There are a plethora of plans out at the moment for public consultation, but there is one in particular that better transport advocates need to submit on in particular. It is the Regional Land Transport Programme – this lists all the planned transport activities for the next three years and is […]
CBD tunnel
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Auckland is a great big city; so why doesn’t it have a great big city transit system? That’s the question posed by inthel00p.co.nz, a brand new ‘fashion activist’ website. With designs based on famous subway or metro signs, you’ll stay stylish while making a statement. Plus for every t-shirt sold […]
The Campaign for Better Transport is supporting Greenpeace and other organisations and joining the Rally for Rail on Saturday the 29th October in downtown Auckland. Details to be announced, but keep the date free to support the continued investment in passenger rail in Auckland.
In a Herald article last Friday, Transport Minister Steven Joyce came out with the following straw man argument: “I don’t think anyone would buy the suggestion that that very, very expensive project should just be paid for by road users,” he said. In response, Transport Minister Steven Joyce is right, but no-one is […]
The Government has done a press release on its review of the CBD rail tunnel: The review of the Business Case for the CBD Rail Link finds that the case for funding and building the rail link has not yet been made, and that the mix of options for meeting […]
It is apparent from the latest Government Policy Statement that Auckland’s proposed CBD rail tunnel is a project the Government does not want to contribute to. However, the Government isn’t saying what the alternative is. Auckland’s population is predicted to increase by a million people over the next four decades – […]
Last week’s opinion piece by Transport Minister Steven Joyce started out well enough. “Having the right transport infrastructure in place is an important part of the export job,” he stated. “We need to get our goods to market more effectively and efficiently, we need to cater for more tourists (who […]
Yesterday Mayor Len Brown held a press conference at Britomart, with a “major announcement” for Auckland rail. It wasn’t quite the announcement I was hoping for – contract signed for electric trains or funding for the CBD rail tunnel sorted – but nonetheless, it is significant and it further strengthens […]