Josh Arbury has done a post on Len Brown’s rail plans. It includes a picture of the underground rail loop and it got me thinking about the optimal way to utilise the new tunnel for the Western, Southern and Eastern Lines. Imagine a Southern line commuter getting on at Greenlane […]
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The Weekend Herald’s letter of the week is from Frank Hoffmann, and it sums up the current situation on transport funding: Transport Minister Steven Joyce should remember his Government has usurped Auckland’s planned method of funding transport. A surcharge on motor fuel was designed to make the road-user contribute a […]
There have been a couple of stories this week in the Herald. The first one talks about Transport Minister Steven Joyce claiming there is a “funding gap” for rail operational costs. The second is a response from Auckland Councillor Mike Lee claiming Steven Joyce is trying to stymie Mayor Brown’s […]
With the new Auckland Council in place, we thought now would be a good time to get ideas on how transport in Auckland can be improved. To help with this, we’ve set up ideas.bettertransport.org.nz where you can post, vote for and comment on ideas that will get Auckland moving. We’ll […]
For some time now I’ve been meaning to put together a “FAQ” page to cover the commonly asked questions in relation to public transport. Fortunately Josh Arbury has done some of the work for me in this post over at Kiwiblog: OK so there are two questions here. The first […]
Seeing the article in the Herald the other day on the queues of traffic that form when you try an merge five lanes into two, made me think of this video from the Onion: Tired Of Traffic? A New DOT Report Urges Drivers: ‘Honk’
Discussion last week focussed on Len Brown apparently thowing away a valuable point of negotiation in the fight for rail funding, little has been said on the comments of PM John Key. John Key is being disingenuous when he claims the Puhoi to Wellsford motorway “was something National campaigned on”. […]
Graeme Easte sums up the rail funding issue for Auckland in a letter to the Herald last Thursday: Len Brown is being attacked for seeking billions from the Government to fund major rail projects for Auckland. But this is a category mistake: the real issue is not about seeking substantial […]