Te Huia – what comes next?
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission.
And is even more relevant as we are reminded by events just how important more travel options between cities beyond flying and driving really are.…
129 Comments Who meets the Ministers?
This is a guest post from an interview with Dr Caroline Shaw by Living Streets Aotearoa, on a recently released research paper titled Commercial Influences on Healthy Transport: Interest Group Engagement With Transport Ministers in Aotearoa/New Zealand 2017–2022.
You can check out the original article here.…
Book Review: Happy By Design
This is a guest post by Transport Advisor and Town Planner George Weeks, written in a personal capacity reviewing Happy By Design by Ben Channon Revised Edition.
You can check out past book review posts here. Where’s your favourite place in Auckland?…
Why trams should rebuild Wellington
This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared on their blog Welly climate nerd (formerly threesixtysix). It is republished here with kind permission. It’s a modest Monday morning in 2035. Derwent Street is glistening in the drizzle.…
The trams that built Wellington
This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared on their blog threesixtysix,. It is republished here with kind permission. Which year saw the most public transport passengers in Wellington’s history? You might think 2019, before the pandemic put public transport in crisis.…
Book Review: The Shoup Doctrine
This is a guest post by Transport Advisor and Town Planner George Weeks, reviewing The Shoup Doctrine, a collection of 33 essays written in celebration of the career of Donald Shoup and parking reforms. It is written in his personal capacity.…
The year in public transport in Aotearoa
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission. As 2025 comes to a close, it’s hard not to feel whiplash at the breadth and speed of the government’s “Reform” programme embracing resource management; local and regional government; development levies; infrastructure funding and three waters.…
Lightpath and the Lost Decade: Super-city or Slumber-city?
This guest post is by Tim Adriaansen, an advocate for accessibility and sustainable transport. Te Ara I Whiti, or Lightpath, turned 10 years old last week.
This stunning photo has popped up all over the internet since it was first uploaded for royalty-free use by Dan Freeman in 2017.…
New Zealand is walking again, but our streets aren’t keeping up
This is a guest post by Tim Jones, President of Living Streets Aotearoa. By profession, Tim is a writer, editor and anthologist, and his latest book is the poetry collection Dracula in the Colonies. New Zealanders are choosing to walk more and drive less as a way to get around, according to recent research released by the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi.…
The frequentisation of Tāmaki Makaurau
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission. The bad old days To get a full appreciation of just how big a transformation Auckland’s bus network has undergone, you have to look back to the bad old days.…
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