Helicopters and homes don’t mix
This is a guest post by Alex Bonham, who is a City Vision member of the Waitematā Local Board, which resolved unanimously to advocate for the prohibition of non-emergency helicopter movements in urban residential areas. She is writing here in a personal capacity.…
29 Comments Selling Tolling Rights
The idea that our existing transport taxes will fully cover the cost of maintaining and expanding our transport system has long been false. Governments of all stripes have pumped billions of additional spending in to fund major transport projects like motorway extensions.…
Auckland is a world-class city in the making
Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the city centre advisory panel, a previous director of NZTA, and is running to be Councillor for the Waitematā and Gulf ward in October.
This ran in the Herald 1 July 2025
What is a good model for Auckland’s Queen St?…
Weekly Roundup 4-July-2025
Hope everyone’s been keeping dry! Here’s some interesting news that’s caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Connor did a deep dive on NZTA’s self-conflicting decisions for the SH16 Brigham to Waimauku project.
Wednesday Matt take a look at the Transport Plans for Downtown West.…
What really needs fixing at Auckland Transport?
This guest post by Tim Adriaansen, a Strategic Transport Advisor and advocate for accessibility and sustainable transport Auckland Transport is about to experience its next big shakeup, with items recently presented to the AT board and the Governing Body of Auckland Council covering how strategy and policy functions will start to move back to Council prior to any legislative changes.…
The Transport Plans for Downtown West
As the City Rail Link works start to wrap up over the next year, focus is starting to shift to where next for improvement in the city centre and one of the areas to be focused on is the Downtown West area in conjunction with Pūmanawa Downtown West which is the redevelopment of the Downtown Carpark site.…
NZTA’s self-contradictory changes to SH16 Brigham Creek to Waimauku
A couple of months ago, NZTA reversed its plans to install a median wire barrier on SH16 for stage 1 of the SH16 Brigham Creek to Waimauku project.
The project, which officially aims “to improve safety”, was – and still is – midway through construction, and the decision to delete the median barriers from the design appeared to have no real justification.…
Weekly Roundup 27-June-2025
We are past the shortest day of the year, and hope everyone’s Matariki celebrations were good. To cap off the last full week of June, here’s some interesting news! This Week in Greater Auckland Saturday saw us release a video asking ‘When will Auckland’s City Rail Link Open?’.…
New Density Rules for Inner West train stations
The government have announced more details about their plans to require even more density around some train stations to make the most of the City Rail Link.
A few weeks ago, Chris Bishop who is the minister for both transport and housing, announced changes to how Auckland processes its zoning changes in response to government requirements for allowing intensification.…
Christchurch’s roads are as fast as they will ever get
This is a guest post by Brendon Harre. It’s the first part of a post about Christchurch, it’s history, and what needs to change to fix it’s transport woes and and this part has been published on Brendon’s medium. Christchurch’s roads are getting slower, over a period of a year or two, this is relatively insignificant.…
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