tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post9077306092051046075..comments2024-03-09T18:57:10.942+13:00Comments on Liberty Scott: How to kill a boondoggleLibertyscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-61388268503251172732010-11-03T00:53:48.036+13:002010-11-03T00:53:48.036+13:00Yes but as you say that isn't a political real...Yes but as you say that isn't a political reality...<br /><br />So compared to alternatives being considered it is a viable economic alternative...Jeremy Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819630707494648769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-82183580929710819152010-11-02T22:54:18.863+13:002010-11-02T22:54:18.863+13:00So Len should be honest and say that there wont be...So Len should be honest and say that there wont be a line to the North Shore for decades. The CBD loop makes no economic sense, there are no motorways to be built in central Auckland in the foreseeable future. A far more effective step would be road pricing, but that would require politicians to surrender control of taxing and spending.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-5082210737292510772010-11-02T12:22:14.012+13:002010-11-02T12:22:14.012+13:00It's at least 20 years till the busway needs r...It's at least 20 years till the busway needs replacement/upgrade, that line is more about securing Len's NS vote (such as it is), the CBD loop makes economic sense especially when compared with the motorways being built in Auckland...<br /><br />Christie seems like an interesting fellow, he's taking on the teachers unions in NJ too...Jeremy Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819630707494648769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-87914533305413726962010-11-02T11:14:15.426+13:002010-11-02T11:14:15.426+13:00Well quite. Given the electrification is a sunk c...Well quite. Given the electrification is a sunk cost that will proceed, but the rest are not worth it. Rail to the North Shore would cost a fortune, and the bus way would be wasted unless direct bus services were to continue. The bus way is far from reaching capacity. It is rail obsessives who believe in the solution more than resolving the problem. The busway is a success, but it is hardly Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-2863829077405846412010-11-02T07:58:53.232+13:002010-11-02T07:58:53.232+13:00Lyen Brown and his loopy line in Auckland's CB...Lyen Brown and his loopy line in Auckland's CBD, his link to the airport and one to the North Shore.<br />How will the latter affect the $300 million busway?FAIRFACTS MEDIAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278035907912171422noreply@blogger.com