The Greater Christchurch Partnership are currently engaging with the public on a Rapid Transit scheme for Christchurch. One of the overriding impressions I’ve been getting from talking to people so far is that, yes rapid transit sounds great in theory, but they don’t believe we’ll ever see it. We’ve been talking about trains and light rail for decades but that’s all it’s ever amounted to – talk. These big projects are just too expensive and too difficult to ever get off the ground. And you can see why they think this. NZ hasn’t had a great track record in building these sorts of projects lately – think Auckland Light Rail and Wellington rapid transit.
