Has Banks given up on public transport?
In recent times I have been very pleased to see that all the main mayoral candidates for the Auckland Super City appear to support significant investment in upgrading public transport in Auckland, most particularly in the widespread enthusiasm for big ticket projects like the CBD Rail Tunnel and rail to the Airport (although I have noted that a North Shore Line might be a step too far at the moment).…
44 Comments Is North Shore Rail a priority?
While it’s exceptionally pleasing to see Super City mayoral candidates almost falling over themselves at the moment to promise Auckland significant development of its rail network, an interesting issue was highlighted in a NZ Herald article today about the idea of rail to the North Shore.…
Mayoral candidates on CBD rail tunnel
On the TV programme Q+A this morning there was a debate between the three main candidates for the job of being mayor of the Auckland Super City. You can watch the debate here, or read through the whole transcript of it here.…
Who wants to run the Transport CCO?
The NZ Herald today reports that the Auckland Transition Agency is having a lot of trouble trying to find someone to be the interim CEO of the new Transport CCO.
A London Transport guru is believed to have turned down the top transport job in the Auckland Super City amid reports of senior council staff fleeing the new set-up because of poor pay and conditions.…
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.…
New Council and Transport Agency taking shape
Some interesting announcements in the last few days about senior positions in both the Auckland Council and the Auckland Transport CCO. Looking at the council first, the Auckland Transition Agency announced the following positions late last week:
Manager Customer Services: Nigel King, currently Group Manager Customer Services, Auckland City Council.…
Auckland Transport to be in Henderson
Some interesting decisions on where the different parts of the new Auckland Council, including where Auckland Transport will be located, have been released. Here are the details: Perhaps one of the most worrying things about the Auckland Council being largely based in the CBD and Takapuna, while Auckland Transport is in Henderson, is that the ‘divide’ between the two agencies may be reinforced through the physical distance between them.…
Len Brown’s CCO Plan
With all the hoopla surrounding the various piece of legislation that are leading to the creation of the Super City in Auckland, it’s easy to forget that the election is only a few months away now, and in less than six months we’ll be living in the “brave new world” of a single-council Super City.…
Will the CCOs be able to operate in secret or not?
There seems to be some confusion around as to whether the changes to the Auckland Law Reform Bill actually opens up the operations of the council controlled organisations (such as Auckland Transport) to public scrutiny or not. More specifically, will they have to hold their meetings in public?…
Transport CCO: more accountable, but still secretive?
Today the select committee on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill, more commonly known as “the third Super City bill”, reported back to parliament with suggested alterations to the legislation that have arisen from the 800 odd submissions that were made on the bill.…
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