AT directors at risk from speed reversals?
Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the City Centre Advisory Panel
With Auckland Transport racing towards risky speed increases at the behest of the previous Minister of Transport’s Speed Rule, all eyes are on the consequences. These include an increase in risk for everyone on Auckland’s transport network, and a legal risk for those implementing the changes.…
23 Comments Pop the Hood: Are Speed Limit Reversals Taking Us in the Wrong Direction?
This is a guest post by Vinetta Plummer, Policy and Government Lead for Healthy Families Waitākere, West Auckland mum of two, community advocate, and school board member.
Written for Road Safety Week 2025, the post reflects on the government’s reversal of safer speed limits through a local, lived lens and explores how these changes undermine years of community-informed planning, raise serious equity concerns, and signal a broader pattern of rolling back evidence-based policy in favour of short-term economics.…
Small fixes to help improve Dominion Rd
Making public transport faster and more reliable is some of the key ways to get more people to use it, meaning more people can move around the city. Yet far too often we rely on big projects to deliver these improvements. …
Government’s Road Announcement Week
Transport Minister Chris Bishop was on a project announcement spree last week. As well as the Northwest Busway which I covered on Thursday, he also announced updates on three Roads of National (party) Significance in the Upper North Island.
A couple of things that stands out from these: From ones that have costs listed, is that construction cost inflation is massive and at $5.5 billion, the City Rail Link is starting to look like even better value.…
Some comments for Auckland Transport on Project K and our open letter
This is a bit of a progress update for our open letter asking Auckland Transport to return to the consulted and support plans for the Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project after their last-minute changes.
So far, we’ve had over 80 people and organisations sign on.…
For a safer Symonds Street
This is a guest post by Lewis Creed, managing editor of the University of Auckland student publication Craccum, which is currently running a campaign for a safer Symonds Street in the wake of a horrific recent crash.
The post has two parts: 1) Craccum’s original call for safety (6 April) which launched a related petition, and
2) the recent update (14 April) on the overwhelming support for the petition.…
Should Auckland demolish Spaghetti Junction?
This post by Nicolas Reid was originally published on Linked in. It is republished here with permission. In this article, I make a not-entirely-serious case for ripping out Spaghetti Junction in Auckland, replacing it with a motorway tunnel, and redeveloping new city streets and neighbourhoods above it instead.…
SOS – Save our streets!
This is a Guest Post by Transport Planner Bevan Woodward from the charitable trust Movement, which has lodged an application for a judicial review of the Governments Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024 Auckland is at grave risk of having its safer speed limits on approx.…
Lunar New Year and the Future of Placemaking
This is a guest post by placemaker Paris Kirby.
Featured Image: Neon Lucky Cat on Darby Street, city centre. Created and built by Aan Chu and Angus Muir Design (Photo credit: Bryan Lowe) Disclaimer: I am a Senior Placemaking and Activation Specialist at Auckland Council; however, the views expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Auckland Council.…
Pressure grows for commonsense correction on safe local speeds
Concern is growing about the wide-ranging local repercussions of the new Setting of Speed Limits rule, rewritten in 2024 by former transport minister Simeon Brown. In particular, there are growing fears about what this means for children.
A key paradox of the new rule is that NZTA-controlled roads have the option to keep existing speeds, where they are working and have strong community support, or where land-use has changed.…
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