@evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 11 months agoTunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing planwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkTunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing planwww.rnz.co.nz@evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 11 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-square@runlikellamalink3•11 months 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∟⊔⊤∦∣≶linkfedilink2•11 months agoI don’t understand why we need light rail there anyway. We have buses and a busway?
minus-square@misterharbies@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoLight Rail moves more people quicker, and does not get stuck in traffic.
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink3•11 months agoNeither do buses if they have their own lane.
minus-square@misterharbies@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoBuses don’t have their own lane on the Harbour Bridge.
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink1•11 months 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?