A walk to the park
This is a guest post by reader Roeland Schoukens.
This block between Hobson Street, Cook Street, Nelson Street and Wellesley Street is home to about 3,000 people on 3 hectares.
(Overall the population density of the city centre is much lower, with about 33,000 people on 4 km².…
47 Comments The Emissions Reduction Plan
This is a guest post by sustainable transport and accessibility advocate Tim Adriaansen.
Yesterday we received two important and related announcements from Central Government: The first Emissions Reduction Plan, which sets out the pathway Aotearoa will follow to meet our emissions budgets through to 2035 and;
Details of the Climate Emergency Response Fund which will be included in Budget 2022, to be announced on Thursday.…
Committing to the CAM-PBC
This is a guest post by sustainable transport and accessibility advocate Tim Adriaansen.
Today, Auckland Council’s Planning Committee is set to endorse the Cycling and Micromobility Programme Business Case (or CAM-PBC), which establishes 3 possible investment pathways for cycling in Auckland: The first is a $306 million programme which is currently funded under the Regional Land Transport Plan and is expected to deliver 45km of protected cycleways, including 4 focus areas.…
Unpicking the method behind Council’s SCA assessments
This is a guest post by Anna Michels. Anna is an Urban Designer at HUE in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Auckland Council has released its proposed changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan in response to Central Government directions under the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) and incorporating the Medium Density Residential Standard (MDRS) within the Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters Bill that was passed at the end of 2021.…
What about a Wairau Valley Station?
This is a guest post by Greater Auckland reader, Jack Gibbons.
The Northern Busway extension from Constellation Station up to Albany is opening within a few months, and in several years an infill station over Rosedale Road will open. The continued upgrading of the busway is fantastic.…
New Lynn to Avondale: a peek through the chain-link fence
This is a guest post by Jessica Rose. Jessica is a member of the Whau Local Board, a sustainable transport advocate, and co-chair of Frocks on Bikes Auckland.
The New Lynn to Avondale (NL2A) shared pathway has been in planning and now delivery for the better part of a decade – and it’s going to be completed in the next few months.…
Regional Public Transport
This is a guest post by Paul Callister.
Featured image: the Southerner Service at Dunedin Railway Station, via Save Our Trains on Twitter.
In November 2021, over 100 elected officials representing local and regional councils from Northland to Bluff sent an open letter to the Minister of Transport, Michael Wood.…
Delivering Climate Action in Auckland
This is a guest post from the Office of the Mayor of Auckland.
Consultation on Auckland Council’s proposed Annual Budget for 2022/23 opened on 28 February and runs until 28 March.
The centrepiece of the budget is a proposal for a Climate Action Package that, with co-funding from the government, would allocate more than $1 billion over the next 10 years for a range of initiatives to reduce emissions and the impact of climate change.…
“No, Minister”
This is a guest post by sustainable transport and accessibility advocate Tim Adriaansen
Following the Liberate the Lane rally on May 30th last year, Transport Minister Michael Wood wrote to Waka Kotahi Chair Brian Roche, requesting the transport agency investigate options to trial walking and cycling across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.…
Is Hydrogen New Zealand’s Next Big Thing?
Image Credit: Matti Blume [@CC-BY-SA 4.0 Matti Blume] via Euractiv
This is a guest post by David K. David worked in the oil industry for many years in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.
Will hydrogen technology be a useful part of New Zealand’s climate response?…
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