Weekly Roundup 5-December-2025
Ho ho how is it December already?! Welcome to the end of another week, and another roundup of stories that caught our eye in the realm of transport, urbanism, and opportunities to make our little city that little bit greater…
This week’s header image (taken by Jolisa) shows the city after Wednesday’s storm, as seen from Coyle Park, in a Christmassy colour scheme.…
Throwback Thursday: CRL costs money but also provides huge benefits
With the cost (and the value) of CRL in the news recently, we’ve gone back and dug up this post from Matt a few years ago in 2023 on what CRL brings. The City Rail Link has been in the headlines a bit recently so I thought I’d look at some of them.…
Weekly Roundup 28-November-2025
Hope everyone enjoyed the sun this week. Here’s some stories on urbanism that caught our eye! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked at the Public Transport ridership stats for 2025.
On Wednesday, Connor examined the conflicting views of the Mayor on the City Centre.…
Weekly Roundup 21-November-2025
Another week down and another weekly roundup on all things cities. Can you believe it’s almost summer? This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt delved into all the various consultations Auckland Transport is currently running after the local election.
On Wednesday, we had a guest post from the esteemed Darren Davis on The frequentisation of public transport in Tāmaki Makaurau
On Thursday, Matt took a look at the Minister of Transport’s admission of the unaffordable reality of the RoNS programme.…
Weekly Roundup 14-November-2025
Here’s a bunch of stuff that caught our eye this week, during all the hot and humid weather. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt explored what progress has been made on the North Western Busway.
On Wednesday, Patrick took a look at potential improvements to increase accessibility to the Auckland Museum from the City Centre.…
Weekly Roundup 7-November-2025
What great weather we’re having right now, though it’s hard to believe it’s already November. Here’s some stories that we found interesting this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt found agreement with Wayne Brown that Auckland needs to become an efficient green city – with less sprawl.…
Weekly Roundup 31-October-2025
We hope everyone had a good week after the long weekend – here’s a few things that caught our eye to cap off October! This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday we had a guest post from Tim Adriaansen asking if electric cars are a climate solution.…
Weekly Roundup 24-October-2025
Here’s a bumper crop of things we came across this week to get you ready for the long weekend! This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday, Matt dove into the unaffordable reality of the governments RoNS programme.
On Wednesday Patrick examined a quicker (and cheaper) way to complete the rapid transit network.…
Weekly Roundup 17-October-2025
The dust is settling on the local election and while we await the final results – now due Saturday morning – here’s a few things that caught our eye this week.
Header image is by Malcolm McCracken of Ockham’s Toi and Whetū development.…
Weekly Roundup 10-October-2025
It’s local government election eve – last chance to get your votes in before noon on Saturday 11 October! Voting is valuable. As Hayden Donnell puts it in his famously witty way, city is made of council. And outcomes can depend on a single vote.…
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