Delivering Climate Action in Auckland
This is a guest post from the Office of the Mayor of Auckland.
Consultation on Auckland Council’s proposed Annual Budget for 2022/23 opened on 28 February and runs until 28 March.
The centrepiece of the budget is a proposal for a Climate Action Package that, with co-funding from the government, would allocate more than $1 billion over the next 10 years for a range of initiatives to reduce emissions and the impact of climate change.…
52 Comments Weekly Roundup 18-March-2022
Another week, and just like that we’re halfway through March! Welcome to our weekly roundup. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post covered the recent meeting of Auckland Council’s Environment and Climate Change committee, and the councillor’s responses to the tragic death of Levi James, on his bike in Royal Oak.…
AT’s Coronial Rebuke
Earlier this week Stuff highlighted a coroner’s report that is damning of Auckland Transport’s slack response in fixing an intersection that caused the death of a man.
Four years on from an elderly man being run down in his wheelchair, Auckland Transport is yet to make any changes to the crossing a coroner labelled as the primary factor in the crash.…
Auckland’s emerging, but sadly ignored, Rapid Transit Plan
We have long bemoaned the lack of a proper rapid transit plan for Auckland, one showing how the city’s rapid transit network should evolve over time to act as the core of a wider public transport network fitting of a city that will reach 2 million people within the next 10-15 years.…
Government Drops PT Fares and Fuel Tax
Yesterday, in response to the surging price of petrol the government announced it was immediately cutting fuel excise taxes by 25c per litre as well as discounts for public transport.
The Government will cut 25 cents a litre off fuel for three months as part of a cost of living package aimed at giving Kiwi families immediate relief through the current global energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.…
Genuine Streets for People
Last Thursday’s meeting of Auckland Council’s Environment and Climate Change committee included an update on the Regional Streets for People programme. Councillors endorsed the programme, but not without a heartfelt discussion that brought home the costs of delaying what one councillor called “genuine streets for people” – in the context of the tragic death of a teenager, riding his bike to see his Nan.…
Weekly Roundup 11-March-2022
Tēnā koutou, and welcome to your weekly collection of interesting stories from the transport and urbanism world. The week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Scott slated Council’s “characteristically timid” response to the latest housing bill, when it comes to putting housing where shops and services and attractions already are.…
Bus changes for Rosedale Station
We’ve become used to seeing Auckland Transport run what we’ve described in the past as a ‘consultation season‘ around November of each year. This is when they rush out a heap of consultations all at the same time just before the summer holidays.…
High Fuel Prices Highlight Why We Need Better Alternatives
The cost of living has been getting a lot of focus lately as inflation rears its ugly head. One of the areas getting a lot of attention has been skyrocketing fuel prices, surging to all-time highs of around $3 per litre, and they’re only likely to get worse as a madman continues to launch actual rockets as part of a horrific invasion.…
Where do we put our fury and our grief?
This post was written by Greater Auckland writers, with a contribution from Jon Turner, the deputy chair of the Puketāpapa Local Board. A person died this weekend, riding their bicycle on a typical Auckland street. Our hearts go out to their family and friends.…
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