The CBT presented to the Board of Auckland Transport on rail to Auckland airport. We made the following points in this “one pager”. 1. In our view the Jacobs “SMART Indicative Business Case” report underestimates the potential catchment of heavy rail, we assume because of the arbitrary requirement for a […]
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With thanks to the RMTU and thedailyblog.co.nz you can now view our Airport Rail meeting on demand: The speakers are in order: Graeme Easte from CBT @ 3:30 Pete Clark from Auckland Transport @ 25:22 Graham Matthews from Auckland Airport @ 34:30 Mike Lee from Auckland Council @ 50:10 Jim […]
Transportblog did a good job of fisking the recent comments Prime Minister John Key’s criticism on Auckland’s transport plans. In an interview with Paul Henry, the Prime Minister made a number of factual errors about Auckland’s transport issues that demonstrate he is either being poorly advised by officials, or is deliberately […]
There has been speculation in recent weeks that Auckland Transport is now favouring a light rail solution over heavy rail, but recently Auckland Transport announced in a joint statement with NZTA that the critical Kirkbride Road intersection for “either light or heavy rail”. Kirkbride SH20 Intersection Upgrade Auckland Transport […]
The NZ Herald covers the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, which hopefully is just days away. As the Super City’s mayoral combatants argue over timing for trains to the airport, officials are planning a major study before securing land designations for a $1.5 billion rail loop. Six organisations including […]
Concerned at the complete lack of progress in designating a rail corridor from Onehunga to Auckland Airport and continuing back to Wiri, the CBT wrote to Mayor Len Brown suggesting Manukau City start to look into it. Mayor Brown has responded, indicating that a Memorandum of Understanding is being prepared […]
A petition calling for a rail link from Britomart to Auckland Airport will be presented to the ARC tomorrow. Petition organisers the Campaign for Better Transport have collected over 10,000 signatures in a little over four months. Over 2,000 of those signatures came from the campaign’s website www.bettertransport.org.nz. “Having spoken […]
In 2006 we campaigned hard to reopen the dormant branch railway line between Onehunga and Penrose once again to passenger services. Our 8,000 strong petition and support from the Auckland Regional Coucil saw the Government finally give the green light for funding on the 13 March 2007. Background The Onehunga […]