Weekly Roundup – 23-July-21
Kia ora, here’s our weekly roundup for the week ending 23rd of July. Puhinui Opening and bus changes
Tomorrow the awesome new Puhinui station is being shown off to the public with an open day from 11am to 3pm. This part of the rail network is closed over the weekend however and so the first passenger services will start using the station from Monday 26 July.…
69 Comments Weekly Roundup – 16-July-21
Halfway through July already, and there’s lots to share in our weekly roundup, as usual. More free PT
Auckland Transport has announced free public transport after 9pm, seven days a week, from Wednesday 14 July to Sunday 1 August. This is to coincide with the wintertime Elemental AKL fest, which has events all over the city.…
Weekly Roundup – 09-July-21
We’re at the end of the week again. Here’s our roundup. Fare Free Day
Auckland Transport are hailing their Fare Free day last Saturday as a success.
A combination of free public transport and a sunny day saw Aucklanders take to public transport on Saturday in numbers not seen since before COVID.…
Weekly Roundup 2-July-21
Hōngongoi (July) has arrived, along with the polar vortex, we’ve passed the shortest day of the year and Matariki’s appeared in the sky. Here’s our weekly roundup for the week ending July 2nd. Header image credit: Kawe Roes/Stuff Kia rere e ngā tereina!…
Weekly Roundup 25-June-21
Welcome to the last Friday in June. Now may be a good moment to ask, did you notice anything in particular about our guest posts this month while Matt’s been on sort-of paternity leave?
Header image: Innovating Streets artwork by Pauly B.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-June-21
Here’s our roundup for the week.
Nice little kotare
Too good a photo not to share. (Also: time to bring back the “best kept street” awards? Which would you nominate?) Nice little kotare this arvo pic.twitter.com/YvTHjCI0XA
— Jon Turner (@JonTurnerNZ) June 16, 2021 It ain’t safe to walk – and not just in the city centre
Why did the RNZ reporter cross the road?…
Weekly Roundup – 4-June-21
How is it June already?? Here’s our roundup for the week that was… and it’s a bumper edition, in honour of the long weekend. (Happy birthday, Your Majesty!) Liberate the Lane: managing traffic – and expectations
Last Sunday’s Liberate the Lane rally (and subsequent bridge ride) attracted heaps of attention, which was precisely the point.…
Auckland Transport to actually build cycleways
The NZ Herald reports:
In a surprise announcement, Auckland Transport has revealed that they will “actually build some cycleways” in the next 12 months, ending their current policy of “doing everything they can to avoid building cycleways”. AT Chief Executive Shane Ellison announced the new policy, after facing much pressure over the past couple of weeks following the release of ATAP 2021, which is projected to spend $31 billion and increase, rather than decrease, emissions.…
Flashback Saturday: Commuter rail or rapid transit?
Each weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Nick was first published in June 2012.
Over the past few weeks the blog has featured a range of posts around the City Rail Link, options for staging stations and whether to include an eastern link from the tunnel to Grafton or not.…
Flashback Saturday: The Rail Development Plan
Each weekend we dig into the archives. This post was first published in July 2009.
It’s easy for one to plan dream rail networks for Auckland – heck I tend to do it all the time. And indeed, in the longer run I think it will be necessary for Auckland to embark upon a significant expansion of the rail network, starting with the CBD rail loop.…
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