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Throw The Book At Them
Update: a 27 year old cameraman, a 40 year old sound recordist, and 24 year old production coordinator have also been arrested. . All are from Auckland. The three...
SH20 Airport Route Changes
Significant changes to Auckland’s SH20 and the Walmsley Road on ramp at Mangere Bridge from Monday. The additional third southbound lane under the Walmsley Road...
Airport Buses To Run Every 10 Minutes
Buses will run every 10 minutes to and from the airport from September. The Airbus route will be split between Mt Eden Road and Dominion Road to allow more domestic...
Airport Rail Study: Translator Needed
An Auckland Transport update on the multi-agency study into airport rail and other future transport options to Auckland Airport is welcome but is there a translator...
Auckland Airport Rail Progress
An international consultancy group chosen to investigate future transport links to Auckland Airport is steaming ahead with the study, which includes a look at a...
Airport Growth Needs Rail Link
Often lost in the debate about the move to provide an Auckland rail service to the airport for passengers is that the service would also be embraced by workers in...
Auckland Airport Ignores Rail Issue
Auckland Airport Ltd’s annual report, out today, makes mention of the “possibility of a future Rapid Transit Network link to the airport” but stops...
Lee: Airport Rail ‘Sooner Than Later”
ARC Chair Mike Lee in a report to the full ARC council says we must start thinking now about airport rail. Discussing the success of the Onehunga line opening, he...
SH20 Walmsley Upgrade Starts Tonight
NZTA will be starting the SH20 Walmsley Upgrade Project tonight - the section between Auckland International Airport and Manukau. The project to widen a...
Time For Airport Rail Campaign
As I predicted, the media virtually ignored rail’s big day on Saturday with scant coverage of the opening of Onehunga attended by hundreds of excited people...
Airport Rail: Include Mangere
Today’s ARC transport and urban development committee had no hesitation in moving forward on Auckland airport rail but some councillors emphasised it should...
Airport Rail Process Starts
Relevant Auckland parties are now moving to investigate an Auckland airport rail route and protect the link. The ARC is entering into the necessary “Memorandum...
Book Airport Parking Online
A good idea from Auckland Airport. Car parking there has now become more competitive with more options - but when you arrive it’s rather confusing deciding...
Call For Fix Kirkbride Black Spot Now
The Auckland Business Forum is today calling on the NZTA to bring forward a start on the Kirkbride Road intersection, The project would remove a major congestion...
Brisbane Sets Us A Timely Example
For those of us frustrated by the lack of helpful real time timetabling at railway stations, Brisbane gives us a good example of what we need here. Real-time information...
Tourism Industry Predicts Auckland Airport “Light Rail”
The tourism industry association is predicting a light rail service between Auckland airport and Downtown Auckland will happen, thanks to the new Auckland super-city...
Airport Bus Patronage Leaps
From the “Build it and they’ll come” case studies: Numbers of people using public transport to Auckland airport have leapt since bus services got better and...
Auckland Airport Wants Airport Rail Link Sooner
Auckland Airport is calling today for an airport rail link to be hurried up. The company does so in the company’s submission to the ARC on its draft regional transport...
Auckland Airport Rail Link Becomes Top Future Priority
While Britomart was having its typical afternoon rush hour hiccups (electronic signs not working, platform confusion, some southern line delays) officials were making...
