Weekly Roundup 26-September-2025
Welcome to another Friday. Who’s ready for Daylight Saving Time this weekend? And it’s almost October, aka Biketober, a great excuse to get out and enjoy the longer evenings. For now, enjoy our roundup of stories that caught our eye this week, on the subject of transport, cities, and connections.…
26 Comments Plan Change debate: more housing was the winner on the day
Housing has been much in the headlines recently, with a few Auckland Councillors fighting tooth and nail to prevent more of it in their own neighbourhoods and instead push it out to other parts of the city. That approach failed yesterday, with a committee of council as a whole voting to accept a new Plan Change 120, to replace the existing Plan Change 78.…
Yes we can retrofit Perimeter Blocks!
This is a guest post by Alex Bonham, Yasmin Tapiheroe, and Nic Williams of Women in Urbanism Aotearoa. They make the case that permitting perimeter blocks in mixed urban housing zones will better provide green space, trees and safe access to play.…
Great benefits, what about the costs?
Big infrastructure projects are great if you only count the benefits and none of the costs. That seems to be the position of infrastructure lobby group Infrastructure NZ, based on a report they released last week about the big motorway projects built in Wellington over the last decade.…
Weekly Roundup 19-September-2025
It’s the last Friday of the school term. Here are some of the things that caught our attention. This Week in Greater Auckland
Only one post this week sorry. A guest post from George Weeks reviewing Jarrett Walker’s updated Human Transit book.…
Book Review: Human Transit: Revised Edition (2024)
This is a guest post by Transport Advisor and Town Planner George Weeks, reviewing the revised edition of Human Transit by Jarrett Walker. It is written in his personal capacity.
You can check out past book review posts here. Book review of Human Transit: Revised Edition (2024) by Jarrett Walker
In a sea of solutions in search of a problem, this digestible professional guide to public transport planning, now in its second edition, is a welcome arrival.…
Weekly Roundup 12-September-2025
We’ve made it through another week. Sit back and take a look through some of the stories that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt took a look at the big changes coming to Auckland Transport.…
Electrifying the North Island Rail Network
At about the same time as Wellington were announcing their new battery electric regional trains, KiwiRail was talking to the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (WRTC) about a plan to effectively electrify the entire North Island rail network.
You can also watch the presentation here, from about 44 minutes on.…
Wellington’s new regional trains revealed
Much like Auckland, Wellington rail users have had a hard time of it recently with significant works being undertaken to upgrade the network. They had some great news yesterday with the announcement Alstom will be building 18 five-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) trains to for their regional services.…
Auckland Transport No More
Mayor Wayne Brown has spent much of his time in office bemoaning the role of Wellington in how Auckland plans for the future often saying “Wellington needs to stop planning Auckland“. But on Friday he happily handed control of the city’s transport future over to Wellington, labelling it “a major victory for the people of Auckland“.…
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