Auckland Infrastructure

NZTA warn of congestion

2012-01-13T19:02:00.002+13:00

The NZTA is warning motorists to avoid using the Northwestern Motorway from tonight. The city bound motorway lanes between the Brigham Creek roundabout and Lincoln Road off-ramp, and the westbound lanes between the Te Atatu Road off-ramp and the Lincoln Road on-ramp will be closed from tonight until midday on Sunday (15 January). The closure will start from tonight and according to the

Sad times for Auckland Transport - AKT Finished

2012-01-12T18:09:00.001+13:00

Well I arrived back from Aussie, after a fantastic summers holiday for two weeks on Sunday past, following the good weather everywhere I went. Shortly after arriving back home I found out the sad news, Jon from AKT is moving over to Australia, and this is one case where we can't say it's improving the IQ of both countries. AKT has been a fantastic blog, and the one I first turn to on a daily

Lack of posting

2011-11-13T09:53:00.001+13:00

Well I have to say that I'm personally disappointed with my commitment to blogging, and over the last while my posts have been far and few between. This post is there to say I haven't forgotten about you out there. During a period where there has been a lot of action in the transport realm, I've been lucky that follow bloggers AKT and auckland transport blog have been doing a great job in

RWC - Media Fail

2011-09-20T14:57:00.001+12:00

Well a simple topic, I have deliberately not commented for a while, given all the negative media during Auckland's proudest most internationally recognizable period. And it was great!!!! The opening ceremony was spectacular, the Crowds were amazing and the rugby so far has been inspirational. But the media, including bloggers like AKT were determined to give Auckland a bad name internationally.

Mike Lee Lecture - Rise and Fall of Auckland Public Transport

2011-08-29T18:02:00.000+12:00

The Fall and Rise of Public Transport in Auckland - a New Zealand success story? Councillor Mike Lee Auckland City Council 6.30pm - Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 Mike Lee will review the history of public transport in Auckland - from the mid-1950s up to the present day and reveal some surprising facts. Facts such as: Aucklanders, who are conventionally believed to have had an

Link Bus - Outer Link, Inner Link and City Link off to a shaky start

2011-08-28T17:57:00.000+12:00

Auckland Transport has added to new links to the popular Link Bus, which is effectively a circuit bus. It actually might be a bit of a stretch to say it has added new links, rather than saying it has merged existing links into the one brand. However it has improved on the previous services and now provides regular intervals, with almost turn up and go frequency. The previous City

Elliott St Shared Space

2011-08-28T14:28:00.002+12:00

Elliott St Shared space project has now been completed, and so far has been sort of successful. www.aktnz.co.nz The once car dominated street has now been taken over by pedestrians, and wondering through it's great seeing pedestrians being proactive, taking their time wondering and having no fear in walking in front of motorists as they past. This is how city streets should be. It has

Eden Park Success - RWC Ready

2011-08-07T17:49:00.002+12:00

Eden Park has just successfully hosted the All Blacks vs Wallabies Match, and the result wasn't the only success!! With the trains expected to take 15'000 people, they reportedly took around 18'000, with only a few small town complaints, lets face it, the herald were up to their usual games. Finding the couple of people out of thousands who had a complaint, and these were obviously small

Wynard Quarter Open Day Today!!! (Photos)

2011-08-06T08:32:00.003+12:00

Head down today to not only be entertained, But see the new Open Space that has been created at the bottom of town, on Saturday it was busy with everyone trying to get a early look... Taken from Events Centre Taken from Events Centre Taken from Events Centre Taken from Events Centre Taken from Events Centre Lots of people will be worried with the number of cars around here

North Wharf - Wynyard Quarter Open 6th August 2011

2011-07-30T22:56:00.002+12:00

Rugby World Cup is now only days away, and the great thing with tournaments like these is they let you fast track infrastructure projects. The timing of the tournament hasn't been great, with the recession hitting the world including us down here in little New Zealand, the Christchurch Earthquake putting further economic and emotional pressure on the country and not to mention the pressure of the

Eden Park - Temporary Scaffolding

2011-07-30T17:28:00.001+12:00

Eden Park is the Premier Stadium for New Zealand's bid for the RWC, as a result it will be hosting both Semi Finals and the Final itself. The reasoning behind the decision was the IRB (International Rugby Board) required us to have a stadium of 60,000+ to host the event. Eden Park Entry E Suitably, NZ Government and the NZRugby Union decided the best result would be to have a stadium that

Where are you????? Wellington actually...

2011-07-23T14:39:00.001+12:00

Just an apology for my poor posting recently! Had a couple of emails asking where I was... Due to work commitments I haven't been in Auckland a hell of a lot recently. Mostly my time has actually been spent in Wellington, and I can truly say, the weather was quite windy. The great thing about Wellington is, buses buses and more buses. Traveling on them has been very easy, using my Hop Card

Hop, Auckland Transport Card

2011-06-01T19:07:00.012+12:00

Just a reminder to HOP, It's expanding to all NZBus Buses on Monday the 6th of June, BTW thats next week! From June 6th - Metrolink, Link, Waka Pacific, Go West and North Star So lets Hop on Tag on Tag off and Hop off... Whatever you want to call it, the roll out so far has been pretty smooth. There are still those niggling problems, which is not unexpected with such a big project.

Darby St, Auckland Shared Space

2011-05-30T17:21:00.006+12:00

A great introduction from Auckland Council on Shared Space This video shows how great our shared spaces are for the public and the businesses. Well done Auckland Council

Auckland Fatal Accident at Avondale Train Station

2011-05-30T11:08:00.011+12:00

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10728945 From the NZ Herald "A person has been hit and killed by a train in Auckland this morning. Emergency services were called to Avondale Train Station just after 7am, a police spokesman said. Train service were majorly impacted on the western line this morning but should be back to normal by lunch time. Auckland

Hop next stage roll out

2011-05-22T16:11:00.004+12:00

Today is the first day you can use your Hop on Waka Pacific, and Go West buses. It will be interesting to see how it works tomorrow on a business day, this will be a real test for NZ bus, as allot of the routes are also serviced by Metrolink which doesn't switch till 6th June. I picked up my Hop Card today, costing $10 plus the top-up. I first tried it through my wallet and it worked

Queen Street - Let Not Pedestrianise

2011-05-22T13:10:00.070+12:00

Possible Queen St - http://eyeonauckland.com Auckland Transport Blog has betten me to this post, so if you want to see a similar story check their post out too. Link at bottom of the page. Auckland's main Street, Queen St has been the focus of some of the Auckland Transport Blogs, at a time where we are progressing through our Shared Street project, and many want to see it

New Domain Name - Auckland Infrastructure

2011-05-15T19:02:00.008+12:00

You can now access our site through, www.aucklandinfrastructure.co.nz, however at this stage we are still using blogspot as the blogging system so it is simply a redirection to the current site. Thanks to all the regular readers, Auckland Infrastructure will continue to bring updates where possible.

Remember SH20 Closed - Updated

2011-05-14T12:47:00.003+12:00

SH20 between Wamsley Rd and Massy Rd, Walmsley Rd and coronation intersection is closed tonight from 9:00pm - 7:00am in the Southbound direction. The Hall Ave Footbridge will also be closed from 7:00pm - 7:00am. This is for the replacement of Hall Ave Footbridge.

Top 5 Auckland Transport News of the Week - Week of the 9th

2011-05-14T10:38:00.190+12:00

I will be trying a new segment on this Blog, we will see how popular it becomes. This segment is about summarizing the top 5 stories on Auckland Transport from the week passing, they will come from a mixture of news and blogger sites from around Auckland. The most common being NZ Herald, Stuff.co.nz, AKT, and Auckland Transport Blog. 5) More a national news article, this was posted in

Hop - Week 1 Auckland's new Transport Card off to Good Start

2011-05-14T07:36:00.062+12:00

Auckland's new transport card has this week got off to a great start. This staggered roll out is actually starting to make sense. Although a lot of the Transport users and commentators have criticized the piece meal introduction of Auckland's integrated transport card, I believe that Auckland Transport have approached the matter in a very professional and sensible manner. Some of the teething

Britomart Train Station Southern Entrance Upgraded

2011-05-11T19:45:00.014+12:00

For those who haven't noticed yet, Britomart has a new entrance. The new Britomart transport centre entrance, better known as the Britomart Train Station, is located in the Ernst & Young Building, near Takutai Square. This entrance will most likely get most patronage from the Ernst Young Building and the Westpac Building, however is a good example of making assessable transport for

Graffiti Auckland

2011-05-10T15:07:00.004+12:00

Graffiti in onehunga!!! I only call this Graffiti, as I seriously have no other words to explain it. This is seriously lacking any originality, artistic ability, or anything valuable other than leaving us tax and rate paying people a bill. Some graffiti adds character to our streets but this is just dribble that means nothing. The key here is someone has actually ruined a

The Cloud

2011-05-10T14:46:00.003+12:00

So the rugby world cup is only around the corner! How's our party central looking today? Well this photo was taken on Saturday, so progress is happening, however the big question Aucklanders want to know, how much room is there really going to be for Party Central? Remembering the cloud is being used as a display cabinet for New Zealand business and tourism, which is absolutely the right move

2011-04-18T21:57:00.000+12:00

Auckland Infrastructure has a new layout, this one is temporary however as we search for a good template to replace the other one we had. I'm looking for something a little more simple so any suggestions are welcome. This should however be sufficient in the mean time, the goal being to put more importance on the content of the blog rather than the blog design.Thanks for all the people being