The Western Express is here
Yesterday Auckland’s Rapid Transit Network got a little bit bigger with the launch of the Western Express (WX1), which finally sees a frequent bus serving the SH16 corridor and changes to a bunch of supporting services.
AT say:
These changes are the most significant improvements to bus services in the West and Northwest since the introduction of the existing network in 2017 and will improve the frequency of many bus services to connect people to more places more often.…
67 Comments 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.…
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.…
Improving Wellesley St
A paper to the Auckland Transport board tomorrow is looking for approval and funding to finally make some progress on another of the key city centre public transport projects – the Wellesley St Bus Improvements (WSBI). This along with the Te Hā Noa – the Victoria St Linear Park are two of the flagship projects as part of the council’s Midtown Regeneration plans.…
Weekly Roundup 27-October-2023
It’s Friday again so here’s a few articles that have caught our attention recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt looked at the AT’s plans to improve some of the PT basics to get usage growing.
On Thursday a guest post from George Weeks reviewed the book Paved Paradise.…
Book Review: Paved Paradise
This is a guest post from George Weeks reviewing the book Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar (Penguin, 2023) To the uninitiated, a book on car parking sounds like the dullest, greyest topic in the entire world. Trust me: It isn’t. This is a serious page-turner, with forays into architecture, psychology, economics, city management and organised crime.…
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