Letter from Wellington: a glow up for the Harbour Quays
This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared on their blog threesixtysix,. It is republished here with kind permission. Boy am I horny for bus lanes.
Splash paint on a road, reserve it for buses that carry 70 people each, and you’ve instantly improved public transport.…
27 Comments Let’s go there now: the future of our urban villages
This is a guest post by David Slack, who has kindly shared it from his excellent long-running newsletter ‘More Than a Feilding’, for the benefit of Greater Auckland readers. (Header image and accompanying photos also by David Slack.) If the only line Joni Mitchell had ever written was about paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, she’d have left words for the ages.…
Congestion Charging: Location Options
New York is the most recent city to implement congestion pricing and it’s already (and predictably) been a success. Will Auckland be the next city to introduce it?
Legislation to introduce “time of use charging” (congestion pricing) is currently making its way through Parliament, with the government intending to pass it before the end of the year.…
Weekly Roundup 18-July-2025
It’s Friday again so here’s some of the things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Connor looked at the new plans for the streets around the Mercury Lane entrance to Karanga-a-Hape station
For Tuesday we had another guest post from Brendon Harre, looking at transport in Christchurch pre the 1930s
On Wednesday Patrick covered the recently released report looking at the State of the City.…
The State of It
Yesterday I went to the launch of the Committee for Auckland’s third The State of The City launch. It’s great they are doing this work, and the event was very interesting. You can read the report itself here.
There has been a lot of media coverage since, some of which you’ve no doubt seen, ranging from the sensationalist (Stuff) to the bored and dismissive (Auckland Now).…
Christchurch Transport Milestones Pre 1930’s
This is a guest post by Brendon Harre. It’s the second part of a post about Christchurch, it’s history, and what needs to change to fix it’s transport woes and this part has been published on Brendon’s medium.
You can read part one here.…
Project K is gonna be OK
Breaking news: better things are indeed possible!
At the end of last week, the agenda of the Waitematā Local Board went public revealing the outcome of Auckland Transport’s recent work to fix the Karanga-a-Hape Station Precinct Integration Project, aka Project K.…
Weekly Roundup 11-July-2025
It’s Friday and here’s our roundup of some news you might have missed recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Patrick looked at how Auckland is a world-class city in the making.
On Tuesday Matt covered how the government are looking to sell tolling rights.…
Perils of parking on footpaths
This is a Guest Post by Dr Chris Teo–Sherrell from Living Streets Aotearoa You’re driving along on your way to work or an appointment and all of a sudden there’s a truck blocking the road. It’s not clear what’s happening. Nobody’s there to explain what’s going on or to direct you safely around the truck or asking you to turn around and go another way.…
Helicopters and homes don’t mix
This is a guest post by Alex Bonham, who is a City Vision member of the Waitematā Local Board, which resolved unanimously to advocate for the prohibition of non-emergency helicopter movements in urban residential areas. She is writing here in a personal capacity.…
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