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Public Support For PPPs
Claims today that we’re happy to have either user pays or private-public partnerships to fund new public transport or roads. Support was low for government...
AA’s Unreal Reality Check
My AA membership renewal arrived this weekend - the same time as the AA put out a very silly statement meant to cast fear amongst Auckland motorists. In...
Joyce: Puhoi Will Happen Subject To…
The Puhoi highway will proceed, “provided it stacks up on the standard business case analysis,” the Transport Minister Steven Joyce told parliament this...
Auckland’s CBD Exciting 20 Year Vision
At last, a long-term vision for Auckland ‘s City Centre and one that is pro-public transport and pedestrian-friendly. Auckland Council’s future thinking...
So John, What Does It Mean?
John Key has made it clear this year’s Budget is going to be a “very tight” one as the government tries to reduce its deficit. So what does it...
Electric Masts, New Matangis
While the anti-rail New Zealand Road Transport Herald continues to say closing rail at this time proves we don’t need rail here, Auckland and Wellington are...
Who Wrote This Anti-Rail Nonsense?
It’s disheartening being out of New Zealand enjoying cities with fast reliable trains (including those to the airport) to check in online to find the only...
Govt Moves On CBD Loop (Update II)
Cabinet will make a decision about Auckland’s CBD rail link about April. It’s now getting serious about the CBD business case, as Auckland Transport...
Minister Puts Down Auck Rail (Again)
Sorry, but this is getting tiresome. Transport minister Steven Joyce told parliament this afternoon the Puhoi Holiday Highway ”carries more traffic and more...
Council Told Find $12.3m For Rail
Auckland Council was this afternoon asked to find an additional $12.3m for 2011/12 because of the unanticipated costs for Auckland’s rail services, triggered...
Chinese Interest In CBD Loop
There have already been approaches from Chinese interests about being involved in the CBD rail loop project. That was revealed today during the Auckland Council’s...
Loop Caught In Funding Spat
Auckland Transport officers have made some progress in the last week in trying to resolve parts of the rail funding spat with the transport minister Steven Joyce...
Time CDB Loop Will Save You
From a commuter point of view, the CBD link is a no-brainer. Have a look at the table of travelling times benefits alone in the business case. In particular, rail...
Anyone With A Spare $1,990m?
So how can we find just under $2 billion for the CBD Rail Loop? A report to this week’s Auckland Council transport committee meeting, which discusses the crucial...
Hamilton Rail Needs CBD Loop
The possibility of a Hamilton-Auckland commuter rail service may fall foul of another transport issue - it needs the CBD rail loop. Auckland Transport has...
Toll Motorways To Fund Rail
Tolls on motorways to pay for Auckland’s big rail projects? Great idea - and good to see it advocated here by Allan Griffin, formerly of the Tauranga...
Service Pregnant With Pauses
Data about this morning’s peak time Britomart congestion meltdown needs to be sent imediately to the transport minister as proof we need the CBD tunnel link...
Greens Question Key On Rail
The Greens say Key’s wait-and-see response to Auckland’s call for greater investment into rail is “particularly galling given their commitment...
Joyce: Yes To CBD Loop
Transport Minister Steven Joyce today confirmed that the CBD loop and a third Auckland harbour crossing will be the next big transport projects for Auckland -...
Outlook: A Few Storms
The reality seems to be sinking in for the government as it contemplates a rail-obsessed Auckland council, something abhorrent to its road lobby mates and core philosophy. After...
Len Brown: I WILL Deliver Rail
Incoming Auckland supermayor Len Brown wants to assure AKT readers (that’s you!) he WILL deliver his promised rail projects. And he says he is very confident...
How’s the New Timetable?
I’m getting lots of emails from train commuters complaining about a return to the bad old days (not so old) of being held up going into the Britomart tunnel...
Banks: Rail To Albany Lunacy
With just days left for voting in the local body election, Auckland Mayor John Banks says airport rail would go broke and rail to Albany was a lunatic idea, neither of...
Poll: Aucklanders Want More Rail
Another poll puts Auckland rail projects as among the big four Aucklanders want the new local body setup to give priority to when elected. An extended commuter...
Pics: Auckland 2015
Take a look at this view of Auckland in the future. Spaghetti Junction crossed by a service leaving Khyber Pass Station One of our regular readers, airline pilot...
