Responding to the announcement that the petrol excise tax will increase by 3c in October, ARC Chair asks the obvious question in this media release: Auckland has renewed its calls for Government action on funding for electric trains before fuel taxes rise on 1 October. “When the Government cancelled regional […]
Action Stations
It has been an interesting year so far for Auckland’s public transport. Probably the biggest story of the year so far was the cancellation of the Regional Petrol Tax back in March, which put most of the public transport improvements that we can expect in the next few years, into […]
John Landrigan investigates the progress being made on electrification of Auckland’s rail network in this article in the Aucklander. The Government insists that electric rail is still on, dare we say, track. But Auckland is borrowing to buy an ageing diesel fleet of British cast-offs. All abooooard the great traans-Auckland rail jooourneeey. Bear […]
The Herald reports that it looks most likely that ratepayers will be picking up the funding shortfall created by the axing of the regional fuel tax: Money has been assured for new Auckland railway stations, but at extra cost to ratepayers, after the Government’s cancellation of a regional fuel tax for […]
Brian Rudman comments on the Minister of Transport’s decision to investigate a public private partnership for electrified trains, and finds that Sydney’s example may not be one to follow: That contract is running months behind deadline and the New South Wales Premier is very grumpy. The Sydney tender process proper […]
The Herald reports on the news that the Government is now investigating the possibility of a public private partnership for electric trains. The electrification of Auckland’s rail network could be delayed further after the Government announced it was investigating a different funding option to buy new trains, warns the head […]
The Campaign for Better Transport today launched a campaign to highlight uncertainty surrounding the future of public transport projects in Auckland. Join the campaign here. Launched today at the Mt Albert railway station, the aim of the “Action Stations” campaign is to gain assurance from central Government that funding for […]
The Government has jumped the gun and confirmed the reallocation of $1bn in spending to motorways. The widely opposed change to transport funding over the next three years means that money will be taken from every other category and put on new and improved state highways. We’ll have a statement on […]