The Auckland Transport Agency
I commented a few weeks back on the Auckland Transport Agency, when it was first announced – and I further explored the issue last week. This agency is effectively the answer to the question of ‘how is transport going to be dealt with under the super-city?’…
4 Comments US Transport Videos
A great video about what Washington DC is doing to improve their transport system: And another one about New York City and transportation ethics. This one is particularly interesting in my opinion: It really does feel like we’re a long way behind the rest of the world doesn’t it?…
George Wood misses the point
A few days ago there was an interesting, if rather anti public transport opinion piece in the NZ Herald, by former North Shore City mayor George Wood – called ‘Upgrading metro rail system incurs huge cost’. Strangely enough, he actually spends the first half of it outlining in good detail the necessity of Auckland’s CBD rail tunnel project.…
Airport Rail
I must say I’m a tad surprised I haven’t dedicated a post to the topic of Airport Rail before, and it is certainly worth a bit of analysis and discussion. The Auckland Regional Transport Committee considers rail to the airport to be the equal sixth highest priority transport project in the region – which isn’t that high, but it’s certainly something that is likely to “go into the mix” some time in the near future.…
How to kill off a motorway
Courtesy of the excellent Streetfilms project, here’s a great video on the defeat of the Mt Hood Freeway in Portland, Oregon.
The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway (Portland, Oregon): In Oregon, a battle raged for nearly twenty years over the construction of a highway project known as the Mt.…
August 2009 Patronage – solid if unspectacular
ARTA have got around to publishing their August 2009 monthly business report a lot quicker than usual for some reason this time, which is really good actually as I get rather impatient wondering how patronage was in the last month and what other improvements to our public transport system we can hope for in the near future.…
Transport and Quality of Life
I came across a bit of a “think-piece” written by Chris Harris (the public transport advocate, not the cricketer) that is simply too good and interesting not to share. I won’t quote all of what he wrote verbatim, because it relates to a submission on a policy plan, but there are some fascinating tracts.…
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