Weekly Roundup – 5-Mar-20
Here’s our wrap up for the week. Federal St
The Council has announced that they’re finally starting to convert Federal St between Mayoral Dr and Wellesley into a shared space.
A new shared space is coming to the city centre with work commencing in March to transform Federal Street between Mayoral Drive and Wellesley Street into a safer space for pedestrians.…
23 Comments Manurewa (Area 2) Safety Improvements Project
It’s good to see progress towards a safer city, with Auckland Transport consulting on its next project in the road safety programme:
The Manurewa (Area 2) Safety Improvements project. Submissions are due next Monday 8th March.
At the end of this post, I also outline an alternative approach for future safety projects, which will enable Auckland Transport to achieve much more from the same budget.…
The Harbour Bridge is not falling down
On Thursday Waka Kotahi fronted up to parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee as part of their annual review. Over the course of about an hour they were asked a huge number and range of questions from the various Members of Parliament present.…
Weekly Roundup 26-Feb-21
Here’s our roundup for the week. City Centre Bus Changes Consultation
A reminder that Auckland Transport’s consultation for new bus lanes on Wellesley St closes today so get your submission in. You can read our thoughts about it here. New North Rd and Symonds St Consultation
Another consultation reminder, the consultation on upgrading New North Rd and Symonds St closes on Wednesday 3 March.…
Feb-21 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow is the first Auckland Transport board meeting for the year and so I’ve had a look through the reports to see what stands out. Closed Session
The closed session is often where the most interesting items are discussed. Though while there are plenty of items on the agenda, most of them don’t look all that exciting.…
Cut and cover spaghetti junction?
This is a guest post from Nick R
The great irony of urban motorways is that they use up huge amounts of the very thing they are intended to access: land.
All surface transport infrastructure naturally consumes land. However, while a street, busway or railway fits in a corridor 10 to 20m wide, even a small motorway corridor is at least five times as wide.…
Weekly Roundup – 05-Feb-21
Here’s our roundup for the week Climate Change at Council
Yesterday at the Council’s Planning Committee, All Aboard presented on the need for action on climate change and that if they don’t, legal action might result. Stuff reports:
Climate change lobbyists are warning Auckland Council it could face legal action if its decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions fall short of promises made.…
Getting Sign Off
The journey that Auckland is on, of renewal and regeneration, will continue well into the future. We’ve got a lot to do, with transport, power and three waters infrastructure in need of upgrades, a housing shortage, safety crisis and climate emergency to resolve.…
Changing Queen St in the news again
Getting the cars out of Queen St and making it a more pedestrian friendly space is one of the most supported projects around. In 2018 the mayor and councillors unanimously called for it to happen as soon as possible. During the consultation for the City Centre Master Plan (CCMP), the plans for the Queen St Valley received 84% support.…
Weekly Roundup – 29-Jan-21
Here’s our roundup of things you may not have seen for the week. CRL Progress
The City Rail Link team have been posting plenty of interesting updates on the progress they’ve made over the last few weeks. These include
A look behind the hoardings at Britomart The tunnels platforms at the Karangahape Rd are taking shape And at Mt Eden the initial 51m of tunnel, from which the TBM will launch from, is making progress Rail Network nearly back to normal
Auckland Transport have finally announced when the rail network repairs that have plagued users since August will be over, and even better, when speeds will return to normal.…
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