Fix the Symonds St on-ramp
An article in the Herald over the weekend highlighted what has to be one of the city’s most dangerous intersections, the Symonds St motorway on-ramp.
An insurance company is seeking almost $3000 in repair costs from an elderly man who was hit by a car while crossing an Auckland road.…
100 Comments Lend me some sugar — Thoughts on PT fares #1
Welcome back! I hope you all had a “perfectly unhappy” summer break; here’s our adoring foster dog Kuri getting into the spirit. I’m pleased to say that — as of 9 January — Kuri was successfully adopted into a loving new family.…
Sunday reading 14 January 2018: Swan song edition
Welcome back to Sunday reading.
This is the last post I’ll be writing on Greater Auckland, at least for the foreseeable future. Over the last nine months I’ve gotten short on time and short on new ideas – the sad consequence of a busy schedule of work and study.…
Quay St starts, Quay St stops
Work finally started this week on extending the popular Quay St cycleway to The Strand. Unfortunately, it’s already had to stop due to protesters.
Quay St opposite Spark Arena, is the second busiest location for bikes in the city – based on ATs ever growing network of automated bike counters.…
Rethinking the Manukau Harbour Crossing
With the election of a new Government, it is highly likely we will see Light Rail from the City to the Airport via Dominion Rd and the Southwest built within the next decade. This was not only a campaign policy of the Labour party but a major part of the confidence and supply agreement between the Labour Party and the Greens.…
Roads of National Party Significance
For a long time there was a joke that the last government’s Roads of National Significance (RoNS) were missing the word ‘Party’ from the name. That amended name seems even more appropriate now following National’s latest move, to start a number of petitions asking the government to build the roads National promised during the election.…
Devonport Ferry Shuttle Trial
Auckland Transport are crowing about a new service they plan to trial to get people to and from the Devonport ferry terminal. This is something we’ve seen mentioned in ATs board reports. A new rideshare service in Devonport will give customers improved access to public transport, reducing congestion and freeing up parking.…
Thoughts on Vancouver
Over the Christmas and New Year period my wife and I a few weeks over in Canada. Much of that was up in Whistler but we ended the trip with 3-4 days in Vancouver. Below are some of my observations relevant to what we discuss here.…
10 Years
Change and Continuity Rather than just look ahead a short distance I thought it may be productive to project forward a decade or so into Auckland’s future urban form. Partly as this is surprisingly easy because of the long lead in times for urban infrastructure, we know what’s coming, and partly because a longer look ahead gives us a better sense of the what the coming change is likely to mean.…
Water water everywhere
I arrived back in Auckland on Friday, having been out of the country for a few weeks on holiday, and what a day to arrive back in the middle of a storm. A storm that should raise a lot of questions given its impacts, particularly on our transport system.…
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