Red-light Runners and Police Excuse systematic of our Transport Planning Failures Auckland Council and Auckland Transport; we have a serious problem we need to have a wee chat about. … Continue reading Millwater: We Are Not Achieving The World’s Most Liveable (nor equitable) City
Running close to capacity already on the Southern Line This morning the Electric Trains in both three and six car set configurations joined their soon to be retired diesel counterparts … Continue reading Electric Train 6 Car Sets “Comfortable”
Mayor’s Long Term Plan Recommendations to be Tabled On Thursday the Auckland Council Governing Body meets to consider amongst other things two large items of topic interest to Auckland. First … Continue reading Governing Body To Meet Thursday – Discussing Long Term Plan, and Port of Auckland
Marking First Anniversary This week marks when the first Electric passenger train began revenue service (taking passengers) on the Onehunga Line. Since then the Electrics or EMU’s for short (Electric … Continue reading One Year of Electric Trains
Not the Corridor that bothers me, it is what they want in terms of Regional Development The 4-lane de-facto urban motorway that is fast becoming the moniker for the Redoubt … Continue reading Mill Road and Regional Development (We Are Not Achieving The World’s Most Liveable City)
4,500 possible homes + 1,000 more in Takanini/Papakura Area + more else where I was flicking through the monthly ‘Our Auckland’ magazine yesterday when I came across the following titbit … Continue reading Wesley College SHA Even Larger
And the short list is From Auckland Transport: Short-list for Auckland’s passenger rail contract Auckland Transport has short-listed three companies that will be invited to tender to operate passenger rail … Continue reading Auckland Transport Announces Short List for Auckland Rail Contract
Port continuing work against wishes of Auckland Council The Port of Auckland saga keeps on going. News out this morning shows the Chair of Port of Auckland giving a long … Continue reading Will Council Push THE BIG RED BUTTON and Go Thermonuclear
Misconceptions abound and not helpful to either side I think we have a problem Auckland Council and Auckland Transport, one that seems to be a perennial issue: It came from … Continue reading Auckland Council and Transport – We Have A Communication Problem
Possible It seems our uncanny Mayor has yet again pulled off another deal from the brink, something Mayor Len Brown is known to do. In this instance it seems a … Continue reading Has a Port Deal Been Struck?
Talking Southern Auckland 