Next section of Federal St to get shared space treatment
Federal St, between Mayoral Dr and Wellesley St, is to be the next street in the city to get the shared space treatment with Auckland Transport beginning consultation on it today. Here’s what AT say about this upgrade.
We are proposing a full streetscape upgrade of the section of Federal Street between Mayoral Drive and Wellesley Street.…
66 Comments Rethinking AMETI/Eastern Busway
With the election of a new Government, we can have a little rethink of several proposed projects. One of these projects is AMETI, also now known as the Eastern Busway. This is a project that has been underway since before Auckland Transport existed and all political parties have supported yet seems to make little progress.…
Sunday reading 19 November 2017
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. The City of Toronto recently launched this “pilot project” creating a transit street on King Street. Before, streetcars were mired in traffic.The pilot project pulls most of the traffic out of the corridor by removing through traffic.…
Wynyard woes: how not to close a bus stop
This is a guest post from reader Shan L. See also Wynyard Quarter transport troubles – Part 1 and Part 2
Recently, AT decided to close a bus stop which is well used by many workers in Wynyard Quarter. It’s the one below, stop ‘A’, circled in red below.…
Wellington: “If you want better PT, build more roads first”
We were pleasantly surprised back in 2014 when the NZTA were declined consent for the Basin Reserve Flyover, a decision that sent the NZTA back to the drawing board. Last year, the process of coming up with a new transport plan for Wellington got underway with Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM).…
Port Performance
The issue around ports has been a hot topic of late. Recently I stumbled across some data about our ports which I found interesting so thought I would share. The data contains history of imports and exports from each port (sea and air) by both weight and dollar value.…
Positive signs from the Traffinz Conference
This is a guest post from Waitemata Local Board Chair Pippa Coom. She attended the annual TRAFINZ conference last week. TRAFINZ represents local authority views on road safety and traffic management in New Zealand.
Change is coming to NZ – we just have to be brave
World renowned road safety strategist Dr Matts- Åke Belin has found himself in New Zealand at the worst of times and the best of times for sharing the proven success of “Vision Zero” (the approach to road safety summarised as no loss of life on the roads is acceptable).…
East West Link Decision
The Board of Inquiry for the $1.8bn East West Link project announced its draft decision yesterday, confirming the Notices of Requirement and granting the necessary resource consents for the project to proceed.
I had thought that it would be a 50-50 decision. …
America’s Cup base location shortlist
We’re excited about Auckland hosting the next America’s Cup. In part this is due to the opportunity it provides to further enhance our city. That’s because there’s nothing quite like the unmovable deadline of a prestigious event to give politicians and officials the impetus needed to push along improvements to the city. …
Vision Zero on The Nation
Dr Matts-Åke Belin who is speaking at a Women in Urbanism event tonight and at Auckland Conversations on Wednesday was interviewed on The Nation on Saturday. It’s great that this was picked up by The Nation, our increasing road toll is a disgrace.…
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