{"id":1029,"date":"2022-11-29T07:19:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T21:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=dbad0c04ebb630aaf4fb36a8e4299e20"},"modified":"2022-11-29T07:19:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T21:19:03","slug":"aucklands-self-inflicted-public-transport-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"Auckland’s self-inflicted public transport crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s an old saying: \u201cYou get what you pay for\u201d \u2013 and it applies to\u00a0Auckland\u2019s public transport crisis.<\/p>\n

The staggered\u00a0months-long shutdowns of three Auckland commuter rail lines\u00a0in 2023 is a consequence of not rebuilding the city\u2019s rail network from the foundations up.<\/p>\n

While billions have been invested since the 1990s in double-tracking, electrification and new trains, the now-urgent missing piece was replacing the track foundations, underneath all that investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s an old saying: \u201cYou get what you pay for\u201d \u2013 and it applies to\u00a0Auckland\u2019s public transport crisis. The staggered\u00a0months-long shutdowns of three Auckland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t