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Off: Well 9am tomorrow morning I fly out to New York, via Sydney and Los Angeles. While I’m away posts will probably be a little less frequent, and certainly quite a bit shorter! However, I hope to post reasonably frequently, particularly to shed some light on the transport systems of the USA and Canada. Jeremy will be posting a [...]

July 2010: another good month for PT: ARTA’s monthly business report for July 2010 has been uploaded to their website, and once again it makes good reading for public transport – in terms of patronage growth, improving service reliability and significant progress being made on capital works projects. Here’s a summary of what’s been going on: Starting with patronage, the “Rapid Transit Network” (rail [...]

Faster boarding: the great opportunity: Next time you catch the bus, especially a bus like the Link which stops frequently, have a think about the amount of time the bus spends between stops and the amount of time the bus spends halted, waiting for passengers to hop on and off. Actually measuring the percentage of a trip spent still is something [...]

Public Transport & the CBD: Auckland City Council has produced a very interesting policy document on improving transport in the CBD. The whole document is here, with a council agenda item that provides a summary able to be read here. The document as a whole is well worth a read, and outlines a pretty exciting and refreshing approach to transport in [...]

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Human Transit

chicago: a draft frequent network map:

next california trip planned:

delayed mapping in the age of realtime information:

new blog to watch: paul barter on parking:

NZ Herald Transport News

Trucks in 120km traffic jam: More than 10,000 trucks, mainly carrying coal, are stuck in a 120km traffic jam in Inner Mongolia, in the latest dramatic snarl-up on China's roads. The jam started forming on Tuesday after traffic restrictions began being enforced...

Buses keep priority lanes: Buses are to retain supremacy over Dominion Rd for now, after transport chiefs backed away from letting general vehicles into its bus priority lanes. But Auckland City Council's transport committee has rejected a proposal to extend...

Bike medics ready for viaduct shutdown: Motorbike medics will be on standby during this weekend's Auckland motorway closure to deal with emergencies in and around the city.The St John motorbike squad in Auckland - made up of four members - will be ready to head to an...

Backdown on bus lanes: Auckland City Council has hit the brakes on bus lanes. It says it will now treat motorists more leniently and fairly and will push lawmakers to cut the $150 fines nearly in half.The backdown follows a Herald campaign over flaws...

Links

NZ Links

Maxx : Information on Aucklands bus, rail and ferry services, including timetables and journey planner. You can also phone Rideline on 366-6400 for public transport schedules.

Get Across: If you’ve always wanted to ride your bike, walk or run across the Auckland Harbour Bridge, right now is the perfect time to make it happen. The outer lanes of the bridge (the “clipons”) are about to get a major upgrade, making it the perfect time to add cycle and walking lanes too. If we miss this opportunity, we might never get another chance to get across. So take a look around, tell us what you think and tell your friends about getacross.org.nz

Forum For Auckland Sustainable Transport: FAST is an umbrella group of organisations and individuals who support sustainable transport solutions to improve Auckland’s economic, environmental and social well-being.

Ridestrong: Ridestrong was set up by BikeNZ in November of last year as an online community connecting cyclists and fighting to improve conditions for cyclists.

Sustainable Business Network : The Sustainable Business Network is a forum for businesses that are interested in sustainable development practice.

Sustainable Energy Forum : The object of the Forum is to promote the transition toward sustainable energy in New Zealand. Great paper on how NZ should prepare for Peak Oil.

The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development: Sustainable development rests on the three pillars of economic growth, social progress and ecological balance. The aim of the NZBCSD is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to promote eco-efficiency, innovation and responsible entrepreneurship.

Transport 2000 (NZ) : Wellington sustainable transport campaigners, led by Brent Efford.

Jayride : Great ride sharing website with heaps of members and rides.

carshare.co.nz : Free website for organising carsharing to work or for longer journeys.

Walk Auckland : Charter of Walk Auckland ‘Walking is a fundamental human right’ Aim: To promote the rights of people to walk with independence, comfort and safety…

Cycling Advocates’ Network (CAN) : CAN acts as a national coordinating body for local cycling advocacy groups such as Cycle Action Auckland and Cycle Aware Wellington.

International Links

The Oil Drum: Forum for articles and discussion on peak oil and oil depletion.

Public Transport Users Association (Melbourne) : Founded in 1976, and based in Melbourne, the Public Transport Users Association is the recognised consumer organisation representing passengers of all forms of public transport.

The Campaign For Better Transport UK:  I think they took our name, but they are on to it!  Formerly Transport 2000.  Public transport advocates in the UK.

Modern Transit Society: A ton of interesting stuff on the situation in California

London Transport : Getting around London, Tube reports etc.

New Zealand Governmental Organisations

New Zealand Government Online: New Zealand Government Online is the official entry point to New Zealand central and local government on the web. The Councils and agencies below can also be found in New Zealand Government Online, but we are listing them separately for your convenience.

Auckland Regional Council: The Auckland Regional Council is in charge of transport plans for a region which includes the seven local authorities following, either in whole or in part:

Auckland Regional Transport Authority: ARTA carries out the planning and funding of public transport, promotes alternative ways to get around Auckland, and coordinates and integrates transport across the region.

Ontrack: Looks after the rail network and is responsible for carrying out upgrades to our rail infrastructure.

Territorial Local Authorities (a.k.a Local Councils)

Ministry of Transport: The Ministry of Transport is the Government’s main source of advice on transport policy, and is also the parent body for sub-agencies like Transfund New Zealand (funds road works and public transport), Transit New Zealand (builds motorways and rural state highways), and the Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA, performs a range of safety functions). A deficiency of the Ministry’s structure is that it has no sub-agencies set up to cater for public transport or for cyclists and pedestrians in the same way that Transit caters for the motorway and the rural state highway. Admittedly, these functions are picked up to a certain extent by bodies outside the Ministry of Transport like EECA and Safekids.

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA): EECA is a government agency set up to promote energy efficiency and conservation.

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