Te Komititanga and views from the past
On Friday Te Komititanga, Auckland’s newest public space was opened to the public. It’s a fantastic addition to the city and will be even better once the refurbishment of the old Chief Post Office is completed in March allowing the thousands of people using trains to exit out on to it.…
115 Comments Time to rethink Mill Rd
Last week the NZ Herald highlighted how Waka Kotahi NZTA were ramping up their works on the Mill Rd project and that hundreds of homes and businesses are in the way of this huge project. This includes a lot of new homes built just four years ago.…
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.…
Briefings to the new Transport Minister Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about the Briefing to the Incoming Minister from the Ministry of Transport. The post was already fairly long, so I left some of the other items for a second post, which is today.
Kiwirail
The Kiwirail BIM is one of the most interesting to me as they are starting to show some ambition for the rail network whereas up until recently most of their focus has been on day to day survival.…
Briefings to the new Transport Minister
Anytime there’s a new government and/or minister, the associated agencies produce a Briefing to the Incoming Minister (BIM) to help them get up to speed. They also have the advantage of many policy documents in that they tend to represent advice unfiltered by political policies and promises.…
Highway Cost Blowouts
Transmission Gully has made a lot of headlines this year for budget blowouts but as we learnt on Saturday, it’s far from the only project. Stuff’s Thomas Coughlan reports:
A handful of roads have managed to go $1.1 billion over budget, forcing the Government’s transport agency to make tough choices to make its books balance.…
Does Auckland intensification mean Soviet tower block apartments?
What would a typical Auckland suburban street look like if we intensified to meet the housing shortage? Auckland has about 550,000 dwellings, and estimates of the shortage are placed at about 50,000. In other words, we need to increase our housing stock by about 10%.…
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.…
Waka Kotahi’s new ‘National Parking Management Guidance’
Parking management sounds like it’s pretty boring, but actually has huge impacts on both the transport system and the shape of our cities. Parking is, quite literally, where transport and land-use intersect, and we see how much space needs to be dedicated in our cities to vehicle storage.…
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