Category: Weekly Roundup

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we exposed how electioneering is bulldozing sensible policymaking (again) On Tuesday, Connor exposed the true cost of the Warworth to Te Hana PPP (an outrageous nine billion) On Wednesday, Patrick examined the gratifyingly sensible Auckland Motorway Strategic Plan And on Thursday, we ran a guest post from Auckland Transport about level crossing options on the Western Line.…

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows a skateboarder enjoying Dunedin’s George St: image via NZIA/ Jasmax, see related story below. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we took a look at the Mayor’s Meola musings, and why they’re a distraction On Wednesday, a guest post by Darren Davis shared thoughts on what he’s learned in Queensland On Thursday, we ran a throwback post on the long history of options for the next harbour crossing Greater Auckland in the News Patrick spoke with RNZ’s Checkpoint about the benefits of de-congestion pricing, and followed up with Stuff on the same topic: Greater Auckland co-founder and director Patrick Reynolds supports the idea, saying fewer cars would mean faster journeys for motorists who chose or needed to drive, while money could be invested in public transport and cycleways.…

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows a busy Karangahape Road on the day of last weekend’s “First Look” event at the new station. Reminder: free tickets are available here for tomorrow’s open day at Te Waihorotiu Station (Saturday 22 August).…

Kia ora and welcome to another weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows plans for a refresh of the Devonport ferry terminal – see related story below. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we reposted Connor’s Sunday Star-Times column about the massive opportunity cost of the Government ploughing ahead with a PPP for one more RoNS On Wednesday, Matt reported on the opening of the first major piece of NW Busway infrastructure, Westgate Te Waiarohia station On Thursday, we had a guest post from Ross Inglis, looking at the state of Auckland’s progress along the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway – and what we can do about it.…

August, already? Astonishing! Here’s our weekly roundup of stories from the realms of cities and transport. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Connor asked: what will the recently signed PPP for Warkworth to Te Hana cost us? On Wednesday, Patrick shared a reader’s suggestion for safe cycling around the isthmus, and readers chimed in with a lot of excellent supplementary thoughts, including this phenomenally detailed and thoughtful proposal from Grant for a Mt Wellington Greenpath.…

Goodness gracious, where did July go? The upside is that as of tomorrow, CRL opening day could well be “next month”. While we wait, enjoy the week’s most intriguing stories from the realms of cities and transport. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Connor reported on Auckland Transport’s estimate that it could take five years to restore safer speeds in Auckland’s neighbourhoods and elsewhere.…

It’s Friday again, and here we are with our roundup of the week’s most intriguing stories from the realms of cities and transport. Enjoy! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a guest post from Pippa Coom about the power of Local Board Plans.…