Weekly Roundup – 30-Oct-20
Here’s our weekly roundup New Electric Buses
Auckland Transport has launched its newest electric bus and it’s unique because it’s also the biggest one we’ve had so far.
Auckland Transport (AT) has launched its latest electric bus, as the next step towards reducing the city’s carbon emissions.…
37 Comments East St Cycle surprise
Construction of the City Rail Link is now in full swing and that means lots of truck movements in the area. As an unexpected but positive surprise, Auckland Transport are proposing a new safe cycling link to connect Karangahape Rd with Te Ara I Whiti – Lightpath via East St, at least until the station construction has been completed.…
Narrow Lanes are a good thing
As a society we are facing many challenges we need to address and transport sits at the heart of a number of those. For example, we know that we need to respond to climate change, to improve road safety and to improve urban mobility and we need to improve public health.…
AT’s St Heliers shambles
In April last year Auckland Transport proposed a range of safety improvements to Tamaki Dr in both Mission Bay and St Heliers. This was done using the same process they’d used for similar changes in town centres in other parts of the region.…
School Traffic
School traffic – it’s probably not on anyone’s list of favourite things. But it’s a problem worth tackling. If children are safe to make their own way to school, their health and learning would improve, parents would be freed from taxi driver service, and congestion, emissions, noise and fumes would all reduce.…
How much we’re really doing for walking and cycling
In the Greater Auckland that we’re campaigning to achieve, getting around the city safely by walking or cycling will be a preferred transport mode for many people. We’ll have safe streets suitable for all ages and all levels of confidence. Creating this safe infrastructure is a critical step to creating a healthy and sustainable city.…
Waihorotiu / Queen St Valley pilot coming
The Council’s updated City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) creates a fantastic vision for how the city centre will develop over the coming 20 years.
One of the key transformational moves is about making Waihorotiu / Queen St Valley more people friendly, saying:
CCMP seeks to bring new life into the heart of the city with a revitalised, pedestrian-priority Queen Street.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-Sep-20
Here is our weekly roundup CRL Station Construction ramping up
Works on construction of the Karangahape Rd Station are getting serious with the temporary access shaft nearing completion and mining of the stations 217m long platforms as well as the connecting passageways due to start in a few weeks Meanwhile further north at Aotea, the first section of roof across the Albert/Wellesley intersection has been poured.…
Weekly Roundup – 11-Sep-20
Here’s our roundup for the week. Downtown works
The downtown area has been a hive of cones over the last few years as the various upgrades have been underway. Some of the results of all of the disruption are now slowly starting to be seen and over the coming months we should see most of the various elements start to come together.…
Mind That Child
Image Credit: De Cafe Racer
In the last few years, child-friendly transport improvements have been made in many cities around the world. Parents, communities and councils, sharing the common desire to nurture children, and give them the best start in life, have found many stepwise – and sometimes radical – ways to make streets healthy and safe for kids.…
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