Weekly Roundup 30-September-2022
Tēnā koutou. We’ve made it to the last Weekly Roundup of September!
Cover image by Mitchell Houlbrook, via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
On Tuesday, Matt reflected on what’s been achieved for transport in 5 years of the Labour-led government.…
14 Comments Lifting our game for systems change – project by project
Today, Auckland Transport is running two “community participation sessions”:
Through an independent facilitator, these sessions will delve into the pros and cons of options that physically separate cycle and vehicle lanes, incorporating your feedback and ideas, enabling us to collectively reach a solution.…
PT Ridership is starting to recover – again
With COVID restrictions mostly removed and other winter illnesses receding, I’ve been back in the office more regularly. But I’m clearly not the only one and particularly over the last few weeks trains and buses have been feeling much busier with some trips even feeling a bit more like the before times.…
The government’s performance on transport – 5 years on
On October 20th 2017 I wrote a very hopeful post about the change that is coming to transport. The previous evening Winston Peters had, finally, chosen to form a Government with Labour. In that post I laid out a lot of reasons to be hugely optimistic about the future.…
Flashback Saturday: Freeing us from traffic
Most Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in September 2014.
Yesterday the Herald ran a fantastic opinion piece from Dr Jamie Hosking who is a senior lecturer and health and transport researcher at the University of Auckland.…
Weekly Roundup 23-September-22
Kia ora koutou. Public holiday on Monday AND daylight savings begins on Sunday. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt wrote about the proposed Reshaping Streets legislation changes, for which submissions closed on Monday night.
In Tuesday’s post, Heidi encouraged all of us to get out and vote, march and motivate: vote in the local body elections, march in today’s Fridays for Future climate protest, and motivate each other to join in.…
Midtown Streets Regeneration starting soon
With the City Rail Link tunnelling now complete the major civil works at the Te Waihorotiu station will soon be completed and some of the focus can shift to the above-ground works.
Earlier this week Auckland Council and Auckland Transport confirmed that early next year, work will start on the planned improvements to Victoria and Wellesley Streets, which are “a pivotal part of the city centre’s midtown regeneration programme“.…
Temporary Traffic Management for a better city
Disruption in our transport corridors is a given. Annoying though it is, it’s also a gift, because it can be managed in a way that delivers climate action, and makes life easier and safer for the most vulnerable people on our road.…
Vote, March and Motivate
It’s people who will make our city a nicer place to live, work, care, play – and move around.
People – with clever minds, holding a vision of a beautiful, thriving city.
People – whose commitment to each other creates a better home for all of us.…
Submit on Reshaping Streets
The government are currently consulting on a suite of much needed changes to legislation that will remove red tape, to “make it easier for local authorities (like councils) to make street changes that support public transport, active travel and placemaking“. And that consultation closes later today.…
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