Category: Weekly Roundup

Weekly roundups are back! Nau mai, haere mai ki te tau hau. Hope you all had a wonderful break and some well-deserved rest. The week in Greater Auckland (and a few from last week, in case you missed them) We started the year with a look forward to the transport and urbanism issues ahead.…

Header image via Twitter user Val Lupiz We are nearly nearly there… and honestly it feels like Aucklanders are tapping out already, with people starting to log out, and even crossing the newly opened border this week. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post, by Matt, recounted a particularly frustrating public transport experience.…

Are we there yet?? Not quite. But nearly! Welcome to our roundup of the week in transport and urbanism stories. Hope you’ve had a good one. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post, by Matt, covered the climate action package in Phil Goff’s 2022-2023 budget Tuesday’s post by Marita looked back at the first Innovating Streets projects and forward into the just-announced Streets for People 2021-24 programme On Wednesday Matt looked at the December AT board papers for us all Yesterday, a guest post by Charlotte Billing explored the planning barriers to urban agriculture Submit on the Eastern Busway – today You’ve got until 5pm today to provide feedback on the design for Stage 2 of the Eastern Busway: the stretch between Pakuranga and Botany.…

Header image: Christmas Lights on Britomart. By Brett Phibbs via NZ Herald. Tēnā koutou, and welcome to day one of the traffic-light system in Aotearoa. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post was a guest post by Hamish Mackie, summarising research that followed the various Innovating Streets for People projects around the motu On Tuesday, Jolisa and Marita looked around at the car-clogged carparks of Auckland’s lovely urban beaches and wondered how getting to the beach could work better for everyone.…

Kia ora! You’ll be reading this on day 101 of lockdown. Hope you’re all holding up OK. It’s a stacked roundup this week, we’ve got lots of reading for your weekend. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post by Matt dove into plans for the Eastern Busway.…

Header image via Curbed. Kia ora. Hope everyone’s doing well! Here’s our roundup of interesting news and findings for the week. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post, by Matt, followed several in-depth looks at Light Rail over the last couple of weeks, and looked at the lessons we can find in past rapid transit plans.…

Kia ora koutou, happy friday in ‘alert level 3, step 2’ here in Tāmaki. Here’s our roundup for the week. Apologies for the late post this morning, we had IT issues. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post, by Matt, looked at AT’s parking strategy.…

Tēnā koutou all – thanks for sticking with us through week… @%^ or whatever, I believe it’s day 66 of lockdown in Tāmaki. Time is meaningless, and yet – it was an eventful week! Hope you’re all doing OK. The week in Greater Auckland We had some fantastic posts this week.…

Header image: Queen St, 1940s. Source – Alexander Turnbull via Auckland History Initiative Kia ora on the eve of what looks like a few days of solid sunshine in Auckland, perfect for picnic season. Here’s our roundup of interesting thoughts, newsy items and good reads for the week.…

Greetings! We’ve made it to the end of another week. The week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt wrote about the death of the walking and cycling bridge across the Waitematā. In Tuesday’s post, Matt asked why induced demand, although well understood, continues to be ignored.…