Well I guess today could have just been a number of coincidences, but it did seem fairly symptomatic of the state of Auckland’s public transport. So, as it was a Monday morning I headed into town on the 004/005 bus route – like I always do. The weather was pretty […]
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Our submission on ARTA’s Regional Land Transport Programme and the Auckland Transport Plan. Introduction The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) welcomes the opportunity to submit on the Draft 2009/10 RLTP and 11/12 Auckland Regional Land Transport Programme and the Auckland Transport Plan. Consultation with groups such as ours and wider transport […]
The Herald reports that Local Government NZ is concerned about Transport Minister Steven Joyce’s proposed changes to transport funding. Not only is public transport infrastructure spending to be slashed by 60%, but funding for the renewal and maintenance of local roads will also be cut by up to $225m over […]
The NZ Herald reports: KiwiRail is optimistic that a rail line it runs one train a week on can be improved at minimum cost to carry higher containers and attract new business. The Napier-to-Gisborne line is a marginal branch line on which KiwiRail makes a loss. Given its scenic location […]
Somewhat continuing the theme of Friday’s post, it can feel difficult to be a “peak oil believer” at the moment. The narrow-minded retorts of “oil was $147 a barrel in July 2008, now it’s barely a third of that – pah!” seem to blind the average driver/politician/roading-lobbyist into believing that […]
The Government Policy Statement (GPS) on transport guides central and local transport planning throughout the country, so it’s an important document. The Government has announced changes to the GPS. The new GPS has not been released yet, but the Minister of Transport has signalled his intentions with this document, which […]
The NZ Herald reports: Infratil subsidiary NZ Bus is selling its interest in Auckland-based ferry operator Fullers Ferries for $40 million. Infratil said the deal took the amount it would receive from announced divestments to more than $100m in the 2009/10 financial year. Fullers is being bought by Souter Holdings, […]
I’m slowly getting through reading the entire report by the Royal Commission on Auckland’s local government, and I have also read quite a few articles giving differing opinions (and a few nice summaries of the important bits) on the Report as well. So I’m starting to get a reasonably well-informed […]