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Waterview TBM under construction 27 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
The team building the Waterview Connection have release a video showing the first stages of the TBM being assembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle and which gives an indication to the sheer size of it. I...
Where to host a possible future America’s Cup? 27 Aug 2013 | 07:23 am
As many people will know, yesterday Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Cup meaning that in a few weeks they will get to challenge for the America’s Cup. If they win that they will bring the cup ba...
Impressions of Four Cities 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
*This is a Guest Post by regular reader Warren Sanderson More specifically these are my impressions from three and a half weeks spent in four cities on the Pacific North West – Vancouver and Vict...
First EMU makes it to Wiri 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
On Saturday our first electric trains arrived and last night they were moved to Wiri in the early hours of this morning where they are now tucked away out of sight for engineers to begin the commissio...
Oil prices in the future 26 Aug 2013 | 05:15 am
Hot on the heels of my hard-hitting exposé of oil prices in the past, here’s the sequel that no one saw coming: oil prices in the future. The future’s a little bit trickier than the past, whatever you...
Why stop at just a second CBD? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Last week mayoral candidate John Palino reaffirmed his position that we should turn Manukau into a second CBD. I have actually looked at some of the issues in the past but will look at a few different...
Optimising resident parking schemes 25 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am
A seemingly constant issue for residents of city fringe suburbs are the problems created by people from other parts of the city, driving and parking in streets, often to avoid the high parking costs i...
Auckland’s first electric train arrives 24 Aug 2013 | 06:24 am
There has been various proposals to electrify the Auckland rail network over the last 90 years (usually also involving building a version of the CRL at the same time) so it’s been a long wait but toda...
Len Brown and the Congestion Free Network 23 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
Last night Patrick and I joined some of the team from Generation Zero to have a chat to Len Brown about the Congestion Free Network. During the conversation we discussed all sorts of different aspect...
AT Fare Survey 23 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
While the roll-out of HOP seems to be taking forever with hiccups at every stage, it seems that Auckland Transport at least getting on with the next stage of looking at how they might do the next and ...
