Mayor Takes Train & Car At Once?
Orakei councillor Cameron Brewer says the Mayor Len Brown has the Mayoral car following him by driving alongside the train route on the occasions he does take the...
Train Mayor Wants PT Use Doubled
Mayor Len Brown took the train from Papatoetoe this morning to Britomart - and says he wants public transport patronage doubled within the next ten years. Today...
Len Takes Train
The Mayor is to start taking the train to work on a regular basis as part of his commitment to public transport. Len Brown will travel from Papatoetoe to Britomart...
Len’s Christmas Wish
This is Mayor Brown’s Christmas card. It took me a few seconds to register the words on the front. All I want for Christmas is a city rail loop. Don’t...
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...
St Lukes Mediation February
Car city at Westfield's St Lukes The St Lukes expansion is on hold until at least February when Auckland Mayor Len Brown promises a meeting with interested parties...
CBD Rail: Govt MPs Run For Cover
The political battle lines are drawn. National MPs are running for cover instead of making a commitment on whether Auckland rail commuters can get a CBD rail link,...
Airport Rail Link Gets Serious
An important move to progress plans for an airport rail link. Tenders are being called to carry out the first stage of an investigation into preferred routes for...
Watch Len Brown’s News Conference
Auckland Mayor Len Brown told a packed news conference this afternoon that the CBD rail loop, which he campaigned on, will turn Auckland into the world’s most...
Brown: CBD Link In 7 Years
Auckland Mayor Len Brown this afternoon promised the CBD rail link will be operational in 7 years - if he has his way. And he told a news conference that he...
Vandals Smash Waikumete Cemetery
How absolutely appalling. As someone with a relative recently buried at Waikumete Cemetery, it’s disgraceful that people would deliberately create an estimated...
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...
Auckland Rail Plans In 3D
Auckland Council is ordering up a 3D animated visual interpretation of its rail project vision. A Government tender process closed this morning for a company to...
Free Buses For Kids?
Auckland’s Mayor has put “free buses for school kids” as his second wish for the super-city behind the 3 rail projects, in a list I noticed in...
Mayor Wants Answers
Auckland’s Mayor Brown says he’s going to be talking to residents, officials and Auckland Police about what happened with the rugby league double header...
St Lukes On Hold
The expansion of St Lukes mall remains on hold. The new Auckland council placed the Commissioners’ decision to approve the expansion as item one on its general...
Good One Labour
I see provincial Labour MPs have a campaign to ensure Auckland doesn’t get the big 3 rail projects Len Brown promises. Labour MP Stuart Nash, writing on Labour’s...
Getting The Message
It was great to see Auckland’s new Mayor Len Brown point out to John Key yesterday’s AKT post that rail patronage had gone up in September. When AKT...
New Mayor Firm About Rail Plans
Auckland’s new mayor told his historic inauguration ceremony in the Auckland Town Hall tonight that he and the council will “fix Auckland’s transport...
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 -...
New Council Roles
Mayor-elect Len Brown this afternoon outlined at a news conference how his new council structure would work and which councillors get what. And it’s good news...
How To Influence Transport Decisions
Want to get on Auckland Transport and influence decisions? Auckland Mayor-elect Len Brown is calling on Aucklanders to put themselves forward to serve as directors...
English Dismisses Rail Plans
Finance Minister Bill English today poured cold water on Auckland’s planned rail projects such as the CBD link, airport rail and North Shore rail. He labelled...
Final: Brown By 65,945
Auckland’s first supermayor won the election by 65,945 votes. In the final tally, Brown got 237,487 votes and Banks got 171,542 votes. Colin Craig siphoned...
Brown Denies Backing Down
Auckland’s new Mayor hasn’t “rolled over” on the issue of wanting the government to help approve big rail projects for Auckland. The Herald...