Walk or cycle to breathe fewer pollutants
That walking and cycling is healthier for you than sitting in a car is not a surprising statement. But turns out that it’s healthier for you in another way. Stuff reports:
British research has found that children driven to school breathe in the highest levels of noxious fumes per minute, with those walking, cycling or scooting on the footpath exposed to less over the same period of time.…
53 Comments Waka Kotahi shows its true colours
Much like Auckland Transport did a year ago following local body elections, Waka Kotahi are showing their true colours by quickly cancelling pausing walking, cycling and public transport projects in the wake of the general election. Radio NZ reports:
Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency) is putting on hold hundreds of millions of dollars of funding for projects designed to reduce New Zealand’s emissions through encouraging walking, cycling and the use of public transport.…
Flashback: How rail was saved in Auckland
Raymond Siddalls sadly passed away over the weekend. Raymond played a critical role in saving rail in Auckland so we thought it was worth once again running this post from April-2014 in his honour (with a few minor updates). Next Monday will be a historic day for transport in Auckland as for the first time the city will have electric trains carrying fare paying passengers.…
October-23 AT Board Meeting
Yesterday the Auckland Transport board met again and here are some of the highlights from it. Closed Agenda
One of the things that’s been notable in recent meetings is that far fewer items are being put in the closed session – and consequently the open sessions have far more interesting papers in them.…
Improving Wellesley St
A paper to the Auckland Transport board tomorrow is looking for approval and funding to finally make some progress on another of the key city centre public transport projects – the Wellesley St Bus Improvements (WSBI). This along with the Te Hā Noa – the Victoria St Linear Park are two of the flagship projects as part of the council’s Midtown Regeneration plans.…
Weekly Roundup 27-October-2023
It’s Friday again so here’s a few articles that have caught our attention recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt looked at the AT’s plans to improve some of the PT basics to get usage growing.
On Thursday a guest post from George Weeks reviewed the book Paved Paradise.…
AT looking to get the PT Basics right for growth
Auckland Transport have set themselves the ambitious target of getting back to 100 million trips on public transport by the middle of next year – which is fantastic to see – as part of delivering a turnaround plan pushed by Mayor Wayne Brown.…
Looking Back at Labour’s Transport Performance
The election is over and we have a change in government – though we will need to wait for the counting of special votes to see the exact makeup of that government. That makes it a good time to reflect back on the the last six years of a Labour government.…
2023 Election Transport Policies
We’re only a couple of days away from the election so here’s a quick recap of the key aspects of transport polices of various parties.
National and Labour
We covered both National’s and Labour’s transport policies more in depth earlier, and both are strikingly similar.…
Auckland Derailed – The Next Step
Over the last year, parts of Auckland’s rail network have been shut down as Kiwirail have worked to replace aging formation below the tracks. They started with the inner southern line between Newmarket and Otahuhu, Then in March moved on to the Eastern Line between Quay Park and Otahuhu.…
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