Point Chevalier residents can now catch a direct bus to Newmarket between 7 – 9am and back again between 3pm – 6.10pm on weekdays, starting on the 1st November. The service is in addition to its regular hourly service operating between 9.15am – 5.45pm on Saturdays. Scott Macarthur, the director […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Good article in today’s Herald from Sam Buckle of the New Zealand Shipping Federation on how the profit motive does not apply to roading. For some reason, the management of our roading infrastructure has avoided the scrutiny applied to other state assets and services. We apply commercial models to the electricity […]
The Sunday Star-Times reports a group of architects presenting at the Auckland Architecture week 2009 have proposed a design for a new harbour crossing: In 2005 Richard Simpson first proposed the idea of a new harbour crossing – a bold new bridge that would take a more direct route between […]
We’ve just received this by email from the NZTA: The NZTA has been working on a draft farebox recovery policy for public transport services which sets out the NZTA’s proposed requirements relating to farebox recovery policy in the regions. Once the policy is finalised it is to be implemented by […]
TVNZ reports: New Zealand’s state highway network is subsidised by about $1.5 billion each year, which is scuppering the coastal shipping industry, the New Zealand Shipping Federation says. It cited a government-commissioned report, the Rockpoint Corporate Finance report, Coastal Shipping and Modal Freight Choice, for the New Zealand Transport Agency, […]
The New Zealand Herald has reproduced an article by super city mayoral hopeful John Banks on transport in Auckland, essentially rebuking former North Shore Mayor George Wood’s suggestion that rail may not be the way forward: Quite simply, New Zealand needs Auckland to work, and for that to happen, it […]
The National Infrastructure Plan will be developed by early 2010 and will be updated every three years. The 20-year plan will present a high-level view of the state of New Zealand’s infrastructure and include a stock-take of existing infrastructure and anticipated future requirements. The Plan will help ministers, agencies, local […]
Brian Rudman does some digging: Figures for the first five months of operation of the Northern Gateway Toll Road, to June 30, reveal that, on average, it cost $1.29 in transaction costs to collect each $2 car toll. For those paying by phone, it would have been cheaper to have […]