Transport / Bus Rapid Transit
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LGWM’s MRT Option Costs look very suspect
- Wellington Commuter
- LGWM was made to release their Mass Rapid Transit Option Capital Cost Breakdown This reveals some very questionable cost estimates in these options Of special concern is the apparent cost inflation of the Bus Rapid Transit Option Very quietly, Let’s Get Wellington Moving releases the MRT Option Capital Costs On the 6th of June 2022, Lets Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) released the high level Capital Cost breakdown for the four options in its Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Project.… Read more ...
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Public transport in Wellington. Are we on track?
- Aro Valley Community Centre
- Come and hear a discussion of the merits of Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail for Wellington Greater Wellington: Cr Paul Swain Wellington City Council: Cr Andy Foster FIT Wellington: John Rankin Trams-Action Wellington: Demetrius Christoforou Moderator: Dave Armstrong Date: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Time: 6 to 8pm Venue: Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro Street, Wellington Koha:$15 ($5 students and unwaged) in support of our cause FIT Wellington is for Fair, Intelligent Transport Spending more on public transport, walking and cycling, and less on roads. is better for the city, the environment and the economy Wellington’s main bus route is overloaded and an obvious solution is light rail
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Buses, but not so rapidly
- Wellington Scoop
- Will the latest developments in planning a new Wellington bus system provide the rapid transit that was originally promised? Our local bodies (the city council and the regional council, working with the Transport Agency) have chosen “two options” to be investigated for the development of “modern, faster public transport” for Wellington City. But the announcement reads as if they know nothing about the city’s layout. And as for cycleways, it’s obvious that till now these haven’t been given any consideration at all.
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New rapid bus system for Wellington one step closer
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Modern, faster, high quality public transport travel for Wellington City is another step closer, following the narrowing of two options for a new rapid bus system between Wellington Railway Station, Newtown and Kilbirnie.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Transport Spine Study – a continuing story
- Newtown Residents' Association
- During September the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities hald a seminar on the Spine study. This included some interesting challenges to the options evaluation that had previously been published. You can check out the powerpoints presetned at the seminar here. While the official study came down clearly in favour of bus rapid transit over […]
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