Weekly Roundup – 16-Apr-21
Here’s our weekly roundup Mobile Fine Increase
The government are increasing the fine for using a mobile phone while driving.
The infringement fee for using a mobile phone while driving will increase from $80 to $150 from 30 April 2021 to encourage safer driving, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.…
38 Comments Guest Post: Why bike lanes need to be designed for women
A guest post by Marita Hunt
A handful of recent articles on cycling, gender and the climate demonstrate the value of centralising women when designing cycling infrastructure.
In February, a paper called Pedalling Towards Equity: Exploring Women’s Cycling in a New Zealand City by Marie Russell, Cheryl Davies, Kirsty Wild and Caroline Shaw was published in the Journal of Transport Geography.…
What if Landlords Built Hot New Things?
This is a guest post from reader Brendon Harré. It was originally posted on his Medium blog.
“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us” – Winston Churchill Renting in New Zealand is bad — is how I have written about housing in the last few months.…
Will Free Public Transport help achieve our goals?
Mode-shift, getting people out of their cars and using public transport or active modes for more of their trips, is at the core of our various plans and strategies to address climate change, reduce the impacts of congestion and generally improve liveability of the city.…
The Downtown Carpark – AT Created a Debacle
As Matt blogged recently, Council is considering redeveloping the Downtown Carpark. A delegation from Auckland Transport, Council and Panuku presented on the topic to the Council’s Planning Committee early this month.
Auckland Transport were woefully unprepared for the meeting. This transport proposal didn’t align with the City Centre Masterplan, the Auckland Climate Plan nor Auckland Transport’s own modeshift plan, Better Travel Choices.…
Weekly Roundup – 09-Apr-21
Here’s our wrap-up for the last few weeks Hydrogen Bus
Last week Auckland Transport unveiled New Zealand’s first hydrogen bus.
The bus was unveiled by the Minister of Transport Michael Wood and Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff at Ports of Auckland – where the bus will be refuelled with green hydrogen.…
Taking rail to the North Shore
In the announcement of the next steps for light rail last week, Transport Minister Michael Wood confirmed that part of the investigation over the coming six months is not just about the City Centre to Mangere route but that whatever is chosen will also form the basis for future extensions to the Northwest and the North Shore – as also envisioned in ATAP.…
Guest Post: School Strike 4 Climate Demands For Auckland Council
This is a Guest Post by Jack Barlow, 16, a year-13 student at Western Springs College and spokesperson for School Strike 4 Climate Auckland.
As Greater Auckland have highlighted in many recent posts, there is a growing gap between the high level goals we have to reduce emissions and the more concrete plans and budgets to achieve those goals.…
Chief Post Office Reopens as Britomart Entrance
It was a big day for rail in New Zealand yesterday as the Chief Post Office building was reopened as the main entrance to Britomart Station.
Britomart sits at the heart of Auckland’s rail revival. Opened in mid-2003, it returned rail to the city centre and its success opened the door to network upgrades and expansion, improved stations, electrification and now the City Rail Link.…
Light Rail Next Steps
Last Monday I wrote about some of the trade-offs we can expect will need to be made when the government make a decision on Light Rail, something we originally expected later this month. Then on Wednesday, Transport Minister Michael Wood made an announcement on it, setting up a group look at the trade-offs of the various options that have arisen for light rail.…
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