Weekly Roundup 29-April-2022
Tēnā koutou katoa. We’re all feeling thoroughly used to these short weeks – hope you’ve enjoyed some rest and quality time over Easter and Anzac weekend. Back to normal a tērā wiki! The week in Greater Auckland
On Tuesday, Heidi wrote about the Eastern Busway, and proposed a strategy for achieving it without a whole lot of expensive and disruptive property acquisition.…
52 Comments Northern Busway Extension Opens Soon
Auckland Transport have announced that the Northern Busway extension will open in just over a week’s time.
We’re pleased to announce that on Sunday 8 May the Northern Busway extension between Constellation Station and Albany Station will be open for use.…
Electric Ferries for Auckland
Some ferry good news yesterday with the government announcing funding to build two electric ferries for Auckland.
Auckland harbour ferries are set to get quieter, cleaner and greener, thanks to two new fully-electric ferries for commuters and sightseers to travel on, Minister for Energy and Resources Dr Megan Woods announced today.…
A Proposition for East Auckland
I cycled along the Eastern Busway from Panmure to Pakuranga on Friday. It is a nice cycleway: comfortable, intuitive, and with some nice views, particularly from the bridge.
The busway looked inviting, too – smooth and efficient. I love buses.
It was all surprisingly… short, though.…
Weekly roundup 22-April-2022
Kia ora! Another short week, but there’s still lots happening in our weekly roundup… The week in Greater Auckland
Tuesday’s post looked at pros and cons of through-routing buses in the city centre.
In Wednesday’s post, Matt explored Auckland Council’s proposed changes to the Unitary Plan in response to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.…
Time to end our safer speeds experiment?
It’s important to give credit where it’s due. Auckland Transport’s Safer Speeds team deserves credit for a life-saving intervention that’s been flying under the radar, even as news headlines highlight the ongoing avoidable and heartbreaking harm to people just trying to get where they’re going.…
Unitary Plan 2.0 Pre-consultation
Auckland Council have launched their pre-consultation consultation for the changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan in response to the governments housing rules under the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) from 2020 and the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) from 2021.…
Through-Routing Buses
Last year Auckland Transport consulted on their long-term plans for buses in the city centre. Part of the plan involves creating two high-quality east-west bus corridors through the city but another key part to it involves building up to five major off-street bus facilities on the edges of the city centre for buses to terminate at with services routed to a facility on the opposite side of the city to the one they enter on.…
Weekly roundup 14-April-2022
Weekly roundup’s coming to you a day early this week, so we can all have Easter Friday off to focus our energy entirely on chocolate and hot cross buns.
The week in Greater Auckland
Monday’s post, suggesting that ebikes get added to the clean car rebate scheme, got a few of you hopeful due to a slightly deceptive title (sorry!)…
Luxon’s Subsidy Slip
National Party Leader Chistopher Luxon caused a stir yesterday after attacking public transport spending in response to questions from journalists.
The case for ongoing public transport subsidies does not stack up, National Party leader Christopher Luxon says.
As part of a package to ease financial pressure, the cost of public transport has been halved from April through to the end of June.…
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