The Herald points out that the obvious way to mark the 50 year anniversary of the Harbour Bridge is to let people walk across it. I agree. After all they let people run across it for the Auckland Marathon, so what is the big deal? But they scorn the efforts […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
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The Herald reports that the Overlander rail service between Auckland and Wellington is being cut back to three days a week during winter. There is not much detail in the report, but I’m wondering what the patronage is at the moment.
The Herald reports a last minute reprieve for the Coromandel ferry service. A ferry service from Auckland to Coromandel is to continue as authorities wanting to keep the business afloat look at throwing it a lifeline. Ferry operator Discovery 360, which runs a service between Auckland and Coromandel via Waiheke, […]
The Herald reports: Signals turned green yesterday on Auckland’s $1 billion-plus rail electrification drive, as KiwiRail signed a hefty contract to provide long-suffering passengers with an ultra-modern train control system…the signing of a $90 million deal between KiwiRail and Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia…priority will be given to laying new signals […]
For those out there interested in what the government, through NZTA, is going to be spending your petrol tax dollar on over the next few years, there is an interesting chart that shows what projects are hoped to be constructed over the next 5 years. There’s another chart that shows […]
Well I guess today could have just been a number of coincidences, but it did seem fairly symptomatic of the state of Auckland’s public transport. So, as it was a Monday morning I headed into town on the 004/005 bus route – like I always do. The weather was pretty […]
Our submission on ARTA’s Regional Land Transport Programme and the Auckland Transport Plan. Introduction The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) welcomes the opportunity to submit on the Draft 2009/10 RLTP and 11/12 Auckland Regional Land Transport Programme and the Auckland Transport Plan. Consultation with groups such as ours and wider transport […]