East West Link turning to a fast If there was ever an ironic moment East West Link would be it. East West Link has been touted by the … Continue reading East West Link Defeats the One Thing it was meant to serve: INDUSTRY!
Tag: New Zealand Transport Agency
Wynyard Quarter Goes 30km/h. Time For Residential Streets to do the same
Time for safer humane speeds A debate about Te Wero Island being flipped from parking spaces into a park generated this response from Pippa Coom in regard with Wynyard … Continue reading Wynyard Quarter Goes 30km/h. Time For Residential Streets to do the same
NZ Wins America’s Cup. AIRPORT LINE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED NOW!
Bringing Silverware home brings new challenges Well old challenges but none-the-less what better time to start than now. Team New Zealand finally extracted its payback and is bringing … Continue reading NZ Wins America’s Cup. AIRPORT LINE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED NOW!
The (Urban) Geography of Moving Auckland’s Inland Ports and Consequences on the East West Link and Third Main
Kiwi Rail Third Main Business Case might reveal more than being let on The case of the Third Main between Wiri and Otahuhu on the Southern and Eastern Lines … Continue reading The (Urban) Geography of Moving Auckland’s Inland Ports and Consequences on the East West Link and Third Main
Southern Airport Line Advancing. Envisaged Completion by 2020
Business Case advances, project waiting for construction Good news – well sort of! According to the Auckland Transport Board Agenda Paper for June (and linked up by Greater … Continue reading Southern Airport Line Advancing. Envisaged Completion by 2020
Waterview Tunnels Has a Million Problems and Traffic is Ironically Not One
Technology continues to plague the Western Ring Route connection Sprinklers, dodgy concrete issues, fans and ventilation, and emergency widening of State Highway 20 because someone in NZTA couldn’t count. … Continue reading Waterview Tunnels Has a Million Problems and Traffic is Ironically Not One
Puhinui Station in Need of Four Platforms
Station to become major interchange Those who travel the Southern and Manukau Lines in Auckland wouldn’t think much of Puhinui Station. Puhinui current sits in between the larger Papatoetoe, Homai … Continue reading Puhinui Station in Need of Four Platforms
Transport Agencies’ Preferred Transport Options for Southern Auckland
A mixed bag While most of it is a load of tripe from Auckland Transport and NZTA in lining their transport options up for future sprawl in Southern Auckland … Continue reading Transport Agencies’ Preferred Transport Options for Southern Auckland
Waterview Tunnel Not Looking Very Well
Government Misses the Boat Another article and another dim view on the Waterview Tunnel – the final piece in the Western Ring Route connection designed to bypass the City … Continue reading Waterview Tunnel Not Looking Very Well
The Southern Airport Line. Our Next Project After the City Rail Link
Southern Airport Line just makes sense Before the Planning Committee started yesterday I was having a discussion with Orakei Ward Councillor Desley Simpson over what project should be next given … Continue reading The Southern Airport Line. Our Next Project After the City Rail Link
Talking Southern Auckland 