Not flash Caught this yesterday on Twitter As an overseas visitor to Auckland, I felt very unwelcome as a pedestrian. Halsey/Wellesley area heavily prioritizes cars over people. pic.twitter.com/ea1XShlVlN … Continue reading A City For Cars or for People?!
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?
Easter Sunday Trading Ban Remains The vote was 20-1 (Desley Simpson of Orakei was the only one to vote against keeping the bans) and the debate was over pretty … Continue reading Auckland Council Governing Body August Digests; Easter Sunday Trading Ban Remains
Quake dents Kiwi Rail Financials For those who say rail is not viable I have this from Kiwi Rail: Earthquake doesn’t diminish strong KiwiRail result 25 August 2017 12:12PM … Continue reading Kiwi Rail Posts $52m Surplus
Vision Zero Committed JUST IN: Labour cycling/walking policy:1. Vision Zero2. Urban Cycle fund cont.3. Local Neighbourhoods Fund4. SkyPath funded & toll freeYay! — Patrick Reynolds (@pv_reynolds) August 25, … Continue reading UPDATED: Labour Commits to (Toll Free) Skypath!
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
Forward contribution to speed up Southern Auckland development From the Office of the Mayor Phil Goff: AUCKLAND COUNCIL VOTES TO GET ON WITH DRURY SOUTH DEVELOPMENT A decision today … Continue reading Council Commits to Drury South Development
What are these contraptions NOTE: This post was written in 2017, and needs to be updated for the 2025 environment! In my Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a … Continue reading The Planning (Super) Ministry and the NZIA. What Are They?
Either way the South wins The South has been receiving a bit of attention as Election 2017 continues on. Whether it is Labour’s pledge on the Congestion Free Network, … Continue reading Southern Auckland at Receiving End of #Election2017 Lolly Scramble
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
Talking Southern Auckland 