Australian Light Rail and Lessons for New Zealand

The populations of Wellington and Auckland are forecast to increase and in both cities, Light Rail is seen as a way of meeting future transport demands in an environmentally considerate way. Over the last decade, there have been several Light Rail projects in Australia that have had varying degrees of success. This paper looks at them through the eyes of eight Australian experts who were asked to provide some ‘bullet points’ about what they saw as noteworthy and of relevance to New Zealand. Their ideas have been interworked amongst observations about costs, construction disruption, route planning, performance and economics, demand and wider city development and tourism appeal. Cost comparisons are also made with Heavy Rail and Busway projects. If nothing else, this paper shows that retrofitting mass transit public transport into Auckland and Wellington to cater for increasing populations will be expensive.

• Record URL:
  https://www.australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/papers/2019
• Authors:
  • DOUGLAS, N
  • Cockburn, D
• Conference:
  • Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 41st, 2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Publication Date: 2019-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 45 p
• Monograph Title: 41st Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 30 September to 2 October 2019, Canberra, ACT

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Construction; Costs; Light rail transit; Public transit
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Airport; Construction; Cost; Light rail transport; Public transport
• Subject Areas: Construction; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01733379
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 16 2020 11:59AM