Flashback Saturday: Road Building Brouhaha
This post by Matt was originally published in July 2019. It reads particularly interestingly when you consider six months later the government announced the NZ Upgrade Programme.
Over the last week there’s been a flurry of discussion in the media about the country’s transport priorities following the publication of a letter by the government’s Business Advisory Council (BAC).…
8 Comments Weekly roundup 29-July-2022
It’s that time of the week again, and it’s the last weekly roundup for July. We are truly over the hump of winter!
Cover image: an Auckland Sunrise, by Jordan Carter The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt wrote about Waka Kotahi’s decision to fund the increased cost of the Ngauranga to Petone seawall-with-a-bike-lane ‘cycleway’ project.…
How To Fix Cars
Header image by Mehdi Azizi
Yesterday on Twitter, Dutch planner/ engineer (and friend of Greater Auckland) Lennart Nout asked an intriguing question about cars… OK so you're the head of the organisation that regulates cars. Which rules do you impose?1. Maximum weight of 2.000 kg for EVs.2.…
A Greater Gt North Rd Coming Soon
Some good news yesterday with Auckland Transport confirming that their plans for a greater Gt North Rd will start construction later this year. The project has been a long time coming, first being consulted on in 2016 and then again last year, but better late than never.…
The latest on Airport to Botany
Last year the impressive new Puhinui station along with bus and transit lanes linking it to the Airport and Manukau were opened creating a much improved public transport connection to the airport.
The station is just the first stage of a larger plan to build a new rapid transit line from the Airport to Botany (A2B) and that’s an important project we haven’t heard a lot about recently.…
A seawall with a cycleway on top
Last week Waka Kotahi announced they have approved funding to cover a massive increase in a major project for Wellington: Te Ara Tupua, the shared path walking and cycling link between Wellington and Lower Hutt along the edge of the harbour.…
Flashback Saturday: Auckland Transport’s Parking Nonsense
This post by Heidi was originally published in July 2019.
AT has created a storm that never needed to exist.
Ten years ago, Aucklanders understood the law. You could not park a car on a verge or footpath, and vehicle crossings were for crossing the footpath, not places to park.…
Weekly Roundup 22-July-2022
Kia ora and welcome to the end of a stormy week… expect heatwaves in this roundup, there’s been so much weather this week that we couldn’t not talk about it. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt covered both the ownership change for Auckland ferries, and the Government’s extension of the fuel tax reduction and public transport discount.…
Federal St Stage 2 Complete
Auckland’s newest shared space was officially opened this week and it looks great. The shared space is the 100m+ southern section of Federal St between Mayoral Dr and Wellesley St. The upgrade was first consulted on in late 2017, highlighting just how long even small sections like this take.…
Supporting Sprawl in the North
A few months ago we saw the latest round of consultations for the transport networks in the planned huge new greenfield growth areas in the Northwest and Warkworth by the Supporting Growth team. These new sprawl areas, along with others planned in the South and around Dairy Flat, are eventually planned to be home to hundreds of thousands of new residents.…
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