evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agoTunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing planwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkTunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing planwww.rnz.co.nzevanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarerunlikellama@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoThe light rail tunnel to Albany seems mad to me, I thought the northern busway was designed to accommodate light rail so I can’t understand why one would build tunnels to Albany instead of putting light rail along the current busway corridor.
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI don’t understand why we need light rail there anyway. We have buses and a busway?
minus-squaremisterharbies@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLight Rail moves more people quicker, and does not get stuck in traffic.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNeither do buses if they have their own lane.
minus-squaremisterharbies@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBuses don’t have their own lane on the Harbour Bridge.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDoes the Harbour bridge actually back up on a regular basis though?
The light rail tunnel to Albany seems mad to me, I thought the northern busway was designed to accommodate light rail so I can’t understand why one would build tunnels to Albany instead of putting light rail along the current busway corridor.
I don’t understand why we need light rail there anyway. We have buses and a busway?
Light Rail moves more people quicker, and does not get stuck in traffic.
Neither do buses if they have their own lane.
Buses don’t have their own lane on the Harbour Bridge.
Does the Harbour bridge actually back up on a regular basis though?