Optimising The Strand
The refresh of the Council’s City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) in 2020 including the vision of transform SH16 through Grafton Gully into a multi-way boulevard as part of plans to support revitalisation of this part the city and improve connections to towards Parnell and the Domain.…
Weekly Roundup – Easter Edition
With Good Friday tomorrow, we thought we’d do the weekly roundup a day early this week. Here’s a basket of reading goodies for your long weekend.
Our header image this week, via the Auckland City Centre Residents Group, shows a social gathering in the Emily Place park (a legacy project of the original Innovating Streets programme, still going strong.)…
Auckland’s Bus Cancellation Crisis Visualised
Radio NZ data journalist Farah Hancock has been digging into the issue of bus cancellations in Auckland and Wellington and has started a fascinating series about it.
In the first article on Monday, she’s taken a look at the overall picture based on data from February.…
Construction for next stage of Eastern Busway starts
On Saturday, Transport Minister Michael Wood and Mayor Wayne Brown turned the sod to mark the start of construction on the next stage of the Eastern Busway.
This milestone means construction is underway for the significant transport project’s final stretch, from Pakuranga towards Botany.…
What to do about the Northern Busway
One of the big unknowns with any potential new harbour crossing is what to do about the Northern Busway. The first busway services first started in late 2005, before there was a busway, when the Albany and Constellation Stations opened and buses just used shoulder lanes to get to the city.…
Leaked emails reveal plan to turn light-rail into a road tunnel
The NZ Herald reports:
Leaked emails between senior officials at Auckland Light Rail, Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport have revealed a surprising twist in the long-running saga of the Auckland Light Rail project.
A stack of emails between Auckland Light Rail and an unnamed senior official at Waka Kotahi, who appears to have been a close colleague for many years in his former role at Waka Kotahi, have been leaked to the NZ Herald.…
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