7. Transport Infrastructure Auckland—Rail and RoadingJULIE ANNE GENTER (Green) to the Minister of TransportTransport Infrastructure Auckland—Rail and Roading7. JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green) to the Minister of Transport: Can he confirm that a rail corridor in Auckland has the potential to carry 10 times as many people as a single lane of motorway and twice as many people as a dedicated busway?Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Transport): No.Julie Anne Genter: I seek leave to table this chart which is from a report that is no longer available online but it was specific to the Auckland—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I just need to know who prepared the chart.Julie Anne Genter: It is the Auckland Regional Transport Authority.Mr SPEAKER: On the basis of the member's explanation that the information may now be hard to find I will put the leave. It is for the House to determine. Leave is sought to table that particular chart. Is there any objection? There is objection.Julie Anne Genter: Given the much greater capacity of rail over motorway lanes why has his Government committed billions of dollars to up to 10 new motorway expansion projects and no new money to rail expansion projects?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: The member is just plain wrong. We have invested $4.2 billion in rail. We are committed in principle to the City Rail Link albeit we have got to work through a business case to ensure its success. There will be further improvements but she is right about one thing: we also invest in roads because Aucklanders and New Zealanders also want to see that considerable investment as well.Julie Anne Genter: I seek leave to table a New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) report that shows there is no funding for new rail lines for the next 10 years—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I do not need further—I just need to know whether the NZTA report is available on the internet.Julie Anne Genter: It is quite difficult to find.Mr SPEAKER: No. [Interruption] Order! Members can get assistance from the member if they really need to find it. I am not putting the leave.Julie Anne Genter: So is the Minister saying he thinks that Aucklanders and visitors to Auckland should be content for example to be stuck on the airport bus—which is stuck in traffic—for another decade or two rather than having a rapid transit link?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: No. That is why we are investing considerably in Auckland. That is why the New Zealand Transport Agency is working on route protection to ensure that there is high-capacity public transport between the airport and the central business district. Of course we are working on a plethora of projects all around Auckland as my colleagues to the left of me say including the western ring route the southern and northern motorways the Northern Busway and many more projects to come.Julie Anne Genter: Would his Government consider making a rail link to the airport a priority if it was named after Captain Cook?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: Well that is a really silly question. The truth of the matter is that the analysis from both Auckland Transport and the New Zealand Transport Agency showed a 0.6 benefit to cost ratio. As New Zealand's self-styled foremost transport economist I would have thought the member could realise—Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! That answer will not help the order of the House.