Alert Level 3
Queues to the Quay St supermarket following the announcement. Credit: Damian W via twitter.
Today, Auckland returns to Covid Alert Level 3 and the rest of Aotearoa returns to Level 2. The official Covid site currently says: Here are the basics about moving around.…
39 Comments 2018 Census Commuting Data
This is a guest post from Werner Pretorius
In a city planning context, it’s impossible to be everywhere all the time. Which is why we use data – to help us see the unseen, to fill the gaps in our knowledge.…
2020 Election transport policies we’d like to see
We’re now fully into election season and politicians are keen for attention an we’ve already seen National start to roll out a hugely expensive and likely unachievable transport policy.
We’ve been thinking about some of the things we’d like to see in a transport policy so here goes: Plan and start the rest of the Rapid Transit Network/s
Auckland’s fledgling Rapid Transit network has been a standout public transport success story, accounting for nearly half of all the growth in the use of PT over the last decade.…
Weekly Roundup – 07-Aug-20
It’s Friday and here’s out weekly wrap up of stories. National’s Wellington Plans
Another week and few more transport announcements by National.
On Monday they were on the Kapiti Coast to announce $330 million to Electrifying and double-tracking the rail line between Wellington and Ōtaki
Building a full expressway interchange at Peka Peka
Completing the Horowhenua Expressway (Ōtaki to Levin) An extra 15km of double tracking and electrification sound positive but it’s notable that the idea isn’t even on the long term list of Greater Wellington or Kiwirail.…
What are trackless trams
Yesterday Judith Collins announced National’s Wellington transport policy. Amongst all the talk of tunnels and other road upgrades, one small thing that stood out to me was the mention of trackless
“We think bus priority and bus rapid transit offers much more flexibility for Wellington, and value for money.…
The Political Economy of Car Dependence
Leading Image: Sacrificing pedestrian environments and green infrastructure to sell (electric) cars.
Why do both our major parties plan to spend billions of dollars on new roads and sprawl development of farmland?
Our government is catching up on the backlog of rural road safety issues, is slowly improving rail and public transport, is funding “three waters” infrastructure maintenance and upgrades to assist brownfields housing developments and has introduced internationally-renowned planning changes to enable regeneration of our cities.…
Post COVID Transport Numbers till the end of July
We’re almost two months since we returned to Level 1 on the government’s COVID alert system and domestic restrictions were lifted. Over the last two weeks universities have also finally returned to the physical world bringing with it many more people travelling.…
3 years on, where’s Auckland’s Cycling revolution?
Almost exactly three years ago to the day we were celebrating what looked to be a revolution for cycling in Auckland after the Auckland Transport board approved a 10-year Cycling Programme for 2018-28. Fast forward to today and there’s little sign of the strategy even still existing let alone being implemented.…
Weekly Roundup – 31-July-2020
Here’s our weekly roundup Decarbonise Transport
We and some of our friends are holding an event in a few weeks on Monday 10th August.
The challenge is clear: Auckland must dramatically decarbonise its transport system in just 9 years.
So how quickly can we get there?…
Is the Lake Rd upgrade over?
In a time of emergency budgets cutting spending, Auckland Transport looks like it could have $47 million more to spend on projects around the region after the Devonport Local Board rejected ATs plans to upgrade Lake Rd. Radio NZ reports:
Auckland Transport’s $47 million plan to upgrade the only road in and out of Devonport could be dead in the water.…
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