Looking at Transport Planning and Design
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
Waiting on actual leadership with the Long Term Plan A Long Term Plan is a 10 year budget documents that indicate revenue and expenditure guides for Councils as required … Continue reading Goff Stating the Obvious with the Long Term Plan. Action Needed!
ADK moving on Saw this yesterday at Manukau: ADB 780 on the back of a trailer heading towards the Southern Motorway to go south to who knows where. … Continue reading Good Bye ADK – A Slice of Auckland Rail History Departs
Regional Rapid Rail opens up opportunities Greater Auckland’s Regional Rapid Rail has certainly opened the discussion on rebuilding the regional rail network across the upper North Island. From Greater … Continue reading Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a Planning Ministry. Transforming and Unlocking Places
Greater Auckland opens up the Upper North Island All the political parties say regional development is A Good Thing. But which of them has much of an idea how … Continue reading Inter-Regional Planning: A train to Hamilton every 15 minutes: here’s how
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!
Council silence does not help Auckland We have had both National and Labour outline their transport policies for the election and beyond. Labour have gone all in being proactive … Continue reading Goff and the ATAP. Why Come September 24 ATAP Could Be Scraped
Reactive or Proactive An updated version of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) has come out and recognises Auckland’s growth is much higher than officials cared to originally admit. … Continue reading ATAP Update Admission of Government Failure
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
Talking Southern Auckland 