Success City
Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the Council’s City Centre Advisory Panel. On the back of the latest Infometrics data release, the Council through its economist Gary Blick has been publishing a whole lot of great numbers:
For the second year in a row, Auckland’s high-achieving city centre has outpaced New Zealand in both GDP and employment growth.…
79 Comments NZ Government announces ban on walking
RNZ reports:
As part of their ‘100 Day Plan – Phase 2’, the government today announced a ban on walking on streets and in most public spaces.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the move is part of the Government’s plan to boost economic growth and productivity.…
Auckland Council’s astute feedback on the GPS
There are now only a few days left to give feedback on the Draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34. See our earlier posts on GPS submission guides, and on the disparity between funding rail and funding RoNS.
As we’ve reported, the GPS is a disaster for Local Government, so we’ve been particularly interested to hear Auckland Council’s take.…
Paying for the RoNS like Rail
Note: Consultation on the GPS closes at noon on Tuesday 2 April See our previous post on feedback guides and check out the Transport4All guide here. The Government’s Draft Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport contains many ideological burbs and inconsistencies.…
Climate change and the Draft GPS
This is a guest post from Robert McLachlan
Global warming is accelerating; 2023 was off the charts. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. In New Zealand, transport accounts for half of all fossil fuels burnt. In the Emissions Reduction Plan, transport emissions fall 41% by 2035.…
Have your say on the LTP and GPS this week
There are two major public consultations closing in the next week, Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP), and the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS).
Closing dates and times:
LTP closes Thursday 28 March, at 11.59pm – a minute to midnight!…
Weekly Roundup 22-March-2024
It’s Friday and here are some of the things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt looked at the latest news about the upgrades to the rail network.
On Tuesday, we featured a guest post about the future for light rail, from Connor Sharp of Surface Light Rail
On Thursday, we remembered Rod Oram, communicator extraordinaire.…
Rod Oram: a legacy to live up to
Yesterday we had the very sad news that business and climate journalist Rod Oram had died after having a heart attack while cycling through Ambury Park on Sunday.
Rod was one of the absolute best at being able to communicate the connections and paths between how we live and how we could live – most especially and urgently in recent years, on the need for climate action and the abundant opportunities to achieve it in realistic and rewarding ways.…
New Life for Light Rail
This is a guest post by Connor Sharp of Surface Light Rail Light rail in Auckland: A way forward sooner than you think
With the coup de grâce of Auckland Light Rail (ALR) earlier this year, and the shift of the government’s priorities to roads, roads, and more roads, it would be safe to assume light rail in Auckland is dead and buried for the next decade.…
New Rail Operations Centre Promises Better Train Services
Last week Transport Minster Simeon Brown and Mayor Wayne Brown opened the new Auckland Rail Operations Centre.
The new train control centre will see teams from KiwiRail, Auckland Transport and Auckland One Rail working more closely together to improve train services across the city.…
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