Weekly Roundup – 16-July-21

Halfway through July already, and there’s lots to share in our weekly roundup, as usual. More free PT Auckland Transport has announced free public transport after 9pm, seven days a week, from Wednesday 14 July to Sunday 1 August. This is to coincide with the wintertime Elemental AKL fest, which has events all over the city.…
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The Plan for Buses in the City Centre

When complete the City Rail Link will transform how many people access and move around the city centre. Light rail, the Northern Path and other cycling improvements will be the same if they go ahead. Even with these projects many people, and many more than do so today, will access the city centre by bus and I’m sure everyone would agree that the experience of catching buses needs to be improved.…
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A proposal of preposterous audacity

Commentator David Slack has kindly granted us permission to re-post this Sunday column, written especially for subscribers to his popular daily Substack newsletter More Than a Feilding). We’re glad, as it’s too good not to share! A Proposal of Preposterous Audacity that is Totally Worth It and Not By Any Means Too Much By David Slack, originally published 3 July 2021 on More Than a Feilding A beautiful thing happened last weekend in Auckland, on a beautiful winter day.…
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