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.…
57 Comments 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.…
Flashback Saturday: Auckland’s city centre is getting more diverse
Most Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by John was originally published in September 2014.
This post is the first part of what will be a three-part series on Auckland’s city centre and the 2013 census stats on it.…
Weekly Roundup 16-September-2022
Ah, kua tae mai te rā whakatā. The weekend has arrived!
Cover image via Ensemble Magazine. The week in Greater Auckland
In Monday’s post, Heidi explained that for the Government’s strategic direction, the road authorities need to read the GPS – they shouldn’t just blindly keep spending Activity Class funds in the same old way.…
Neighbourhoods: the missing ingredient
This is a guest post by reader Grady Connell. It was originally published on Today FM.
This is a story about the missing ingredient from both a cookie recipe… and newer housing developments. After listening to Tova O’Brien’s interview about how walkable your neighbourhood is and completing a recent ride around Pukekohe’s newer neighbourhoods, it made me realise there’s a missing ingredient.…
Here, have some hardcore fantasising
This is a guest post by commentator-about-town David Slack, who has kindly liberated it from his excellent Substack newsletter for the greater benefit of Greater Auckland readers. God, but I love a train.
Imagine being in Vienna last week, with all the travel writers and railway buffs invited there to see a new generation of night trains for Europe.…
The Notified Unitary Plan Revision
The Auckland Council are currently consulting on the publicly notified changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP).
The proposal follows a draft consultation on the changes the Council launched in April and are 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.…
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