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.…
24 Comments 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“.…
Weekly Roundup 5-September-2025
It’s Friday and it’s spring, what’s not to like. Here is our regular roundup of things that caught our attention this week This Week in Greater Auckland
Unfortunately life got in the way a bit this week, as it does sometimes, so we only had one post this week.…
CRL progress and plans for more Bus and Transit lanes
Tomorrow is the next meeting for the Council’s Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee and there’s a lot of focus on the City Rail Link, though there are a few other interesting items too. City Rail Link
Given we’re getting close to the end of the City Rail Link, and with the last major period of network disruption approaching, it’s unsurprising there’s a lot of focus on the progress towards completing it.…
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