Weekly Roundup – 22-Jan-21
Here’s our roundup of the smaller things you may not have seen for the week. Britomart Restored
After three weeks of maintenance to fix our run down system, trains started using Britomart again and we learnt the extend of some of the works that have taken place over that shut down.…
52 Comments Henderson Cycle Network Consultation
Auckland Transport are consulting on what, if fully delivered, will be an exciting, safe cycle network for Henderson. This follows a consultation in 2018 where they asked where improvements should be made. They say they had 500 submissions on that with 275 new routes identified and that since then they’ve undertaken “further technical work” to narrow down the key routes of the proposed network.…
2021 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2021. After wrapping up 2020 before Christmas, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see in 2021. Lots of projects to be completed
While we will continue to see and have to deal with the impacts of COVID, one big theme this year is we’re finally going start to see the benefit of all the disruption that the city has been experiencing with the completion/opening of a lot projects all around Auckland.…
2020 – A Year in Review
As year draws to a close it’s time for a quick wrap up the most important things that happened and WOW, what a year it’s been.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the blog and supported us in making Auckland greater.…
Tourist cycling success, now do it in the cities
There were a couple of bits of cycling news yesterday.
The government were yesterday celebrating the success of walking and cycling tourism.
Cycle trails and cycle and walking tourism are more popular than ever, with nearly two million trips on the country’s Great Rides in one year, says Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-Dec-20
Here’s our wrap up for the week. This will probably be the last one this year. Te Komititanga Opening
Today’s the day Ke Komititanga, the beautiful new public space that has replaced lower Queen St is being officially opened. It’s been over four years since construction started on the City Rail Link and it will be fantastic to have some more public space in the city again.…
Weekly Roundup – 11-Dec-20
Here’s our weekly roundup Consultations
First up, a quick reminder that there are bunch of consultations that about to close so if you haven’t already, get submitting. I covered them here but as a quick reminder we’ve got Blockhouse Bay Roundabout – Closes today.…
Dec-20 AT Board Meeting
Last week the Auckland Transport board met for the last time of the year and as usual, there was some interesting items in the various reports. Closed Agenda
This is where most of the interesting items come up but all we get is the subject.…
AT, it’s your responsibility to make roads safe
Getting more people on bikes is an important goal for Auckland in helping to address our emissions, congestion and improve public health. In order to address the emissions part of that, Auckland’s Climate Plan calls for the city to see cycling mode share increase from 0.9% to 7% by 2020 and up to 9% by 2050.…
Weekly Roundup – 04-Dec-20
Here’s our weekly roundup Otahuhu Platform 3 opens
Monday saw the officially opening of the new platform at Otahuhu which along with 1.3km of new track and four new crossovers has been built as part of the City Rail Link works to enable trains to turn back.…
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