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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...
Wgtn Walkers Priority Over Cars
Wellington’s council is to spend $800,000 to make pedestrians in the downtown inner city safer. It’s started work on the installation of 20 pedestrian...
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...
English On Cars Versus Trains
Finance minister Bill English this afternoon continued his lesson on roads versus rail saying “most rail investment cases do not stack up without a very large...
Greens Table Puhoi Document
The Greens this afternoon tabled in parliament the business case for the Puhoi highway saying that the oil shock wasn’t taken into account for the project. This...
Greens Win Wellington Mayoralty
Another public transport advocate has taken one of the top metropolitan mayoralties. The Greens’ Celia Wade-Brown has grabbed Wellington after the final counting...
Joyce: My Priorities Now
Greens’ co-leader Russel Norman asked transport minister Steven Joyce in parliament this afternoon the question we all want to know. What impact, if any, will...
Greens: Scrap Wgtn Motorway
The Greens today called on the Wellington Regional Council to rethink its transport strategy and abandon a proposed $2 billion spend on new motorways. It questions...
Another Pro-Rail Brown Mayor
Lost in the Auckland north with all the attention to the Len Brown win is the fact Wellington may have a very pro-public transport Greenie mayor within days. The...
More Cycleway Funding
More government funding for cycleways has been confirmed. The Government has confirmed $13.9 million for the construction of five further Cycleway trails throughout...
It’s World Car Free Day
I was thrilled to see a sign inside a bus tonight that advertised tomorrow’s world car free day. Maybe I have missed something but I haven’t heard much...
Green Wants Oil Inquiry
The Greens today once again called for a formal government inquiry into “the effects of an imminent oil price shock.” “I have approached the government...
Kapiti Expressway Opposition
Wellington’s Kapiti expressway debate is hotting up with a three-hour public meeting attended by 300 people and Labour calling on it to be a local election...
Greens Wants Oil Drilling Halt
The Greens today called for a ban on all new oil permits until “proper environmental, safety and public consultation processes are in place.” Radio New...
Joyce: CBD Loop Maybe
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says forget about rail links to the North Shore or an airport rail link. But he is not adverse to the idea of a CBD rail loop -...
Joyce On CBD Loop
Transport Minister Steven Joyce refused to commit support today for the CBD rail loop saying he would have to await the business case which will be with him before...
Video: CBD Loop Campaign
Left and right politicians joined forces in a rare united voice this afternoon to help the Greens launch its campaign to hurry up the rail CBD loop. Joining...
Greens Launch CBD Loop Petition
Greens MPs Gareth Hughes and Keith Locke this afternoon launched their petition calling on the government to fast track the proposed CBD rail loop. “Auckland...
Holiday Highway Tag Attacked
Auckland City Council transport committee chairman Ken Baguley today asked critics not to label the proposed Puhoi to Wellsford road “holiday highway.” He...
Fast-track CBD Loop Campaign
The Greens are to launch a campaign to fasttrack the Auckland CBD rail loop. Greens transport spokesman Gareth Hughes says his party sees the CBD Rail Loop as a...
8 Cycle Trails Approved
Eight new cycle trails have been approved for funding totalling $18.85m under the government’s NZ Cycle Trail Project. They include: the Old Motu Coach Road...
Waterview Now $2b: Greens Upset
The Greens say the Waterview connection is a waste of money - and will cost more than first revealed. Today, NZTA today called for tenders to build the Waterview...
Oil Inquiry Rejected
Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee has failed to support a Green Party proposal for a select committee inquiry into the impact of an oil price...
Eden Park Goes Green
Welsh rugby team training in Auckland this afternoon As the Welsh trained in Auckland this afternoon, work continues at Eden Park in preparation for the RWC2011. Those...
Farebox Policy Slammed
The Greens today slamed the government’s farebox recovery policy as a short-sighted funding policy for public transport that will mean more expensive bus and rail...
