Weekly Roundup – 16-Apr-21
Here’s our weekly roundup Mobile Fine Increase
The government are increasing the fine for using a mobile phone while driving.
The infringement fee for using a mobile phone while driving will increase from $80 to $150 from 30 April 2021 to encourage safer driving, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.…
41 Comments Guest Post: Why bike lanes need to be designed for women
A guest post by Marita Hunt
A handful of recent articles on cycling, gender and the climate demonstrate the value of centralising women when designing cycling infrastructure.
In February, a paper called Pedalling Towards Equity: Exploring Women’s Cycling in a New Zealand City by Marie Russell, Cheryl Davies, Kirsty Wild and Caroline Shaw was published in the Journal of Transport Geography.…
The Downtown Carpark – AT Created a Debacle
As Matt blogged recently, Council is considering redeveloping the Downtown Carpark. A delegation from Auckland Transport, Council and Panuku presented on the topic to the Council’s Planning Committee early this month.
Auckland Transport were woefully unprepared for the meeting. This transport proposal didn’t align with the City Centre Masterplan, the Auckland Climate Plan nor Auckland Transport’s own modeshift plan, Better Travel Choices.…
Redeveloping the Downtown Carpark
The Council’s Planning Committee meet tomorrow and perhaps the most interesting item on the agenda a paper about the sale and redevelopment of the Downtown Carpark. Concerningly, it shows Auckland Transport still fundamentally misunderstand their and the city’s transport objectives.
The council agreed to put the carpark up for sale last year after COVID wreaked havoc on their budgets.…
The Climate Change Commission’s draft advice
Submissions are due on the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice to Government this Sunday (28 March), so if you haven’t started reading it, time to start.
Here is the Commission’s webpage linking to the advice report, the evidence report (in chapters), the consultation questions, and to how to make a submission itself.…
The Long Term Plan 2021
This is a double length post, for leisurely weekend reading. You’re welcome to just flick through to the headings you’re interested in.
The Council’s Long Term Plan is under consultation, and submissions must be in by noon on Monday (22 March 2021).…
So we’re back to Unhealthy Streets, then?
Last May, Auckland Transport eliminated all mention of the “Healthy Streets” approach from the Roads and Streets Framework.
A three page annex on the topic was removed, as well as discussion about how to incorporate it. I checked for the key concept words and they, too, were missing.…
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.…
Weekly Roundup – 19-Feb-21
Here’s our roundup for the week. Te Wananga
The Council and Auckland Transport have put out a new video on Te Wananga, the new public space being built over the water next to the ferry terminal. Construction is due to be completed by the end of April and the space open to the public in May, though planting will continue through to June and includes returning the large Pohutukawa to the area.…
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.…
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