Auckland, City of Cars: Episode 2

This documentary series looks at Auckland's transport problems, and exposes a number of "urban myths" about why it cannot be changed.

Episode 2 looks at the claim that Auckland is "too spread out" for sustainable transportation to work.

The myth that Auckland is more dispersed than comparable cities is debunked; world-renowned transport and sustainable city guru, Professor Peter Newman, explains how Perth - a less dense city than Auckland - has built a successful and popular rail system; and the extent to which Finance Minister Michael Cullen has been captured by roading lobbyists is revealed.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Auckland
• public
• transport
• motorways
• rail
• density
• sustainable
• new
• zealand

[jeremy232323]

haha micheal cullen is an idiot, GO NATIONAL!

[mikeofnz]

Don't get your hopes up. Unfortunately, the National Party's current approach to transport is even worse than Cullen's.

[svartmetall48]

I only wish this docco wasn't 100% true... Unfortunately it is.

[djwhamy]

wow, dead on, great video.

interesting to see the focus on rail of so many cities now. for a while i thought buses are slightly better than individual cars, but in auckland there's far too much reliance on this very flawed bus system. its expensive, it doesn't run on time. to get a bus from queen street to k road takes longer than just walking there. every bus (with the 1 exception of the northern flyer) uses the main roads and gets stuck badly in traffic just as cars do. we need better rail.

[FVD]

@mikeofnz Too right - Steven Joyce is a FOOL!!!!

[theraptorfan100]

@PetePublic

Demographia reports the density numbers, but they come from the United Nations.

[EdM021]

That same Demographia shows Auckland as slightly less dense than New York City, which has over a hundred miles of subway track and electrified commuter rail in addition thereto.

[FVD]

My God that Highway Action Trust are a bunch of ignorant wankers. Why should those bastards have any right to anything? And I never thought I'd ever be angry at Dr Cullen's actions. I'm actually glad he's no longer in the Labour Party now that I've seen that....

[lendmeurears]

There's only one bus that comes to my area which is at the Eastern end of Auckland. This is a real pain as I need to attend university almost daily and it takes an two hours to get there and back each day! And it only comes every hour, so if I miss the bus I am basically screwed.

[themoaspecial]

Wow.. Such Dumasses out there.. "Perth is developed along the coast". I was about to say that I dont understand what that guy is saying but it was said straight afterwards.

[grantourismo0109]

they did not build any new rail route at all they only rebuilt on the same route

[RusNZ]

Why is so difficult to build a decent public transport system in this village? Combine those bureaucratic city councils into one and do something. Faster, faster...We've been waiting for 8 years by now. My wife dent a car today. I wish she took the bus. But Auckland's buses are crap (expensive, seldom and their routes are so complicated, that you'd need a PhD)...Trains are getting better but still too slow. More rails in different direction please. And give them some electricity at last...

[564alex]

i agree with you. Auckland need wake up