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The Ministry of Transport has a seven-member Senior Leadership Team [6] led by Chief Executive and Secretary for Transport, Audrey Sonerson. The Ministry of Transport operates out of Wellington (New Zealand's capital city), and Auckland (New Zealand's largest city), employing approximately 180 staff [1] across the two cities.
The project comprises the removal of 42 Level Crossings across the Auckland Region to address growing safety, severance and accessibility issues while enabling higher train frequencies and many of the benefits from recent, current and planned investments in Auckland's transport system, including the City Rail Link project.
Transport in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is defined by factors that include the shape of the Auckland isthmus (with its harbours [1] creating chokepoints and long distances for land transport), the suburban character of much of the urban area, a history (since World War II) of focusing investment on roading projects rather than public transport, [2] and high car-ownership rates.
Auckland International Airport Authority and the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority also employed their own traffic officers. The latter was disestablished in 1983 and its 'Bridge Control Officers' continued to work under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport, dedicated to ensuring free flow of traffic over the Bridge. [7]
Auckland's extensive tram network was removed in the 1950s, with the last line closing in late 1956. [17] [18] Although a series of ambitious rail schemes were proposed between the 1940s and 1970s, [19] the focus of transport improvements in Auckland shifted to developing an extensive motorway system.
In December 2023, the New Zealand Minister of Transport Simeon Brown ordered that the agency was to give primacy to its English name. [13] [16] In mid-December 2023, Transport Minister Brown ordered the NZTA to halt halt funding and work on various local council projects to promote cycling, walking and public transportation. [17]
Auckland Transport (AT) is the council-controlled organisation (CCO) of Auckland Council responsible for transport projects and services. It was established by section 38 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, and operates under that act and the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010.
In 2019, the New Zealand government approved a review into upgrading the rail line to accommodate a maximum speed of 160 km/h, which would halve the journey times between Auckland and Hamilton. [58] [59] Also in 2019, a group made up of local councils and the Ministry of Transport issued a 'Shared Statement of Spatial Intent'.