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Welcome to another roundup of all things cities, we can’t believe it’s already the last Friday of February. How time flies! This week in Greater Auckland On Monday we ran Connor’s op-ed on what is going wrong with the next Auckland Harbour Crossing On Wednesday Matt did a deep dive into the Northwest busway fast track application On Thursday Jolisa asked for help to make sure AT gets it right on Green Lane West This roundup, like all our work, is brought to you by the Greater Auckland crew and made possible by generous donations from our readers and fans.…

Hey look, it’s another Friday and it’s been a busy week! And another roundup of recent news, to cap off your week. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday Connor examined what AT is doing to ruin Queen Street and Wellesley Street.…

Happy Friday 13th – may your luck go the right way today! Welcome to another roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we ran a follow-up guest post by Kasey McDonnell, on why trams should rebuild Wellington.…

Here’s our weekly roundup of all things urbanism, a day earlier than usual with Waitangi Day tomorrow and the long weekend ahead. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt wrote about the end of the big summer shutdowns – and AT’s planned timetable for once the CRL opens.…

Another roundup to cap off your week, can you believe its already the end of January? This week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday we ran Scott’s op-ed from Coalition for More Homes about what PC120 will bring. On Wednesday Jolisa took a deep look into some of the headlines about climate resilience and the recent tragedies.…

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer so far – here is a bunch of stuff that we found interesting from the last week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt collated the summer cycling stories we couldn’t fit into the roundup last week.…

Happy New Year, and if you’ve had a break over the recent weeks, we hope it was great. We’re back with our first Weekly Roundup for the year. There was so much to include that we’ve split out a bunch of articles for a separate post next week.…

It’s our final Weekly Roundup for the year! This time next week, we’ll be in a pleasant fog of Christmas dinner and wrapping paper, with the most pressing question being where to go for a swim. Enjoy our collection of stories that caught our eye this week… This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Patrick invited us all to imagine what Auckland now is, and what it can be in the very near future.…

We’re now less than two weeks until Christmas Day, can you believe it? Our second-to-last roundup of the year, featuring stories that caught our eye this week. Today’s header image is Canada St, courtesy of Jolisa. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked at topics for Council’s inaugural meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Delivery Committee, including higher public transport fares On Tuesday, Patrick explored a specific example of how local control of local streets could be good, actually On Wednesday, Connor broke the news that AT is looking to re-open Queen St to all-comers overnight (and launched a quick campaign to restore sanity) And on Thursday, Tim asked if the current state of Lightpath is a metaphor for the state of Auckland in general.…