Writing in *Stuff* on February 5, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff claimed light rail is the key to the city ‘’becoming a world-class future-focused Auckland’’. \
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This raises a number of questions, first among them being what is a world-class city. Nobody in Auckland nor anywhere else seems to be able to define this clearly. However, what is clear is that Goff and the Auckland-focused central Government do not seem interested in any other city in New Zealand becoming world-class if this is in part measured by the quality of their public transport services on offer now or in the future.
