Still too much in the Closed Agenda Auckland Transport have recently released their agenda and subsequent documents for the April 29 Board of Directors meeting. Looking through the … Continue reading The April Auckland Transport Board Meeting
Tag: Public Transport
A Botany Line Sky Train Station
A possible mock up of a “large” Sky Train station Today I have being playing around in Sketchup drawing up an MK1 version of a large Sky Train station … Continue reading A Botany Line Sky Train Station
Auckland Development
Preparing for post 2016 Yesterday the Herald reported on the latest updates of where first home buyers are purchasing in Auckland – post implementation of the Loan-Value Ratios otherwise … Continue reading Auckland Development
Debunking Unitary Plan Myths – Again
It pays to check and ask if you are not sure It seems that despite the ongoing information campaigns we still have a few myths floating around the Unitary … Continue reading Debunking Unitary Plan Myths – Again
City Rail Link Designation Confirmed
Commissioners have confirmed CRL Designation From Auckland Transport: Big step for Auckland’s City Rail Link 14/04/2014 10:41:53 p.m. The City Rail Link (CRL) has reached a major milestone … Continue reading City Rail Link Designation Confirmed
Slow News Day. We Have the Bigger Picture to Focus On
Auckland does deserve better… …Than what the NZ Herald (again) dished up yesterday in regards to the Local Government Elections in 2016 – specifically around Mayor. We are two … Continue reading Slow News Day. We Have the Bigger Picture to Focus On
EMU Roll Out Dates Changed Again?
No I did not make an error in the last post either…. In my very recent Southern Line EMU Roll Out is March 2015 (April 9) post I noted the roll out of … Continue reading EMU Roll Out Dates Changed Again?
Southern Line EMU Roll Out is March 2015
While Annoyed – Not Too Particularly Fussed Hmm I saw this on the AT site yesterday while checking the Electric Train roll out timetable (and the new ads as … Continue reading Southern Line EMU Roll Out is March 2015
Mock-Up for Manukau “Metro Town Centre” Underway
More efficient use of car parking space Today I was playing around with the Manukau Metro Town Centre (located on the current surface car at the south end of … Continue reading Mock-Up for Manukau “Metro Town Centre” Underway
Melbourne Chaos This Morning
We are not the only ones suffering transit issues
I saw this Tweet from The Age this morning:
Seems we in Auckland are not the only one suffering road and transit chaos (on a regular basis) with for some unknown reason last night the CBD jammed up and both cars and buses unable to move very far very fast.
Melbourne this morning is gripped with a major accident on one of its Free-ways which has brought road traffic to a stand-still while their City Loop suffered a fault causing a meltdown on the heavy rail network.
There was a common theme though between Auckland and Melbourne as I looked through The Age – well three themes:
- Decades long infrastructure deficits and neglect that both Auckland and Melbourne are trying to catch up on
- Governments self congratulating themselves
- Governments heading rather fast towards ineptness with major transport upgrades required (our Government with the CRL start date at 2020 despite the Prime Minister’s conditions for the speed up now being met, and the Melbourne State Government for differing its mass transit investment programs for two more electoral cycles (while hell-bent on their East-West Link motorway)).
Meanwhile I notice the very conservative Utah is continuing to push through its mass transit investment which patronage levels doing very well indeed. For that matter I am noticing more Northern Hemisphere Conservative Governments pushing through large mass transit programs while the Southern Hemisphere Conservative Governments fall behind the 8-ball. Not amusing when you live in one of those Southern Hemisphere countries…
Talking Southern Auckland 