Huge PT patronage in September
The full public transport patronage report for September is yet to be released, but hidden within the general business report for the October board meeting we can see some pretty spectacular numbers – to be expected of course due to the Rugby World Cup:
September 2011 patronage was 6,634,342 passenger trips across public transport, an increase of +18.7% compared to September 2010.…
12 Comments Auckland’s PT: expensive and poorly used
An Auckland Council report on various aspects of our transport system makes a number of comparisons of Auckland’s public transport system with various cities in Australia, Canada and the USA – as well as Wellington. The cities used to compare Auckland against, including their population and what different technologies their PT system includes, is shown in the table below: These are a good range of cities to compare Auckland’s performance against, in my opinion.…
An amusing cartoon
From yesterday’s Dominion Post:…
What does Wellington’s rail package mean for Auckland?
On Tuesday a quite important rail funding package for Wellington was confirmed by the government. This was originally announced a few months ago, and somewhat came out of the blue. Here are the details:
The package includes Government funding of $88.4 million to renew the rest of the signalling and traction assets on the network.…
1960s thinking alive and well in Wellington
As much as I think Puhoi-Wellsford is a stupid project and a complete waste of money, I have now been convinced that it is nowhere near the worst of the Roads of National Significance. That incredibly dubious prize must, without a doubt, go to Wellington’s Northern Corridor RoNS.…
Is Auckland Train Patronage about to overtake Wellington’s?
For years Wellington has been NZ’s public transport capital and one of the main things that helped it stand out was it was the one city in the country with a semi decent train service. Auckland on the other hand has been considered the city of cars and trains were considered such a joke that many people didn’t even know they existed.…
What does “multi-modal” actually mean?
Depending on how you read into Wellington City Council’s decision to support NZTA’s suggested recommendations at their meeting last night, they either folded under NZTA’s pressure or simply reaffirmed their commitment to working with NZTA on a multi-modal corridor plan between the Ngauranga Gorge and Wellington Airport.…
Wellington RoNS show-down
Later today there will be a very interesting Wellington City Council meeting, that may have some significant effects on not only Wellington’s future transport options, but also potentially the prioritisation of transport projects in Auckland. Over the last couple of weeks there has been a developing split within Wellington City Council over their position on the Wellington Northern Corridor Road of National Significance (which I shorten as simply the “Wellington RoNS”).…
Who is going to pay for Auckland’s electric trains?
Prior to March 2009 it was reasonably clear how rail electrification in Auckland was to be paid for. The project effectively costs $1 billion: half of which needs to be spent on infrastructure works and half on the trains themselves. The government was to pay for the infrastructure and the Auckland Regional Council would pay for the trains.…
Wellington – and its RoNS
Well I’m in Wellington for most of this week, at the New Zealand Planning Institute conference for the next three days and then staying on at the weekend to check out the city a bit. It should give me the opportunity to ride a suburban Wellington train on the weekend, which I haven’t ever done before (I wonder if I can try to catch one of the new Matangi trains).…
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