Transport / April 2022
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Stop the Wellington Airport expansion short 1
- Guardians of the Bays
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Upcoming Roadworks in Hataitai
- Hataitai Community Website
- Fulton Hogan have informed us that they will be carrying out the following Roadworks over the next few weeks.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 2 Sink the Bus Option BCR
- Wellington Commuter
- The SKM Stage 3 Report recommended keeping the Johnsonville Line because no bus Scenario had a better Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) But the SKM Stage 3 Report included tens of millions in costs in the Bus-On-Street that were not required to implement this Scenario Including these costs hid that the Bus-On-Street Scenario had the best BCR This is the 3rd in this series of posts on “How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail” and it is recommended that the introduction post, The North Wellington Public Transport Study (2006) and then How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 1 Jack Up the Rail Option BCR are read first to provide context.… Read more ...
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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 3 Fixing the Transport Model to favour the Rail Option
- Wellington Commuter
- The SKM Stage 3 Report recommended keeping the Johnsonville Line because it had fixed cost and benefit figures to hide that its modelling showed the Bus-On-Street Scenario was the best performing option.
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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 4 Bait and Switch – Change the Decision for Rail Later
- Wellington Commuter
- In 2006, the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended a Do Minimum “Base Case” based on replacing the old English Electric EMUs with refurbished Ganz-Mavag EMUs. In 2010, the GWRC then announced that new Matangi EMUs would operate on the Johnsonville Line.… Read more ...
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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 1 Jack Up the Rail Option BCR
- Wellington Commuter
- The SKM Stage 3 Report recommended keeping the Johnsonville Line because no bus Scenario had a better Benefit Cost Ratio But the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended “Base Case” excluded the cost of buying any replacement EMU trains and other costs as well Excluding these costs hid that the Bus-On-Street Scenario had the best Benefit Cost Ratio This post follows The North Wellington Public Transport Study (2006) which is the introduction this series of posts on “How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail” and will focus on how the “Do Minimum” Rail Base Case Benefit Cost Ratio was fixed in the SKM Stage 3 Report to help it come first.… Read more ...
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“See you in court!”: Cobham Drive, community groups, and judicial review
- Talk Wellington
- Posturing aside, what does it really mean for someone to legally challenge a roading authority’s decision – be it a cycleway, a road expansion, or a pedestrian crossing on Cobham Drive? “See you in court” – again Wellington Airport’s declaration of intent to torpedo a pedestrian crossing on Cobham Drive is fresh, but recently there’s been a...
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Airport announces Matt Clarke as new CEO
- Wellington International Airport
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Wellington International Airport, Stewart Duff Drive, Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The North Wellington Public Transport Study (2006)
- Wellington Commuter
- In 2006 the North Wellington PT Study considered four “Scenarios” with the most popular and effective solution being converting the line into a Busway but both TollRail and the Labour government wanted to keep the trains. In November the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended a fifth “Base Case” which was just to replace the old English Electric trains with refurbished Ganz-Mavags EMUs.… Read more ...
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