NZTA/AT back down on East West Link – for now
An intriguing joint media release from NZTA and Auckland Transport emerged on Monday afternoon – highlighting a different approach to community consultation from the two transport agencies on the East West Link project going forward:
The NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport are asking community groups to help the two organisations find the best transport solutions to better link an economically growing south-west and south-east Auckland.…
32 Comments Jarrett Walker’s Auckland Conversations Talk
Last Friday Jarrett Walker spoke at an Auckland Conversations event about How will an integrated public transport network create a city for people?
For those that didn’t attend, the talk is now available to watch online. It’s 72 minutes long but well worth it.…
What would you do competition
I’ve been speaking to Auckland Transport they’ve offered me a $100 HOP card to give away to a reader.
So what do you need to do to win? You just need to have some great ideas.
I’m after suggestions for things that Auckland Transport can do over the next six months to improve transport in the region.…
Otahuhu Bus Train Interchange
One of the features of the new bus network is that in return for a much greater number of frequent routes, some people will need to transfer. It’s important that we make that process as easy as possible, especially at the major interchanges – like the Panmure one that Luke posted about this morning.…
Panmure Interchange Progress
Note from Matt L: Please welcome Luke to the TransportBlog team. He has been a long time reader and commentator of the blog. He is half way through a Masters of Urban Planning Degree at Auckland University, and is also the Auckland Policy Director for Generation Zero.…
Photo of the day – Darby St
Another before and after from Sydney, this time showing Darby St Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne (aka Sydney)…
Reaching out – Cycling and Public Transport
This is another guest post from Ben L that originally appeared on Cycle Action Auckland.
Following on from our posts on cycle streets and cycle boulevards, this post will look at how this cycling infrastructure can increase the catchment areas of public transport.…
Basin Bridge independent review
Last week we saw some images of what the proposed flyover around the basin reserve might look like. They came about as the proposal is currently going through the fast tracked Board of Inquiry (BOI) process and the board required the NZTA to provide them.…
4 km/hr speed tolerance in effect December/ January
As reported in the Herald and elsewhere, the police will be getting stricter on speeding in the holiday season, starting now and running right through until the end of January. They’ll ticket anyone who exceeds the speed limit by more than 4 km/hr, whereas usually they give 10 km/hr leeway.…
Visualising movement
For 9 years people have been able to upload GPS traces to OpenStreetMap and now the data is being made available for people to map. Most of the traces appear to have come from people who are driving, although other modes are definitely represented. …
Processing...