The Government has done a press release on its review of the CBD rail tunnel: The review of the Business Case for the CBD Rail Link finds that the case for funding and building the rail link has not yet been made, and that the mix of options for meeting […]
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The Ministry of Transport is asking for feedback on proposed changes to the Government Policy Statement 2012, which sets out funding allocations for various activity classes. Of primary concern is that public transport infrastructure funding is to be cut from an already measly 1.8% of the current land transport budget, to […]
There is nothing more frustrating than waiting at a wet bus stop for a bus that never arrives. That happened this morning to me with the 024. I probably should complain to the Maxx call centre but I really can’t be bothered, because: I have to wait for 10 days before […]
It is apparent from the latest Government Policy Statement that Auckland’s proposed CBD rail tunnel is a project the Government does not want to contribute to. However, the Government isn’t saying what the alternative is. Auckland’s population is predicted to increase by a million people over the next four decades – […]
Appearing in the letters section today of the NZ Herald: In opening a fourth motorway lane between Newmarket and Greenlane, the New Zealand Transport Agency claims benefits of over a million dollars week to the Auckland economy, brought about by peak hour journey time savings of up to five minutes. […]
Bob Scott has done a brilliant article summarising the folly of the Holiday Highway: A headline like “80 New Zealanders Sentenced to Death” would bring an outraged reaction if resulting from the actions of a Third World despot. But the reality is, that’s not the case. Rather it’s what could […]
Quite a good article in the Herald on Sunday today. I do hope central Government takes note of the headline – at the moment they seem to think building more roading capacity is the appropriate response: Soaring petrol costs are forcing people on to public transport in record numbers. Bus […]
Last Friday the CBT made our representation to the Waterview Board of Inquiry , which is being run by the Environmental Protection agency. The transcript is here, and it has a quite revealing exchange with myself and Judge Newhook. It is revealing because clearly the Environmental Protection Agency does not see […]