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.…
20 Comments An RPTP Storm in a Tea Cup
It seems that every plan has something that gets people up in arms but that in the end turns out to be a bit of a storm in a teacup and for the draft Regional Public Transport Plan it seems that issue has been found.…
Showing the benefits of the new PT network
I love the proposed new PT network that Auckland Transport has announced but if there is one Achilles heel to it, it is that the general public might not comprehend just how much of an improvement the network is. People get very attached to their specific routes so anything that suggest changes to that can cause people to become concerned and opposed.…
Getting the “QTN” right
As I noted in a recent post about ARTA’s “Regional Public Transport Plan“, I support much of the thinking behind their three tiered hierarchical route structure that they are seeking to achieve, which has three main levels: A backbone Rapid Transit Network (RTN) which is comprised of railway lines and busways;
A middle-level “Quality Transit Network” (QTN) which supports the RTN by providing high quality public transport in areas the RTN can’t reach – in short extensive bus lanes with high frequency services (in my mind at least);
The supporting Local Connector Network (LCN), which are our more typical buses, but probably running shorter routes to feed into the RTN or QTN.…
Bring on the Auckland Transport CCO!
Yes, I know. That’s a pretty painful blog title for me to post – considering I have opposed the Transport CCO for quite some time now, and in a number of different blog posts. But there have been a number of factors over the past few weeks that have led to me changing my opinion of Auckland’s future transport CCO quite significantly, which I will go through shortly.…
ARTA’s Regional Public Transport Plan
Keeping up with all the transport strategies, plans and policies that float around in Auckland is a pretty hard task, but it would seem that the final version of a fairly important plan: the Regional Public Transport Plan, has been released today by ARTA.…
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