Auckland’s rail vision
What I find so exciting about the Super City election result is how central making fast improvement to Auckland’s rail system will be to Len Brown’s mayoralty, and the fact that it seems he will have a council to back him up on his vision.…
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As of now we’re about 40 minutes away from midday, when voting will close in the election of the first Super City. Most of the votes have been counted already – so I assume that unlike general elections when the results trickle in throughout the evening, this will be a big “bang” of results.…
Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be a very significant and important day in the history of Auckland – being the day that we first have a Mayor of the new “Auckland Council” and a council itself which represents the whole of the Auckland region – rather than a fragmented system of local government that has plagued the city forever.…
Super City election: closer than we think?
For those wanting to post their votes on the Super City election, yesterday was the last day to do so. However, if you haven’t yet voted you can still do so – by dropping your forms off to a library or council office any time before midday on Saturday.…
Surely a joke?
I read this press release from Colin Craig, distant third-place runner in the race for super city mayor, with some amusement – but also a bit of fear that someone might take his public transport ideas seriously. It is tempting to not give such silly ideas any life by giving them coverage – but I just can’t help myself pointing out how silly this is.…
Herald finally ending its ignorance of rail?
You would think that when a survey of voters in the Auckland region highlights that transport is the most important issue in their minds, and then also highlight various rail projects as those considered most necessary by voters to “fixing” the transport problem, our main newspaper might actually do a bit of investigation into the projects being talked about?…
Transport differences emerge in mayoral race
In the race for Auckland’s “super-mayoralty” it has been encouraging to see all major candidates nearly “falling over themselves” to support the large rail projects that Auckland so desperately needs (like the CBD rail tunnel) and even ones that we can probably live without for a few more decades (like North Shore rail).…
Auckland demands rail improvements
A fascinating article in the NZ Herald today, based on a survey that asked people what are the most important issues that will determine how you vote in the upcoming “Super City” elections. Here’s an extract:
Auckland is waiting. On the gridlocked roads, on the railway platforms, at the bus stops, the residents of the new Supercity are waiting.…
Transport CCO: set up to fail public transport?
While John Banks appears to be backing away from his previous grand promises to help deliver a world-class rail system for Auckland, should he be elected mayor, most other candidates: both for mayor and for the council, seem to be focusing a lot of their efforts on the need to improve Auckland’s public transport system.…
Auckland Transport finally has a CEO
The Auckland Transition Agency is finally got around to naming an interim CEO for the Auckland Transport council-controlled organisation, which is only a couple of months away from coming into existence. Rumours had been flying around that we might get some high-flying transport visionary from overseas, but that hasn’t happened.…
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