Transport – It’s the Economy, Stupid
I came across a well crafted piece about the Government’s transport policies on Scoop, by Dr Glen Koorey (presumably the same person who comments here occasionally as “Glen K”) a senior lecturer in transportation at the University of Canterbury’s College of Engineering.…
13 Comments The Upcoming NLTP: trying and failing to put lipstick on a pig
There will be a lot of discussion over the coming weeks and months about transport funding – how much is going to be spent on what types of transport projects over the next three years. This is because NZTA’s “National Land Transport Programme” (NLTP) is in the final phases of being put together, and it is the NLTP which guides how NZTA spends your petrol tax and road user charges over the next three years.…
PT Funding Announcement Full of Spin
The NZTA is out busily spinning stories about how much money it is going to be spending on PT in the next three years but as usual the the reality isn’t quite as good as they make it out to be.…
Briefing to the Transport Minister – Part 1
The government has released the briefings ministers received from their ministries and of course this blog is fairly interested in what the transport ministry has to say. The briefing has been split into two sections, one giving an overview of the portfolio and the other the policy challenges and upcoming decisions.…
Shifting transport beyond partisan debates
While I have often complained about transport not being in the top of people’s minds when voting in nationwide elections, yet so many decisions are made by central government – the flip side of this (and unfortunately it seems that we do get the worst of both worlds) is seeing the transport debate becoming more and more partisan.…
Transport in 2011: some steps forward, some steps backwards
Trying to get my head around whether 2011 was a good year or not such a good year for advocates of a more balanced transport system like myself, is a bit of a challenge. There were a number of good things which happened, but at the same time there were also a number of steps backward.…
Strong support for better public transport
It’s no real mystery that providing better public transport has a lot of support among the general public. Firstly we saw Len Brown’s mayoral victory last year, with much of his support due to his push for making a “transformational shift” to Auckland’s rail system in particular.…
What makes for good transport policy?
With the world cup now out of the way, all eyes will begin to turn towards the general election – which is only a month away as of tomorrow. Obviously the lead up to the election will be of particular interest to the readers of this blog, and I hope that each party’s transport policy may play some part in helping decide who you end up voting for (even if I admit that’s relatively unlikely).…
How should we allocate transport funds?
With a general election later this year there should hopefully be some good debate about transport matters. A lot of this will inevitably revolve around projects: City Rail Link of Puhoi-Wellsford? In Wellington, Basin Reserve Flyover or light-rail to the airport?…
No real explanation for slashing PT infrastructure funding
The Ministry of Transport have released the cabinet paper that accompanied the final version of the Government Policy Statement – released by Steven Joyce last week. It’s worth reading through, as cabinet papers typically provide a bit more of an insight into the real thinking behind some of the decisions governments make, without much of the pointless “fluff” in media releases.…
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