As part of its 2017 election campaign manifesto, NZ Labour Party promised to invest up to $100 million into public transport for Greater Christchurch. Although the policy is often represented as $100 million for passenger trains to Rolleston, it potentially covers a range of different PT areas. The specific detail includes: After nine years in… Continue reading Labour's Christchurch public transport funding promise in-depth and how the rail industry needs to steal the initiative [1]
Month: June 2019
Labour’s Christchurch public transport funding promise in-depth and how the rail industry needs to steal the initiative [1]
As part of its 2017 election campaign manifesto, NZ Labour Party promised to invest up to $100 million into public transport for Greater Christchurch. Although the policy is often represented as $100 million for passenger trains to Rolleston, it potentially covers a range of different PT areas. The specific detail includes: After nine years in… Continue reading Labour’s Christchurch public transport funding promise in-depth and how the rail industry needs to steal the initiative [1]
New Zealand's questionable track record on level crossings
In my last post in which I talked about some of the issues I am interested in, I raised the question of level crossing safety in New Zealand. We have had a varied record going from a point where the issue was taken seriously enough to go for all out elimination on new railway construction,… Continue reading New Zealand's questionable track record on level crossings