A reminder that our Annual General Meeting is coming up next week on Wednesday 17th July, 7:00pm at the Grey Lynn Community Centre. Our guest speaker this year is Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford. Phil has been instrumental in pushing for the North Western busway, and will be speaking about […]
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Show your support for the expansion of the rail network to Mt Roskill by signing our petition. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rail-to-roskill/ Garth Houltham is spearheading the campaign. Garth is a long time CBT member and a candidate for this year’s Puketapapa Community Board. You can read more about rail to Mt Roskill here […]
The Great Transport Debate We are organizing a public meeting with the working title of “The Great Transport Debate” to coincide with the local body elections: Wednesday 11 September, 6:30 start Ellen Melville Hall, Freyberg Square, Auckland Central Over the coming weeks we will be confirming the format of the […]
Recent comments by Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee indicate that he has been poorly advised on the benefits and costs of the City Rail Link. You can watch the interview at the Auckland Transport Blog. We wrote to Mr Brownlee on 20th May to correct and clarify the benefits and costs […]
The Herald on Sunday has run a story in its print edition, based on this post on TransportBlog As Matt points out, it’s obviously quite clear that the project won’t be completed this year and first quarter 2014 could mean the wires aren’t finished till almost April, up to 7 months […]
Over at the Auckand Transport Blog I’ve covered the story about how the Government is using misleading figures to imply that it is spending a lot on public transport in Auckland. A Herald article last month highlighted strong support for more Government spending on public transport improvements in Auckland. It included […]
Auckland Transport is hosting oral hearings for submitters on the RLTP. Our submission is here while our presentation is here.
Stephen Selwood, commenting in a recent Herald opinion piece, had this to say on the Gisborne rail closure: Although repairs are estimated to cost what seems a small amount ($4 million) in relation to the parent company’s $700 million annual turnover, the corridor generated only about $1 million in revenue […]