While we are talking about taxis: 1) Its friggin hard to hail a cab. Even on Queen Street. Whats with that? 2) That dinky little “for hire” light is bloody hard to see some nights. 3) They’re expensive. Why can’t they offer a ride share option? Get a destination sign […]
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The New Zealand Herald reports former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is to lose his chairmanship of state railway company KiwiRail. He will be replaced by Wellington businessman John Spencer.
Both Labour and the Greens are opposed to the Government’s introduction of 53-tonne trucks on our roads.
From the Green Party: The Green Party is urging the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to support the passenger train service between Waikato and Auckland. “This is a common sense project with massive public support,” said Green Party transport spokesperson Gareth Hughes. Mr Hughes is in Hamilton for the presentation […]
Fran O’Sullivan has a wildly optimistic take on New Zealand being a major petroleum exporter in the future. In 15 years, New Zealanders could be the oil sheikhs of the Pacific if Government projections over the potential of our petroleum sector bear fruit. Ministry of Economic Development estimates suggest the […]
Guest comment from Isaac Broome Having visited Edinburgh a couple of years ago, I was facinated to read about their city council now undertaking a project to build a modern light rail system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams Interesting to note that Edinburgh has a population of 450,000 and Auckland City also has a […]
The Herald reports that: Early community consultations are expected on route preferences for a new “road of national significance” costing up to $2 billion between Puhoi and the north of Wellsford. That follows the Transport Agency’s awarding last week of a contract worth to $12 million for route investigation work […]