Weekly Roundup 12-April-2024
Welcome back to another Friday. Here’s some articles that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Wednesday Matt looked at the latest with the Airport to Botany project.
On Thursday Matt covered the revelation that Auckland Transport have to subsidise towing illegally parked cars.…
31 Comments Weekly Roundup 5-April-2024
It’s Friday again and here are some articles that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday we ran a post for April Fools that the government were banning walking. It seems it struck a nerve, and is already our most viewed post ever – by a large margin.…
NZ Government announces ban on walking
RNZ reports:
As part of their ‘100 Day Plan – Phase 2’, the government today announced a ban on walking on streets and in most public spaces.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the move is part of the Government’s plan to boost economic growth and productivity.…
Auckland Council’s astute feedback on the GPS
There are now only a few days left to give feedback on the Draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34. See our earlier posts on GPS submission guides, and on the disparity between funding rail and funding RoNS.
As we’ve reported, the GPS is a disaster for Local Government, so we’ve been particularly interested to hear Auckland Council’s take.…
Have your say on the LTP and GPS this week
There are two major public consultations closing in the next week, Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP), and the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS).
Closing dates and times:
LTP closes Thursday 28 March, at 11.59pm – a minute to midnight!…
Weekly Roundup 22-March-2024
It’s Friday and here are some of the things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt looked at the latest news about the upgrades to the rail network.
On Tuesday, we featured a guest post about the future for light rail, from Connor Sharp of Surface Light Rail
On Thursday, we remembered Rod Oram, communicator extraordinaire.…
Weekly Roundup 15-March-2024
It’s Friday and we’re halfway through March Madness. Here’s some of the things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt asked how we can get better event trains and an option for grade separating Morningside Dr.…
Weekly Roundup 8-March-2024
Welcome to Friday and what a week it’s been. Here are some of the other things that caught our attention this week This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday we ran a guest post from Nick Reid asking if should we build a bridge or tunnel across Cook Strait?…
Should we build a bridge or tunnel across Cook Strait?
This post by Nicolas Reid was originally published on Linked in. It is republished here with permission. The idea of a bridge or tunnel between the North and South islands gets raised any time there are problems with the Cook Strait ferries, and the recent uncertainty about the ongoing plans to upgrade the boats and their terminals is no exception.…
Weekly Roundup 1-March-2024
Welcome to Friday, and to March, traditionally the busiest month for people trying to get into and around our city. The Northwestern Cycleway has been going gangbusters this week. How’s it looking out there for you, around the rest of the isthmus?…
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