Weekly Roundup 10-March-2023
Tēnā koutou, everyone – hope your week has been a good one. This Week in Greater Auckland
A busy week in the blog mines for Matt in particular. Just a reminder that we always welcome guest posts (and reposts) on topics relevant to the field of urbanism and the future of Tāmaki Makaurau in particular.…
40 Comments Flashback Wednesday: Where do we put our fury and our grief?
This post was originally written almost exactly a year ago by several Greater Auckland writers, with a contribution from Jon Turner, the deputy chair of the Puketāpapa Local Board. We still often think of Levi James and his family, and how they were failed by Auckland Transport.…
Weekly Roundup 03-March-2023
Tēnā koutou. It’s MARCH!! Thanks for stopping by, summer, you were… chaotic.
Header image: the bicycle club of the Holy Sepulchre on Khyber Pass Road. Image via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
Tempted to rename this section ‘the week in Auckland Transport’ because our posts had a real AT focus this week – and a lot happened.…
Weekly Roundup 24-February-2023
Kia ora, Was this a ‘normal’ week? Cautiously optimistic that the weekend will be uneventful too. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt wondered why the public transport projects we build here seems so much more expensive than similar projects in other countries.…
Weekly Roundup 17-February-2023
Kia ora, everyone: it’s been a tough week for the whole country, with the massive devastation and loss of lives, livelihoods, and neighbourhoods caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Our hearts go out to everyone affected. The Week in Greater Auckland
On Monday Matt wrote about how we need Auckland Transport and Kiwirail to do a better job in managing the reliability of our public transport network.…
Weekly Roundup 10-February-2023
Kia ora! Based on the forecasts, Monsoon Season appears to be what we’ve been dealt this summer.
Header image: a painting of green-tracked light rail down Dominion Road, by Chris Dews. The Week in Greater Auckland
On Tuesday, we shared a guest post with writing by both Ed Clayton and GA reader Anna, responding to the Anniversary Weekend flooding.…
Weekly Roundup 03-February-2023
Kia ora. What a week! We hope you’ve all come through last weekend’s extreme weather event relatively dry and safe.
Header image: stormwater ponds at Hobsonville Point. Image via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
There’s been a storm of information and debate since the worst of the flooding unfolded on Friday, and a short posting week for us.…
Weekly Roundup 27-January-2023
Kia ora. Welcome to January’s last (!) Weekly Roundup. The week in Greater Auckland
Monday’s post raised the possibility of a Manukau Road light rail route.
On Tuesday, Matt wondered what the outcomes of this year’s rail network shutdowns will be now that the first, from Ōtāhuhu to Newmarket, is underway.…
Weekly Roundup 20-January-2023
Anyone else suffering back-to-work-blues? We’re battling, but still upright. Haere tonu!
Today’s cover image is of sunset over Tirohanga Whānui Bridge, sourced from Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Jolisa pondered the fate of AT’s ‘Statements of Imagination’.
Tuesday’s post was a guest post by Grady Connell, exploring some solutions to the rail-replacement bus issue.…
Flashback Saturday: How to fund the CFN and save $14 billion
Most Saturdays we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was first published in September 2013 (note: you can now dig into our archives yourself by scrolling down and looking on the right hand side of the page).
On the topic of the Congestion Free Network, we frequently get asked what we would do about the roading network, and what projects we would change to go along with our proposal.…
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