Some good news from The Manawatu Standard: Palmerston Nroth MP Iain Lees-Galloway says the Capital Connection railway link has received a stay of execution. However, KiwiRail is denying any firm commitments have been made about the service’s future.
Yearly Archives: 2010
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The fate of the Stratford to Okahukura line is up in the air. Our submission to KiwiRail explaining why it should stay open is here: Submission on the Stratford to Okahukura Line.
First Wiri, now Hamilton – The Waikato Times reports local iwi Tainui are planning an inland port, served by both rail and road connections: A port operator has yet to be tapped on the shoulder, but TGH has had discussions with Transit New Zealand and KiwiRail, says chief executive Mike […]
Late last year the Auckland Transport Authority (now called Auckland Transport) structure was announced. Most alarming was the “Major Roading Projects” department, with no equivalent department for public transport infrastructure. It seems the Transition Authority have recognised this, and the title has been changed to “Major Projects and PMO”. The explanation […]
The Campaign For Better Transport is calling on the Government to urgently reopen a direct rail link to the Taranaki region. The 143km rail link runs from Stratford to Okahukura, near Taumaruni and has been mothballed since the end of last year following a number of derailments. As a result, […]
Submissions close tomorrow for the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill. The CBT is very concerned that the current structure of the Bill will transfer much of the power over transport in Auckland away from elected local and regional politicians, towards unelected transport officials and central government. Our full submission […]
ARTA have announced the anticipated fare increase for all public transport services, effective 21st February 2010. From their media release : ARTA’s Chief Executive, Fergus Gammie said, ”ARTA and its operators have held public transport fares in Auckland for three years in an environment in which other centres in New […]
We’ve got our hands on a copy of the BCR study funded by the NZTA and others. BCRs continue to be a contentious issue for the evaluation of transportation projects. They are intended to be a tool to help evaluate similar projects, but invariably they are used by commentators on […]