Weekly Roundup 10-November-2023
Welcome to Friday. Here’s a few of the articles that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt looked at how Waka Kotahi were showing their true colours by pausing only walking, cycling and PT projects in advance of a new government.…
36 Comments Walk or cycle to breathe fewer pollutants
That walking and cycling is healthier for you than sitting in a car is not a surprising statement. But turns out that it’s healthier for you in another way. Stuff reports:
British research has found that children driven to school breathe in the highest levels of noxious fumes per minute, with those walking, cycling or scooting on the footpath exposed to less over the same period of time.…
Waka Kotahi shows its true colours
Much like Auckland Transport did a year ago following local body elections, Waka Kotahi are showing their true colours by quickly cancelling pausing walking, cycling and public transport projects in the wake of the general election. Radio NZ reports:
Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency) is putting on hold hundreds of millions of dollars of funding for projects designed to reduce New Zealand’s emissions through encouraging walking, cycling and the use of public transport.…
Weekly Roundup 3-November-2023
It’s Friday again and it’s been nice having a few weeks respite from the politics – though that ends this afternoon with the release of the official election results. In the meantime, here’s some of the articles that caught our attention this week.…
Flashback: How rail was saved in Auckland
Raymond Siddalls sadly passed away over the weekend. Raymond played a critical role in saving rail in Auckland so we thought it was worth once again running this post from April-2014 in his honour (with a few minor updates). Next Monday will be a historic day for transport in Auckland as for the first time the city will have electric trains carrying fare paying passengers.…
October-23 AT Board Meeting
Yesterday the Auckland Transport board met again and here are some of the highlights from it. Closed Agenda
One of the things that’s been notable in recent meetings is that far fewer items are being put in the closed session – and consequently the open sessions have far more interesting papers in them.…
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