Trains will run every 4-5 minutes at rush hour when City Rail Link opens
Aucklanders will have a "turn up and go" service, with trains running every four to five minutes at peak times through the central city, when the $5.5 billion City Rail Link opens sometime next year. That's the word from Auckland Transport as it announced three new train lines crossing much of the city and linking to the Northern and Northwestern busways. AT chief executive Dean Kimpton said the reconfigured network will make it easier for Aucklanders to go to work and places they love to spend time in.
The timeline: Exactly when AT takes control of the CRL is unclear, with the practical completion date of November 26 pushed out to 2026. CRL Ltd chief executive Patrick Brockie said there's still a significant amount of work to do before Aucklanders can ride trains through the link's twin 3.4km tunnels, including completing more than 16,000 tests, integrating the CRL with the existing rail network, training drivers and gaining regulatory approvals.
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Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? π»π¨π
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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37% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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63% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, weβre a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature β and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
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