Submit on the Upper Harbour Cycleway Redesign
Over the last six months or so we’ve written a number of times about Upper Harbour Dr and the saga that erupted about it after Auckland Transport moved to improve the safety of the existing cycle lanes as part of a programme to add protection to 60km of existing painted cycle lanes across the region.…
76 Comments Weekly Roundup 03-March-2023
Tēnā koutou. It’s MARCH!! Thanks for stopping by, summer, you were… chaotic.
Header image: the bicycle club of the Holy Sepulchre on Khyber Pass Road. Image via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
Tempted to rename this section ‘the week in Auckland Transport’ because our posts had a real AT focus this week – and a lot happened.…
Initial direction for the next Government Policy Statement released
A couple of weeks ago the Government quietly released what’s being called its ‘Indicative Priorities for GPS 2024‘. While this isn’t a full draft Government Policy Statement (GPS), it gives some initial guidance around what the next GPS is likely to focus on.…
New AT chief executive faces existential challenges
There was lots of news out of Auckland Transport yesterday. Firstly, they finally have a Chief Executive – at least for the next 18 months – with former Auckland Council Chief Operating Officer Dean Kimpton being appointed:
Auckland Transport (AT) has today announced the appointment of Dean Kimpton as the new Chief Executive Officer on a fixed-term agreement for 18 months starting 3 April 2023.…
Make buses better to combat March Madness
Tomorrow is March and with it we well and after a couple of years off due to the pandemic, our transport system is well and truly in the midst of March Madness again. March Madness is where our demand on our entire transport system is typically at it’s highest.…
8 Big Questions for AT’s Board
This is a guest post by Heidi O’Callahan With climate change upon us, and transport at the heart of Auckland’s climate response, the AT Board must guide everyone in the right direction when it meets tomorrow.
In particular, Board members must hold firm against any business-as-usual recommendations the management team brings before them. …
February-23 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board hold their first meeting of the year. Below are some of the things that stood out from the various papers. Closed Agenda
These are the items that stand out from the closed agenda.
Standing Items TERP Implementation – Next Steps and Climate change and TERP implementation
Special Event Management
Public Transport Recovery
Emergency Event Recovery Items for Approval AT Open Loop Recommendation – I assume this part of ATs plan to go ahead with plans to open up HOP to credit cards and phone based payment apps in advance of the national ticketing system.…
Weekly Roundup 24-February-2023
Kia ora, Was this a ‘normal’ week? Cautiously optimistic that the weekend will be uneventful too. The week in Greater Auckland
On Monday, Matt wondered why the public transport projects we build here seems so much more expensive than similar projects in other countries.…
AT’s PT plan needs an injection of aspiration
The Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) is an important statutory document that lays out how public transport will develop and operate in the region. It includes Auckland Transport’s vision, goals, policies, plans for PT as well as a description for all services they intend to run and the frequencies they will run at, over a 10-year period.…
Unpause the Inner West
Today the Waitemata Local Board are being asked by Auckland Transport to endorse starting construction on two of the three inner west improvement projects that were due to start construction last year, but that Auckland Transport paused following the council elections despite strong community support – with the exception of some very vocal opponents.…
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