June-25 AT Board Meeting
Today the AT board meets again, and I’ve taken a look through the papers to find the most interesting items.
For those wanting to attend or watch online: Auckland Transport, 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland (Meeting Room 1.04)
Microsoft Teams link for the Board meeting on 24 June 2025
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Meeting ID: 455 861 336 967
Passcode: fa3rG6p6 Closed Agenda
AT has been pushing a lot of items into the open agenda, but there are quite a few decisions up for approval in the closed session of the board meeting today.…
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When will Auckland’s City Rail Link Open?
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Last year Auckland Transport piloted allowing bikes on a few NX1 buses to provide a connection across the harbour. They’ve now announced that from next month the trial will expand and more buses will be equipped with racks.
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Auckland Transport (AT) is gearing up for the next phase of its bikes in buses trial from July 2025, aiming to make public transport more flexible, and enable a variety of active modes of travel.…
Revealed: 2021 draft Cabinet paper shows Labour’s last minute light rail switch
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More Housing Plan Changes on the way for Auckland
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One of the governments key housing polices when was to make optional the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) requirement for councils to allow up to three storey town houses throughout our cities, something National made a bipartisan deal with the former Labour government to introduce in the first place.…
By shaping Auckland, we shape ourselves
“First we shape the cities — then they shape us.”.
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Gondola Fever Strikes Queenstown!
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission. Like the Otago Gold Rush of the 19th Century, its 21st Century counterpart, the gondola rush, has come to town in Queenstown.…
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