Category: Christchurch Transport Blog

First published on Christchurch Transport Blog Read More Results to date from the Christchurch City Council elections suggest the future development of public transport and cycleways could be pushed back with an overall swing to the right apparent locally and nationally and the election of anti-PT/cycling candidates to the mayoralty and some wards (or removal… Continue reading Christchurch Transport Blog: Transport Advances Likely Pushed Back By Christchurch Council Results

First published on Christchurch Transport Blog Read More Between 2016 and 2020, the New Zealand government built an extension of the Christchurch Northern Motorway as a part of its Roads of National Significance programme, at a cost of $240 million. This created a more direct and faster transport route between QEII Drive in Christchurch and… Continue reading Christchurch Transport Blog: Rangiora / Kaiapoi Express Bus Numbers Well Short Of Viable For Trains

First published on Christchurch Transport Blog Read More On 12 April 2022, the leader of the National Party, Christopher Luxon, was quoted in a news article saying “public transport needs to stand on its own feet. It can’t be subsidised or underwritten … it has to be able to build on its own case“. The… Continue reading Christchurch Transport Blog: National’s Attack On Public Transport Not A Gaffe?