Very Limited Replacement Bus Services on Weekend
The already limited replacement bus services that we saw on Thursday and Friday have been cut back even further on the weekend. This is detailed below: Now it’s good to slowly see some extra services come online – like the Sandringham Road one – but I must say that I am disappointed that more of an effort has not been made to get as close to normal weekend services as possible.…
7 Comments How everything went wrong for Auckland
Strangely enough, while today Auckland is a highly auto-dependent city (notwithstanding recent improvements to the public transport system and the upswing in patronage), this has not always been the case – and certainly this outcome was not completely inevitable. An excellent journal article by transport expert Chris Harris, called “Slow Train Coming“, explores how it all went wrong for Auckland in the mid-20th century.…
Auckland’s Bus-less day
Well the bus lockout happened today, and while things held together in the morning it seems as though chaos did begin to unfold during the evening peak as people struggled to get on the limited supply of replacement buses and the trains.…
Portland’s Transport Plan
Portland, Oregon – in the northwest corner of the USA – is a relatively similar sized city to Auckland. The ‘actual city’ (probably their equivalent of “Auckland City”) has a population of around 575,000 while the whole metropolitan area has a population of around 2 million.…
Universal Local Support for CBD Rail Tunnel
There’s an extremely interesting article in today’s Herald about Auckland’s CBD Rail Tunnel. Now, to be honest I think it’s great simply having articles in the newspaper about the CBD Rail Tunnel no matter what tone they have – simply because it raises awareness of this project.…
Tomorrow’s Bus Disruptions
Well everyone seems to know by now anyway, but just in case you didn’t the lockout of drivers at NZ Bus will begin at 4am tomorrow and continue indefinitely. This is in response to the drivers (and cleaners) saying that they would “work to rule”.…
Bus Lockout on Thursday
A couple of weeks ago we narrowly averted huge disruption to Auckland’s bus services, but unfortunately it looks like we won’t be quite so lucky this time around. Last time I reported on this matter I did kind of “sit on the fence” with regards to who was to blame for the strike/lock-out that never happened, but having listened to a few radio interview and done a bit more research into the matter, I have formed a bit more of an opinion this time.…
Peter Newman on Peak Oil
A couple more excellent videos by Australian academic Peter Newman, on peak oil and its causes & effects.…
Another Transport Agency for Auckland
Today we’ve learned that a subsidiary group to KiwiRail will be established to own Auckland’s future electric trains, along with the trains that the government already owns in Wellington. I am guessing that over time the trains that the ARC owns may be transfered into this new agency (or phased out in the case of the ADKs and the ADLs).…
Grafton Bridge Reopens
After being closed for well over a year, the Grafton Bridge has finally reopened for buses between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday, and for all traffic at other times. It is a critical part of the Central Connector project, which is also now technically complete.…
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