Category: Public Transport
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Vic Crone’s policies do not add up
Victoria Crone Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski Vic Crone is the preferred Mayoral candidate for Auckland city this election year of Auckland Future, which essentially is the National Party. Auckland Future requires all candidates to pledge to cap rates increases at 2% per annum on average for all residential ratepayers over the next three years…
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The City Rail Link is under way
It is official. Auckland’s city rail link is under way. I attended the launch. Whoever designed it should take a bow. The launch was snazzy and future focused. The organizers made an inspired decision and invited a young Westie woman to be MC. Clearly her generation has the most to gain from a world class…
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What can Auckland Council do about Henderson?
I was a Waitakere City Councillor from 2001 to 2004. During that time the Council made a number of major decisions which had a very beneficial effect on Henderson. The Aquatic Centre extension was built, the joint venture with Unitec that saw the establishment of the Henderson Campus was signed and the Henderson Library completed,…
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Will Auckland become like Tokyo, and would that be a bad thing?
For the Easter Holidays I decided to visit Tokyo. This is the first time that I have been to Japan and while some of my preconceptions have been confirmed I have been pleasantly surprised by how well the city works. And as Auckland faces the problem of predicted significant growth rates for the next few decades…
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Government U turn on inner city rail link
Reprinted from the Standard. As had been widely anticipated the Government has performed a U turn on Auckland’s inner city rail link and has agreed to bring forward funding. Instead of it starting in 2020 it will now start in 2018 and match Auckland Council’s planned start date. Can I praise the Government for having the intelligence to…