We won’t have ‘good PT’ if we don’t enforce bus lanes
As a society we tend to be quite keen to ensure that people follow our rules and laws. We have political parties arguing about how they’re “the party of law and order” and even when laws aren’t broken, we often don’t look too kindly of people who bend them to get ahead.…
37 Comments Weekly Roundup – 15-Jan-21
Welcome back to the Weekly roundup. The news has been light over the last few weeks but there are a few things that have caught out eye.
Firstly, how great is this effort from Alex It's taken months of part collecting and assembling, but finally the Lego @AklTransport inspired station is (almost) complete!…
Of Trees and Housing
Urban trees have become an increasingly heated topic over the last few years, and understandably so given how many have been lost after the previous government removed blanket protections from the RMA.
This is manifesting itself currently in Avondale in a battle between a much needed housing development and the fate of a single but significant tree.…
Recent Road Safety Discussions
In 2020, a total of 320 people lost their lives on our roads. That’s an improvement on the 350 people that were killed the year before, but the improvement is due to little travel occurring during the first COVID lockdown and if you take the main part of the lockdown out, April and May, the rest of the year was higher (289 last year vs 279 the year before).…
The Penlink Question – two or four?
As I mentioned yesterday in my look ahead, if it sticks to the timetable laid out in the NZ Upgrade Programme (NZUP), Penlink is due to start construction later this year. But a question that is going to continue to swirl around the project is if it should be two or four lanes wide.…
2021 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2021. After wrapping up 2020 before Christmas, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see in 2021. Lots of projects to be completed
While we will continue to see and have to deal with the impacts of COVID, one big theme this year is we’re finally going start to see the benefit of all the disruption that the city has been experiencing with the completion/opening of a lot projects all around Auckland.…
2020 – A Year in Review
As year draws to a close it’s time for a quick wrap up the most important things that happened and WOW, what a year it’s been.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the blog and supported us in making Auckland greater.…
Tourist cycling success, now do it in the cities
There were a couple of bits of cycling news yesterday.
The government were yesterday celebrating the success of walking and cycling tourism.
Cycle trails and cycle and walking tourism are more popular than ever, with nearly two million trips on the country’s Great Rides in one year, says Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.…
Te Komititanga and views from the past
On Friday Te Komititanga, Auckland’s newest public space was opened to the public. It’s a fantastic addition to the city and will be even better once the refurbishment of the old Chief Post Office is completed in March allowing the thousands of people using trains to exit out on to it.…
Time to rethink Mill Rd
Last week the NZ Herald highlighted how Waka Kotahi NZTA were ramping up their works on the Mill Rd project and that hundreds of homes and businesses are in the way of this huge project. This includes a lot of new homes built just four years ago.…
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