Back in 2009 the CBT lobbied for a light rail connection to the new Wynyard Quarter. A planning objective for the precinct was, and still is, that 70% of all trips in and out of the area should be via modes other than the private car. Due to the politics […]
Waterfront Tram
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Waterfront Auckland have done a media release on the arrival of the two trams that will utilise the new Viaduct circuit. It is great to see this is actually happening, all from presentation that the CBT did in conjunction with Motat back in 2008. The return of trams to […]
The Herald reports on the progress of the new tram tracks begin laid at what will be the new Wynyard Quarter. Trams are expected to run on Auckland’s waterfront by August in an $8 million project which saw the first modest section of tracks laid this week. As well as […]
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 […]
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 […]
NZ Herald reports: Waterfront trams are being tipped as key Auckland tourist attractions, with a possible later benefit for public transport. Although the Auckland Regional Council has no plans for a modern light rail network to serve commuters, its transport committee voted yesterday to press on with an investigation of […]
The ARC is supporting the idea of a waterfront tram, however the City transport chairman Ken Baguley prefers “some form of electric shuttle buses”. This is disappointing, but unsurprising. Auckland City steadfastly refused to endorse trams or light rail when we presented the concept to them last year. Despite light […]
Brian Rudman writes in the Herald, suggesting electric buses for Downtown Auckland: The talk of removing the red fence also distracts from the real barrier separating the city from the surf, and that’s the bus station that has occupied lower Queen St since July 2003, when Mayor John Banks drove […]