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Next steps for Auckland light rail

It’s taken a while to fully digest the light rail announcement from a couple of weeks ago. As I said at the time, and in quite a few interviews since, I have mi

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Light rail for Christchurch?

Light rail is still on the cards for Christchurch but not in the near future, according to a new report. More people would need to live and work near transport

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Another New Layout….

Here at OTCM, layouts are like buses, and turn up at the same time – perhaps one of us working on one inspires the other to do the same thing…. And so it is that no sooner has Oly posted about his latest 4ft endeavour, I’m posting about something a little larger. I was actually …

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$50m West Auckland busway delayed

West Auckland’s biggest public transport upgrade has been delayed by up to nine months by Covid-19 and construction hold-ups. The $50 million “pop-up” busway, u

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Bus Improvements to the Northwest?

The focus over the last week has understandably been on the massive light rail announcement last Friday. That announcement also included bringing forward of a d