https://wellington.gen.nz/bus-rapid-transit https://wellingtoncommuter.nz/lgwms-mrt-option-costs-look-very-suspect/ 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 ... bus-rapid-transit lgwm transport blogs Sun, 19 Jun 2022 22:00:10 GMT https://wellingtoncommuter.nz/lgwms-mrt-option-costs-look-very-suspect/ Wellington Commuter 2022-06-19T22:00:10Z http://www.arovalley.org.nz/news/public-transport-in-wellington-are-we-on-track 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 arovalley bus-rapid-transit places transport Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.arovalley.org.nz/news/public-transport-in-wellington-are-we-on-track Aro Valley Community Centre 2015-11-24T00:00:00Z -41.2953285 174.7665802 Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://www.gw.govt.nz/new-rapid-bus-system-for-wellington-one-step-closer/ 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. bus-rapid-transit kilbirnie newtown transport places government regional-council Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gw.govt.nz/new-rapid-bus-system-for-wellington-one-step-closer/ Greater Wellington Regional Council 2015-07-31T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://newtown.org.nz/2013/10/20/transport-spine-study-a-continuing-story/ 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 […] bus-rapid-transit transport communitygroups newtown places Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://newtown.org.nz/2013/10/20/transport-spine-study-a-continuing-story/ Newtown Residents' Association 2013-10-20T00:00:00Z