A CRL defeat from the jaws of victory?
The opening of City Rail Link later this year should be a momentous occasion for Auckland and as we’ve highlighted many times before, one that should help transform Auckland. But increasingly, we’re worried that Auckland Transport are about to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory.…
92 Comments A Metro for Auckland?
The City Rail Link (CRL) is routinely described as transformational. An overused term for infrastructure projects, but one that is surely appropriate in this case – as you’d hope, given the size of the investment. $5.5b ought to get us something truly new, not just another lane and more traffic.…
NW Busway Fast Track Application
The Northwest Busway is one of Auckland’s most important upcoming transport projects. In April last year it was announced that the NZTA board had approved an investment case for the project and that more work would happen on design with the aim of getting designations for the busway, likely via the Fast Track process.…
Auckland’s next harbour crossing: A costly failure that needs fixing
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in The Post on February 13th 2026. We need cross-party consensus for good long-term political decision-making, especially when it comes to major infrastructure. Right now, this isn’t happening. Worse: political parties may agree about the wrong things, seriously undermining our future at huge cost.…
The Western Line to Newmarket Question
What’s faster: a less frequent direct service or a more frequent service that requires a transfer?
In my post last week about needing a metro timetable to match our upgraded rail network, a few things came up that caught my attention: That the testing didn’t go well
There were a number of suggestions about west-to-Newmarket services – with some similar comments I’ve seen from time to time in other places.…
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.…
A metro rail timetable to match the infrastructure?
Every summer for the last 20 years some, if not all of Auckland’s rail network has been shut down for weeks on end as major upgrades take place – upgrades such as double tracking, electrification, new stations, major station upgrades, City Rail Link and most recently the work to rebuild much of the network from the foundations up.…
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.…
2026 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2026. After wrapping up 2025, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see this year – along with a few predictions.
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2025 – A Year in Review
Here we are at the end of 2025, so it’s time for quick wrap-up of the most important things that happened this year for urbanism and transport in our city.
A huge thank you to everyone who has visited the blog, shared our work, and supported us in our mission to make a greater Tāmaki Makaurau.…
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