Future Auckland Metro?
Following on from discussions earlier this week about a possible future Metro for Auckland, I have got drawing with Photoshop! This is only the Auckland City part of the East-West Metro and would certainly be built much later than the Manukau City part (which follows the alignment in this post).…
6 Comments On bFM
Following on from yesterday’s post about a possible future Metro system for Auckland, I had an interseting chat with Jose Barbosa on bFM today.
The link to the interview mp3 is here.…
Regional Land Transport Strategy – a quantum shift?
The Auckland Regional Transport Committee’s latest meeting agenda takes particular interest in the progress of the Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS), which is being reviewed and updated. Such a review cannot occur quickly enough, in my opinion, as the 2005 RLTS is a roads-centric piece of rubbish.…
The Howick/Botany Line
A couple of posts ago I talked about the transport issues facing East Auckland. In particular, the lack of rail transport out there has created a part of the city that is incredibly car dependent. It also suffers from very slow bus services, and a lot of traffic congestion.…
Auckland’s Rail Map in 2030?
Perhaps this post is aimed at laying down a challenge to our future transport planners. It’s clear that rail needs to play a significant part in Auckland’s transportation future, with peak oil either just around the corner or having already happened, ongoing population growth that will lead to further traffic congestiong and (hopefully) growing concern about the effects of an automobile dependent city on climate change.…
Ticketing
Auckland’s public transport ticketing system probably annoys me more than most other things in life. In fact, there’s little good to be said about it at all. Let’s run through the problems: It’s slow. A lot of interaction with the bus driver or train clippie is necessary.…
Transit Dreams
A few nights ago I had an interesting dream that somehow included trips to both Sydney and London. Since I got back from Europe a few months ago it has been fairly common for me to have dreams about some new overseas trip that I find myself on.…
Auckland’s Rail Future – Part 2
To continue on from my previous post, we now take a step into a bit of the unknown. I will probably continue to change my mind about the best way for Auckland’s rail future versus the most realistic way to actually get change in my head for a fair while yet, but I guess this is a bit of a mixture: somewhat ideal, somewhat realistic.…
Auckland’s Rail Future – Part 1
OK I have to say that I do love doing this, pontificating about what Auckland’s railway system might look like in the future. A few posts back I wrote in quite detail why I thought Auckland’s railway system has a bright future, and how that would absolutely result in a need for future expansion of the system, particularly through building the CBD Rail Loop.…
Processing...