John Roughan’s anti-public transport articles are becoming tiresome of late. Most recently, he opines that the “active retired do not need free public transport.” What he fails to acknowledge is that public transport provides choice.  Thanks to free ferries and public transport after 9am, SuperGold card holders now have the choice of spending […]
The Royal Commission has today released its findings on the future of Auckland’s local government. Everything is available to read here. I’m yet to read through everything, but from what I have read it looks like very good news for public transport. ARTA is to be replaced by a Regional […]
If one thing annoys me more than anything else in all the transport announcements we’ve seen over the past week or two – removal of the regional petrol tax, creation of a national petrol tax, news the government will pay for Auckland’s new electric trains, unsurprising news that the government […]
Hi all, Cameron has asked me to assist with creating a frequently updated transport blog for this site. It is quite an honour in many ways and I shall do my best to blog here as regularly as I can. I have kept up a blog largely dedicated to Auckland’s […]
Auckland City Council officials have come back with their report in response to our deputation last December on light rail for the new Wynyard Quarter precinct. It recommends deferring any decision on light rail or trams for the waterfront for a year, in order to tie in to their CBD […]
The Campaign for Better Transport is campaigning for trams to be considered as part of the new $2bn redevelopment of the old Tank Farm area of Aucklands Waterfront.
The Herald reports on our meeting with Auckland City: Auckland City officials will consider a push by transport campaigners trams to be included in the proposed $2 billion-plus Tank Farm waterfront development. The Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat) says 4km of high-quality tracks and low-profile powerlines could be laid […]
The NZ Herald reports on our presentation to Auckland City: Auckland City officials will consider a push by transport campaigners trams to be included in the proposed $2 billion-plus Tank Farm waterfront development. The Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat) says 4km of high-quality tracks and low-profile powerlines could be […]