Simply not good enough Last week Auckland Transport did a soft launch of their new Commute App. The intention of the App is to demonstrate the difference in time and … Continue reading Noble Auckland Transport Commuter App Demonstrates What Auckland Already Knew – Our Transit System is Woeful
E Buses and Busways make very nice combination Two sets of wins for East Auckland (the Howick Ward) over the week with the announcement of an Alliance who will oversee … Continue reading New E Buses for East Auckland, and will go nicely with the $1.4b Eastern Busway
Physical works on Puhinui Road and Lambie Drive to start this week The physical works of Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Stage 1 begin this week (explains why I saw … Continue reading Proud Moment: Airport to Botany Rapid Transit (Stage 1) Takes Shape! 45 minutes from Britomart to Airport
NZTA doing consultation – again For some reason NZTA are doing consultation on speed limits and transit lanes again for State Highway 20B. We recently had such consultation where their … Continue reading Say ‘Yes’ to 60Km/H, Say ‘Yes’ to Bus Lanes, So ‘NO’ to T3 Lanes and Say ‘Yes’ to Truck Lanes for State Highway 20B to the Airport
Why drive when one can sit back and enjoy the ride Back of the Napkin? The National Party’s Road’s First policy might be back of the napkin stuff (given the … Continue reading Not ‘Back of the Napkin’: Greens Transport Policy Brings Sanity (and Relief) to the Cities and Regions
Now Prime Minister where is the cheque for the North Shore Line? There have been calls to convert some of the general lanes between the City Centre and the Harbour … Continue reading Auckland Harbour Bridge Situation Report (SitRep) – September 21, 2020: Public Transport is Working in Keeping Auckland Moving
Temporary Measures to be installed while new part is fabricated and tested before permanent instillation Measures to fix the Auckland Harbour Bridge continue apace with a temporary fix to be … Continue reading Auckland Harbour Bridge Situation Report (SitRep) – September 21, 2020: NZTA Working Hard with Fixes. This is No Easy Task
Resource Management Act Review suggests replacing Act with new Legislation Not long after the National Policy Statement – Urban Development was released by the Government, an independent report into replacing … Continue reading PODCAST: Replacing the Resource Management Act Take 2. Thoughts and those Spatial Plans
The question got lost in the scramble The kerfuffle around Light Rail and the subsequent finger pointing that went with it clearly demonstrated the consequence of a Minister being a … Continue reading Auckland Light Rail – What are YOU wanting to achieve? What Does the Auckland Plan say?
E-buses mark new era Even with the Phil Goff Retrenchment Budget (see: Goff Retrenchment Budget sees Vision Zero Slashed. Consequences = 90 Extra Deaths or Serious Injuries on our Roads … Continue reading ALL ABOARD – the new E-Buses that will form the Airport Line (A2B) Fleet
Talking Southern Auckland 