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Funding Plea Ignored
It seems Auckland Transport’s cries to stop reduced government funding for public transport including rail infrastructure have fallen on deaf ears. Not that...
Curiouser & Curiouser!
Another curious RFP tender document advertised today from NZTA. It says given the scale and scope of transport investments, it is prudent when making planning, investment,...
GPS Tilted To Highway Funding
The Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding was released today by Transport Minister Steven Joyce and predictably is weighted towards highway development...
Aucklanders Views On Transport
Over 150 submissions were made to Auckland Council in relation to transport and transport funding for the Council’s upcoming Auckland Plan. Here is a selection...
NZTA Cuts Shock Waikato
Waikato Regional Council is the latest local body to speak up about how surprise changes in government transport subsidies will mean bus services have to be cut...
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...
Highway Classification Plan Upsets
A planned NZTA highway classification change is worrying some some regions who see their needed highway roading upgrades playing second fiddle to the big main...
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...
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...
PPPs Favoured For Next Projects
If you believe yet another new survey, Aucklanders want Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to fund faster infrastructure development.– provided they own the...
ARTA Plan Proves PT Funding Needed
Rabin Rabindran at Grafton station opening ARTA’s chairman Rabin Rabindran says ARTA’s regional public transport plan provides proof for investment...
ARC Fury Over Joyce
Anger today at the “discovery” that the government isn’t properly funding Auckland’s rail electrification after all. The government is now...
Now Comes Eco City Auckland, Says Bob Harvey
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey, who has been a great fighter for rail (and managed great New Lynn and Henderson developments to happen in his area) hails today’s...
“Historic Day” for Auckland
Today is being hailed as an historic day for Auckland. The transport minister’s confirmation of $500m for Auckland’s rail electrification - with...
Will New Govt Agency Policy Kill Public Transport?
The transport agency appears to be embarking on a scary accountants mindset in its approach to public transport, and some fear it’s a Trojan horse to controlling...
Official: Highway Users Pay Only 40% of Infrastructure Costs
Users of the State Highway network are paying only 40% of the full costs of providing roading infrastructure. Not that it should surprise us, that’s the shock...
Auckland Trains Find A Desperate Revenue Stream
These are desperate times. When tonight I found a carriage waiting at Britomart had been painted over to advertise the new John Travolta movie, my heart initially...
Auckland Electric trains By 2013 Becoming An Impossiblity
In June Transport Minister Steven Joyce repeated assurances that electric trains would be provided within a 2013 deadline. But how can that be realistic now? It’s...
Govt Money For Public Transport Projects Confirmed Amid Big Boost For Roading
Phew. Money for various ongoing Auckland rail projects gets confirmed and public transport gets a boost in the record level of investment in land transport announced...
The Government Loves Rail
How wrong we were. The Government is right behind rail public transport and fully supportive of Auckland’s rail development. Eh?! Did the press get accurate...
Top CEO Slams Investment In Rail
Here’s what a top NZ CEO thinks of Auckland having a passenger train service: “I can’t understand why we continue to invest heavily in rail and...
Waikato’s Regional Council Says No To Funding Hamilton Rail
Last night’s public meeting in Hamilton showed strong support for the proposed Hamilton to Auckland weekday rail service with about 60 residents and business...
