A Beehive media release has announced: Transport Minister Steven Joyce has asked officials from the Ministry of Transport, the Treasury and the NZ Transport Agency to work with Auckland Transport, Auckland Council and other agencies to review the business case for a CBD rail link ahead of any further discussions […]
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Joshua Arbury has beaten me to it over at his blog, but today we presented Josh’s five year plan for Auckland Transport to the Transport Committee of the Auckland Council. An incredible amount of voluntary effort has gone into the plan, almost entirely Josh’s. It is a tribute to the […]
Mathew Dearnaley reports in the Herald Bus operators Ritchies Transport and Howick and Eastern said they were still investigating various options for joining the scheme, and were unlikely to sign up in time for the rugby cup. Ritchies director Andrew Ritchie said the ticketing machines on his 200 or so […]
Auckland Transport have just done a media release: Auckland Transport today announced a key development in the region’s Integrated Ticketing system will be introduced early next year which will allow people to use a single “smart-card” on public transport in Auckland. Auckland Transport’s Chief Executive, David Warburton said, “Supplementing the […]
Steven Joyce responded to my article in the Sunday Star Times last week, as well as Rod Oram’s: Rod Oram’s second opinion piece on Auckland transport issues contains a further significant factual error, which results in him again overstating his case. It is simply incorrect to say that the proposed […]
Martin Gummer was chief executive of Transfund NZ from 1997 to 2002, and chief executive of ARTNL (the Auckland Regional Transport Network Ltd) from 2002 – 2004. Transport officials, past or present, almost never speak out on transport issues, so it is particularly courageous of Martin to do so in […]
Last week’s opinion piece by Transport Minister Steven Joyce started out well enough. “Having the right transport infrastructure in place is an important part of the export job,” he stated. “We need to get our goods to market more effectively and efficiently, we need to cater for more tourists (who […]
Yesterday Mayor Len Brown held a press conference at Britomart, with a “major announcement” for Auckland rail. It wasn’t quite the announcement I was hoping for – contract signed for electric trains or funding for the CBD rail tunnel sorted – but nonetheless, it is significant and it further strengthens […]