Right to the city: Applying justice tests to public transport investments

Many policy-makers are grappling with the twin challenges posed by growing travel demands and persistent socioeconomic inequality. To address these issues, numerous studies propose and apply “justice tests”, which relate the effects of transport policies to prevailing socioeconomic deprivation. While the theoretical foundations of justice tests are well-established, there exists less agreement on methodological aspects …

Car, transit, or bicycle who wins in a March Madness race?

I recently saw an article in NZ Herald about a race between 4 people using different transportation modes (car, bus, bicycle, and train) to travel from New Lynn into the city. Google Maps can provide an estimation of travel time for all these modes but the experiment showed the actual travel time can be different. The final …

One-day public transport in Dubai, a review

Recently, I had a chance to visit Dubai and use its iconic Metro system. The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit rail network with three operational lines, and it seems a few more lines are planned. In this review, I would like to summarise what I learnt from it. Good It is driverless and stylish. …

Justice, the missing piece in the Labour-led government’s transport plan.

Introduction The new Labour-led Government has announced new plans for Auckland’s public transport (PT) network including a multibillion-dollar investment in light rail to the airport and West Auckland. These project has been part of Labour’s transport policies to make “Auckland a world-class city”. In Labour’s transport manifesto, PT is about giving choices to people, having …