Behind the curtain of AT’s Project K switcheroo
On Tuesday this week I watched AT present to the Waitematā Local Board about the Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project (otherwise known as Project K).
The same day, I received information in response to my LGOIMA request for documents about the last-minute decision to drastically change the project in March & April of this year, as well as an early return yesterday of documents regarding resolutions from the Traffic Control Committee.…
25 Comments Holding out for a Road Safety Hero
This is a guest post by Christina Robertson, who is a member of the Albert-Eden Local Board. The views presented here are her own.
The header image shows an example of a short, dead-end street in the Albert-Eden area that is set to return to 50km/h as a result of AT’s unusually broad reading of the Speed Rule.…
Why it takes a city to save a village, and vice versa
This guest post by Dr Stuart Donovan looks at how strengthening the urban core can turn liabilities into assets. The header image of Rangiwhakaoma is by the author. I recently travelled to the remarkably picturesque coastal settlement known as Rangiwhakaoma (Castlepoint), which translates loosely to “where the sky runs”.…
Weekly Roundup 9-May-2025
It’s another wet Friday so here are a few stories to read while you (hopefully) avoid the rain. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt covered Auckland Transport’s latest plans for speeding up buses on Dominion Rd.
For Wednesday, Matt looked at what is happening with ridership on our PT network.…
Removing Level Crossings at Three Train Stations
A few months ago the government announced it would contribute $200 million towards level crossing removal in Takanini and at a few stations so that the Southern and Eastern lines north of Papakura would be fully grade separated. This enables us to make better use of the City Rail Link in the future.…
Public Transport Ridership for the start of 2025
It’s been a few months since we last covered public transport usage and we’ve passed through March Madness so it’s time to have a look at how our PT system is performing again.
First up, at a monthly level we can see that there’s been a mixed start to the year which suggests that the post-COVID recovery appears to have stalled.…
Small fixes to help improve Dominion Rd
Making public transport faster and more reliable is some of the key ways to get more people to use it, meaning more people can move around the city. Yet far too often we rely on big projects to deliver these improvements. …
Weekly Roundup 2-May-2025
Wow we’re in May already and with ANZAC day last Friday we skipped the round up so here’s a bumper crop of the things that have caught our attention over the last two weeks. The last few weeks in Greater Auckland On Wednesday last week we ran a guest post from Darren Davis on public transport fares in Queensland.…
Auckland Transport doubles down on diluting Project K
Last Wednesday, Greater Auckland sent an open letter to Auckland Transport about last minute U-turns on designs for the area around Karanga-ā-hape CRL station. Our letter was co-signed by over a hundred people including many local residents and businesses, Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick, and organisations such as the City Centre Residents’ Group, Bike Auckland, Campaign for Better Transport, and more.…
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