How do we recover the network after a failure or incident After the derailment of a passenger train inside the Britomart Tunnel and Station a few weeks ago I … Continue reading Auckland Rail Recovery Procedures – How The Network is Recovered in the Event of an Incident
Need to do better A new facility opened in Wiri today that will process 3 million used tyres a year into other products. New Zealand produces five million waste … Continue reading New Waste Tyre Facility Opens in Wiri – Mayor Wants Better Stewardship of Such Waste
Indictment on poor practice Yesterday a rather scathing independent report came out commissioned by the Board of Auckland Transport in safety practices and why death and injury rates were … Continue reading Omnishambles: Independent Report into Auckland Transport Slams Organisation for Dysfunction in Proactive Road Safety Planning and Implementation
What the Minister said Below is the released transcript from Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford to the recent Urbanism Conference held in Wellington on Monday and Tuesday. … Continue reading Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford’s Speech to the Recent Urbanism Conference. #letsdothis
Urban Geography can teach us a lot on how to work with Southern Auckland Manukau Ward Councillor Efeso Collins penned a piece to The Spinoff on the equity issues Southern Auckland … Continue reading From The Spinoff: Taxing the poor, to transport the rich
Looking at the Light Rail Lines Last month I wrote a piece on how we are looking at the Northern Airport Line (City Centre to Airport via Dominion Road) … Continue reading Working Light Rail: Some Brainstorming with Starting the North Western LRT Line First
Efficiency of services There seems to be an issue with stage one of Regional Rapid Rail between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga and what its purpose is. When Greater Auckland … Continue reading Why Regional Rapid Rail Should NOT Terminate at Papakura
Get both lines done quickly? The recent announcement of the New Zealand Superfund wanting to come in and finance, design, build and operation both the Northern Airport Line (City … Continue reading If the Superfund Can Invest in the Northern Airport Line Can It Invest in the Southern Airport Line too?
Quality urban development From Housing New Zealand: Housing New Zealand redevelopment wins Auckland Architecture Award A Housing New Zealand redevelopment in Mount Albert last night won a New Zealand … Continue reading Housing New Zealand Intensification Project Wins Award
A Redux from the Campaign in 2017 that has now become reality Labour has committed to the Congestion Free Network 2.0 and fast-track rapid transit to the airport – light … Continue reading A REDUX: How those rail lines to the airport will actually work
Talking Southern Auckland 