Perils of parking on footpaths

This is a Guest Post by Dr Chris Teo–Sherrell from Living Streets Aotearoa You’re driving along on your way to work or an appointment and all of a sudden there’s a truck blocking the road. It’s not clear what’s happening. Nobody’s there to explain what’s going on or to direct you safely around the truck or asking you to turn around and go another way.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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