Between 2016 and 2020, the New Zealand government built an extension of the Christchurch Northern Motorway as a part of its Roads of National Significance programme, at a cost of $240 million. This created a more direct and faster transport route between QEII Drive in Christchurch and the Chaneys Interchange just to the north of… Continue reading Rangiora / Kaiapoi Express Bus Numbers Well Short Of Viable For Trains
Collaboration, Cooperation and Coadvocacy
CTB is a blog that covers a wide range of transport interests. For example, CTB supports public transport, including bus and rail services. In any space, it is obviously in everybody’s interests to collaborate, cooperate or coadvocate as much as possible to achieve an outcome. For example, CTB supports cycleways, so that means joining existing… Continue reading Collaboration, Cooperation and Coadvocacy
National’s Attack On Public Transport Not A Gaffe?
On 12 April 2022, the leader of the National Party, Christopher Luxon, was quoted in a news article saying “public transport needs to stand on its own feet. It can’t be subsidised or underwritten … it has to be able to build on its own case“. The following day he walked back his comments, saying… Continue reading National’s Attack On Public Transport Not A Gaffe?