Selling Tolling Rights
The idea that our existing transport taxes will fully cover the cost of maintaining and expanding our transport system has long been false. Governments of all stripes have pumped billions of additional spending in to fund major transport projects like motorway extensions.…
15 Comments The Transport Plans for Downtown West
As the City Rail Link works start to wrap up over the next year, focus is starting to shift to where next for improvement in the city centre and one of the areas to be focused on is the Downtown West area in conjunction with Pūmanawa Downtown West which is the redevelopment of the Downtown Carpark site.…
New Density Rules for Inner West train stations
The government have announced more details about their plans to require even more density around some train stations to make the most of the City Rail Link.
A few weeks ago, Chris Bishop who is the minister for both transport and housing, announced changes to how Auckland processes its zoning changes in response to government requirements for allowing intensification.…
June-25 AT Board Meeting
Today the AT board meets again, and I’ve taken a look through the papers to find the most interesting items.
For those wanting to attend or watch online: Auckland Transport, 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland (Meeting Room 1.04)
Microsoft Teams link for the Board meeting on 24 June 2025
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Meeting ID: 455 861 336 967
Passcode: fa3rG6p6 Closed Agenda
AT has been pushing a lot of items into the open agenda, but there are quite a few decisions up for approval in the closed session of the board meeting today.…
National’s proposed changes to transport rules
Last week Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced some planned transport rule changes including some very welcome and overdue ones for buses, scooters and people on bikes.
The Government is progressing a bold work programme to increase productivity and efficiency through comprehensively reforming New Zealand’s land transport rules, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says.…
AT’s bikes on buses trial expands
Last year Auckland Transport piloted allowing bikes on a few NX1 buses to provide a connection across the harbour. They’ve now announced that from next month the trial will expand and more buses will be equipped with racks.
Second phase of bikes in buses trial begins – cyclists can now cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Auckland Transport (AT) is gearing up for the next phase of its bikes in buses trial from July 2025, aiming to make public transport more flexible, and enable a variety of active modes of travel.…
More Housing Plan Changes on the way for Auckland
The government requiring the council to zone for more housing in Auckland is dead, long live the government requiring the council to zone for more housing in Auckland.
One of the governments key housing polices when was to make optional the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) requirement for councils to allow up to three storey town houses throughout our cities, something National made a bipartisan deal with the former Labour government to introduce in the first place.…
Why diverting buses to Maungawhau is a bad idea
Over the last three years the Mayor has come up with a few transport ideas that might sound good at first but just don’t make practical sense – his Harbour Crossing proposal is a classic example – and he’s just added another to his list: diverting buses from nearby arterial routes directly to Maungawhau station.…
Auditor General looks at the reliability of public transport in Auckland
Reliability of public transport is one of the most important factors in how much trust people have in the system. When PT works as expected, with services, including transfers, turning up on time and whisking you to your destination quickly free from congestion, it is amazing and changes how you feel about the city and your day.…
What’s up with cycleway ridership? The numbers!
The current government might be inexplicably hostile to cycling as a transport mode, and COVID might have changed the nature of work and thus commuting, especially in places like the city centre. But that’s not stopping people getting on their bike – especially as most trips aren’t even work trips.…
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