Up and down year New Government 2017 did not start flash with Auckland Transport but by the end of it things were definitely on the up! That would mark … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017
Category: Airport Rail Debate
Airport Lines, The Airport Access Business Case and Light Rail. Dominoes all falling into place!
Cases in position now to get going The excitement is building since I blogged recently that Auckland Transport had released tender documents on the first stages of the Southern … Continue reading Airport Lines, The Airport Access Business Case and Light Rail. Dominoes all falling into place!
Northern Airport Line Verses Southern Airport Line and All the Options in Between. What Are We Wanting to Achieve?
Northern Airport Line debate prompts interesting question Greater Auckland posted up on the different routes the Northern Airport Line (City Centre to the Airport) and the consequences of the … Continue reading Northern Airport Line Verses Southern Airport Line and All the Options in Between. What Are We Wanting to Achieve?
Trans City vs Local District Transit. #CitiesSkylines Lessons for Auckland
Lessons for Auckland? The Northern Airport Line will be Light Rail while I am pushing the Manukau to Airport section of the Southern Airport Line to be Light Rail (Manukau … Continue reading Trans City vs Local District Transit. #CitiesSkylines Lessons for Auckland
Equity in Labour’s Transport Plan. Is it Present?
The answer is yes – providing the Auckland Plan has a key metric attached Saeid Adli from MRCagney wrote a thought-provoking piece about Justice missing from Labour’s Transport Plan … Continue reading Equity in Labour’s Transport Plan. Is it Present?
Should the Southern Airport Line be Light Rail or a Busway?
Depends on the Airport terminus As mentioned in Auckland Transit Gathers Pace Auckland Transport has released tender documents for the Botany to Airport Mass Transit Line (known as the Southern Airport Line) … Continue reading Should the Southern Airport Line be Light Rail or a Busway?
Auckland Transit Gathers Pace
Southern Airport Line on the cusp John Key: We are on the cusp….. Indeed New Zealand was on the cusp – of going nowhere fast. Enter the new Government … Continue reading Auckland Transit Gathers Pace
A Taste of Future Auckland (with Transit)
The Government is not even a week old yet it certainly feels that has done more that the previous administration ever did in it’s nine years. Mayor Phil Goff is … Continue reading A Taste of Future Auckland (with Transit)
Airport Road Project a Disaster. Next Time Build the Rail Line
Oooops Well it was triumphed as getting traffic moving to the airport. Yesterday at 6am the Kirkbride/SH20A underpass was opened to traffic and at 6:15am it went all to … Continue reading Airport Road Project a Disaster. Next Time Build the Rail Line
Could Sydney Offer a Lesson on Light Rail for the Southern Airport Line?
Sydney Lessons With the Southern Airport Line (Airport to Manukau via Puhinui Station) committed as a bus-way by both Labour and National I wonder if Sydney’s light rail scheme … Continue reading Could Sydney Offer a Lesson on Light Rail for the Southern Airport Line?
Talking Southern Auckland 