’m not going to comment on every single article but rather some of the general themes within them, although I will pick out a few individual comments that have annoyed me (as I seem to be in a grumpy mood today which is quite unusual).…
Even the Herald says census data has little impact on CRL
Wow who is this and what have they done with the real Herald. The editorial this morning nails the issues surrounding Maurice Williamson’s statements following the early release of the census data.
According to a phrase usually attributed to Mark Twain, there are “lies, damned lies and statistics”.…
The financial impacts of the CRL – At the margin
“At the margin” is one of my favourite economic expressions.
Recently I’ve been thinking about how the City Rail Link (CRL) affects the financial performance of Auckland’s rail network “at the margin”.
Specifically: What is the impact of the CRL on patronage?…
CRL and the CFN in Parliament
Gerry Brownlee was asked in Parliament today about the City Rail Link and the costs of delaying it. The fact that Brownlee claims it the project isn’t being delayed is staggering. The council and Auckland Transport have for a long time being planning for construction to start in 2015 and to be completed with trains running in 2020/21.…
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