Category: Airport Rail Debate

A Taste of Future Auckland (with Transit)

October 30, 2017 ·

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)

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

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?

Moving you places When Labour announced their commitment to the Airport Lines I wrote to The Spinoff on how both the Northern and Southern Airport Lines would work: How … Continue reading City to Airport Express: 30 Minutes via the Southern Airport Line

Labour investing in the 21st Century Labour has gone on the front foot with transport policy catching National entirely on the hop and looking rather last Century. This … Continue reading Labour Promises to Keep Rail Electrification + Other Transport Policies

Confirmation of APEC means investment needed It was confirmed yesterday that Auckland will indeed host the 2021 APEC conference. From the Office of the Mayor Phil Goff: AUCKLAND TO … Continue reading APEC 2021 Confirmed to be in Auckland. Need Southern Airport Line NOW!

More information on the Southern Airport Line One of the most frequent questions I am getting about the Southern Airport Line (see: How Do the Northern and Southern Airport Lines … Continue reading The Southern Airport Line: Why it is Bus or Light Rail Rapid Transit Not Heavy Rail

Something for everyone With the announcement from Labour to fast track the Northern and Southern Airport Lines (see: Labour Wants to Get Auckland Going – Southern Airport Line Committed To) there … Continue reading How Do the Northern and Southern Airport Lines Work? A Short Redux into the twin Airport Lines

Contrast between leadership and management Two leaders (well one leader and one manager), two Parties, two announcements and two very different results. In Wynyard Quarter sounded by 500 people … Continue reading Labour Wants to Get Auckland Going – Southern Airport Line Committed To

Airport Lines and Third Main on the Way Today at 1pm in Wynyard Quarter Labour will be announcing what the call an Accelerated Transport package to help get Auckland … Continue reading Labour Announces Transport: Airport Lines On the Way!