There is a rather strange article in the New Zealand Herald today, entitled “Aucklanders stick with cars as best way to travel”. I’m not quite sure how most popular equates to “best”, but that’s not really the issue here. The article is based around a media release by Statistics NZ […]
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Even the motoring fraternity are slowly waking up to the Government’s poor decision making of late. Alistair Sloane writes in the motoring section of today’s Herald: High-speed trains in Europe generate between four and 40 times less CO2 per passenger than other modes of transport, says the European Union. It […]
Well at long last construction of the Manukau Rail Link has begun. This will be the first new stretch of railway to be built in Auckland in around 70 years (no wonder we’re so auto-dependent), and is a fairly short link between the existing Southern Line and Manukau City Centre. […]
Last Friday the Herald ran my letter in response to Heart of the City’s Alex Swney’s opinion piece: Alex Swney deserves a round of applause for differentiating between the need for a party location for the Rugby World Cup and the longer term needs of a cruise ship terminal and […]
I’m reading an excellent book at the moment – Resilient Cities by Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley and Heather Boyer. I commented on this book a few posts ago, with particular reference to how pathetic our preparedness for peak oil is and how stupid Treasury’s oil price predictions are. I have […]
The Herald reports: Heavier trucks could be on the road by 2010 if an amendment is passed following a successful trial, Transport Minister Steven Joyce says. The amendment would create a permit system allowing some trucks to carry up to 50 tonnes on specified routes. The statutory limit is currently […]
It seems as though the funding issues for the Onehunga Line, that resulted from the removal of the regional petrol tax, have been resolved. This follows on from a post I made a couple of weeks ago that related to progress being made between the ARC and NZTA to provide […]
The May 2009 ARTA monthly business report has been released and – as per usual – makes interesting reading. Looking at public transport patronage, it says the following: Patronage • Total Public Transport patronage for the 11 months to May 2009 was 8.0% above last year. • Total patronage for […]