Attention goes north! Airport chaos: Drive home ‘longer than Sydney flight’ 10:00 AM Saturday Dec 10, 2016 Passengers have vented their frustration at the traffic chaos at Auckland Airport, … Continue reading #Election2017 – Auckland and the Airport Line will Make or Break the English Government
Business case to be developed for Botany to Airport In October I had commented on Campaign for Better Transport’s presentation to the Auckland Transport Board on how they believe … Continue reading Auckland Transport’s Formal Response to Light Rail to the Airport
Quick win While we wait for Auckland Transport and Central Government to get cracking with Airport rail (see: Airport Light Rail Case Study Contained Errors Prompting Review? Back to Heavy Rail?) … Continue reading 380 Airporter Needs to be Split into Two
Otahuhu creates a bottleneck Yesterday I wrote on Auckland Transport reviewing the case for Light Rail to the Airport and how heavy rail could make a come back into … Continue reading Run Pattern for the Airport Line via Otahuhu
Should have stuck with heavy rail? The Airport Line has come back onto the debate table (so has Light Rail down Dominion Road) thanks to Campaign for Better Transport’s … Continue reading Airport Light Rail Case Study Contained Errors Prompting Review? Back to Heavy Rail?
What is in the pipeline With a 14-7 progressive-conservative split on the Governing Body of Auckland Council (see: 15% Council Reputation = Elect Exact Same Council Makeup) it looks like a … Continue reading The Next Three Years Ahead for Southern Auckland
Onward and upwards Unfortunately I did not make it to being elected to Papakura Local Board. But my congratulations to those who did, to Goff as Mayor and others … Continue reading No Luck with Election, Work Continues on Projects like #TransformManukau
Heavy deemed most viable especially via Otahuhu The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) request I sent to Auckland Transport last month on Airport Rail came back … Continue reading Heavy Rail to Airport Top Four (of 7) Options. Auckland Transport Want 5th Ranked Option Instead
Official Information Act requests on two core projects While the election campaigns are under way I am still keeping tabs on two projects (which have consequences to Papakura in … Continue reading LGOIMA on Airport Rail, and #TransformManukau With Council
Opens opportunities including the Airport Line In the midst of a conversation with a fellow Tweeter about Pukekohe to Otahuhu services (when the Pukekohe section of the Southern Line … Continue reading Otahuhu Station to get a Third Platform
Talking Southern Auckland 