Auckland Central Rail link, a game changer?

Seeing the new The City Rail Link (CRL) took me back to the early 1980s when I first saw my Unitec technical drawing/illustration tutor Gifford Jackson's 1974 drawings of the near identical—scrapped by a National government—Auckland Rapid Transit scheme (see link below for more about that).

The art of Gifford Jackson

An NZ design legend

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To think, CRL could have been close to celebrating 50 years of operation in 2026, instead of opening day...

City commute time saved

One reason I got a folding bike is now history. The Western rail line diversion to Newmarket (green path below) added 17-20 minutes to the train leg of a city commute. Getting off at Grafton and biking (the blue path below) replaced that with a short—mostly downhill, mostly bike lane—bike ride to the office.

Commuting on my new ‘free’ Tern folding bike

A new job in the central city meant having to think about commuting. Bit of a novelty after ten months of not working and choosing when/where I travelled! Driving and Parkable App parking rental Parkable Shared Parking Application I drove for a couple of weeks, while settling in, and

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The new direct to city link tunnel and Te Waihorotiu (Aotea/Wellesley & Victoria St) Station (pink) bypasses all that, makes the city more walkable and the office an even shorter—still mostly downhill and all bike lane—bike ride away.

How the CRL fits into wider Auckland Public Transport

An appreciation of Auckland

As City Rail Link opens this Sunday (13th September), it’s timely to appreciate the sheer breadth of Auckland’s public transport transformation since the turn of the century. Read on for more:

Adventures in TransitlandDarren Davis