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.…
107 Comments Building Local
In their ongoing efforts to tackle the housing crisis in New Zealand and reshape urban development, the government put forward a bipartisan RMA amendment at the end of last year, which most notably introduced the so-called Townhouse Nation standards to allow 3 homes of 3 stories on almost any suburban site.…
Weekly roundup 04-March-2022
Kia ora. Well, this week definitely felt like it had too much news in it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found transport and urbanism angles on pretty much all of it. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post, by Matt, explored the pros and cons of past CRL proposals, going all the way back to 1920.…
Speed Limit Consultation – Phase 3
In addition to the consultation on New North Rd, this week Auckland Transport have also kicked off consultation for the next round of speed limit changes.
This is the third round of speed limit changes AT have consulted on following the first in 2019, which was implemented in 2020, and the second round consulted on late last year and that AT are still working through the responses of.…
“No, Minister”
This is a guest post by sustainable transport and accessibility advocate Tim Adriaansen
Following the Liberate the Lane rally on May 30th last year, Transport Minister Michael Wood wrote to Waka Kotahi Chair Brian Roche, requesting the transport agency investigate options to trial walking and cycling across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.…
A Newer New North Road
Back in late 2018 we first learnt about a programme to roll out improvements to bus priority, active modes, safety and town centre improvements to a number of key arterial corridors across the region and to help encourage mode shift. The programme was later renamed Connected Communities but the routes that are meant to be receiving these improvements are shown below and I’ve also written about it here.…
The Pros and Cons of past CRL proposals
Late last year I wrote about the lessons we can apply to light rail from the 100-year history of trying to build the City Rail Link. In that post, as I’ve done before, I looked at a history of the various proposals for a rail tunnel through the Auckland’s city centre.…
Weekly Roundup 25-February-2022
Kia ora – hope everyone’s safe and well this week! Header image courtesy of twitter user @bobbythekiwi. The week in Greater Auckland Monday’s post looked at the proposed Carrington development on the old Unitec land, asking if the plans are fit for purpose, especially when it comes to transport emissions
On Tuesday, Heidi looked at recent coverage of Waka Kotahi’s cycling plans and investment, and asked whether Aotearoa could do with an Active Travel Commission like the UK has recently set up.…
A Ferry Impractical Idea
Waka Kotahi’s latest current hair-brained idea to enable bikes to be able to get across the harbour shows the organisation is still wedded to a car-first mentality and is still not fit for managing our transport system in the 21st century.…
February-22 AT Board Meeting
Tomorrow the Auckland Transport board have their first public board meeting for the year and here are the highlights from their board reports. You can also watch the open session of the meeting live between 9am to 10:15am via this Microsoft Teams link.…
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