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.…
41 Comments 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.…
How to buy a home in a warming world
This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared on their blog threesixtysix,. It is republished here with kind permission.
Kasey’s story is grounded in Whanganui-a-Tara examples, but of course we’re keen to hear from our readers with similar experiences in Tåmaki Makaurau.…
Electric cars aren’t a climate solution
This guest post by Tim Adriaansen, an advocate for accessibility and sustainable transport, originally published on LinkedIn and cross posted here with permission. Electric cars aren’t a climate solution.
So why do they keep popping up as a focus for climate action, everywhere from government advisors to environmental advocacy groups?…
Electrifying the Golden Triangle
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. A Detailed Business Case for the electrification of the Golden Triangle’s rail network has been underway for a while but information recently shared by KiwiRail with Waikato’s Regional Land Transport Committee sheds some light on their emerging thinking on what this might look like.…
Progress on the Carrington (UNITEC) housing development
This is a guest post by Malcolm McCracken. It previously appeared on his blog Better Things Are Possible and is shared by kind permission. In 2023, I published the following post on the plans for the development of land that was formerly part of the Carrington UNITEC Campus.…
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