What a day yesterday! Not even the weather could dampen the crowd’s enthusiasm. Due to snow branches on the line, the carriages for the steam train were late, but Isaac Broome saved the day with a two car set for the dignitaries and CBTers. A big crowd greeted the train as […]
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A special historic steam train filled with guests celebrating the reopening of the Onehunga branch line will roll into a brand new Onehunga station on Saturday 18th September. The guests will be the first passengers to use the line in 37 years. The steam train recognises the history of the […]
At the Auckland City Council’s Transport Committee meeting last Thursday, Geoff Houtman from ourhood.co.nz pitched the idea for a tram extension (with Rhys Darby and Antony Starr in support). This builds on the CBT / Motat initiative, and the time is probably right to start thinking more about where to extend the […]
Auckland City Council is proposing a number of changes to Dominion Road, including one that would result in the current bus lanes being turned into “T2 lanes”. This would allow vehicles with two or more occupants to drive in the bus lanes. The council is accepting feedback on these changes […]
The Herald comes out swinging against Steven Joyce and heavy trucks. Virtually from the moment he became the Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce was an “enthusiastic” supporter of mega-trucks. He was convinced of the productivity gains to be made from allowing greater maximum loads. Little heed was paid to naysayers, who […]
Today the Campaign For Better Transport (CBT) has launched a special website http://www.votetrains.org.nz for its hugely popular Waikato commuter trains campaign. Last week in Hamilton, the CBT launched its “Vote TRAINS” manifesto for local body candidates to sign in support of getting commuter rail services between Hamilton and Auckland. Now this […]
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 […]
Incredibly, our campaign for a waterfront tram has been adopted by the ARC and the Sea+City development team. The Campaign for Better Transport and MOTAT pitched the idea to the ARC in 2008, and Mike Lee and Sea+City have well and truly picked up the ball and run with it. The […]