Accessibility vs Mobility
Accessibility and mobility are two quite interesting terms that get thrown around a lot when it comes to transport planning. Humantransit has an excellent post quite recently on the pitfalls of trying to analyse public transport projects as if they were roading projects.…
8 Comments Weekly Roundup 21-August-2026
Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows a busy Karangahape Road on the day of last weekend’s “First Look” event at the new station.
Reminder: free tickets are available here for tomorrow’s open day at Te Waihorotiu Station (Saturday 22 August).…
We have a date! CRL opens 13 September
In exciting news, at last we have the date confirmed for the launch of the City Rail Link:
Sunday 13th September 2026
Whoop whoop! Here’s the Government media release. The official announcement was planned for 9am, and we’ve observed the embargo out of politeness.…
Open letter to Chris Bishop
Kia ora Minister Bishop,
Congratulations to you and the government for your work to secure cross-party support for the National Infrastructure Plan.
It is imperative that you now urgently apply that agreement to the Warkworth to Te Hana project, and to the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme as a whole, as they run entirely counter to the plan.…
Weekly Roundup 26-June-2026
We’re at the final Friday of June, meaning we’re now about halfway through the year. Check out this roundup of stories to cap off your week! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday we ran another guest post by Nicolas Reid, answering some frequently asked questions on his Waitematā Harbour Bridge Proposal
On Wednesday Connor covered our presentation to Council about Nicolas’s bridge proposal.…
Weekly Roundup 29-May-2026
At the end of a very busy week, here’s a bumper selection of stories about cities and urbanism for you to enjoy! This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Connor listed the top 10 politicians who made CRL happen. Number 1 may surprise you, and the others will amaze you!…
For the Avoidance of Diesel, and Doubt
Yet another (not unexpected) fossil-fuel supply crunch is here. It will continue to affect everything in our economy. And be painful. But it should also, at last, shift discussion and action much more strongly towards reducing our structural dependency on fossil fuels where we can.…
Help Auckland Transport get it right on Green Lane West
NOTE: on Friday 27 February we received an update on this project from Auckland Transport – you can scroll to the bottom of the post to read it.
Picture this.
You’re a Council, keen for more housing in a compact, liveable city.…
Weekly Roundup 13-February-2026
Happy Friday 13th – may your luck go the right way today! Welcome to another roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we ran a follow-up guest post by Kasey McDonnell, on why trams should rebuild Wellington.…
Weekly Roundup 30-January-2026
Another roundup to cap off your week, can you believe its already the end of January? This week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday we ran Scott’s op-ed from Coalition for More Homes about what PC120 will bring.
On Wednesday Jolisa took a deep look into some of the headlines about climate resilience and the recent tragedies.…
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