New pathways Whau the people
The last week has seen not one but two important additions to Auckland’s cycling network, a positive sign of what’s possible in otherwise stressful times.
On Tuesday, a dawn karakia marked the official completion of the Great North Rd improvements.
The bike lanes along the ridge have already been open for some time, and they have made a huge improvement to both the corridor itself, and all ages access to and around adjacent neighbourhoods.…
57 Comments What can we do?
Or rather, to echo Patrick’s post from last week, what we can do…
…about the maybe imminent – but always possible – imported liquid fuels crisis.
We, in this case, being everyone except the government. Because leadership doesn’t always come from the top down.…
Charts to watch as fuel goes up
There’s a lot going on in the world right now and it has the potential to have significant impact on transport (and the economy) here in New Zealand.
With that in mind, I thought I’d just pull together a few quick charts.…
Summer Holiday Bike Roundup
Our Weekly Roundup on Friday was overflowing and there were a lot of bike related articles so we decided to split them out to their own roundup. So here’s our collection of bike related articles that have caught our attention in recent weeks.…
Just asking questions about bike helmets
The media’s tendency to seize on anything bike-related and turn it into a scandal took a new turn this week, after it was revealed David Seymour, in his role as Minister for Regulation, had asked for advice about removing the mandatory helmet requirements for people on bicycles.…
What’s up with cycleway ridership? The numbers!
The current government might be inexplicably hostile to cycling as a transport mode, and COVID might have changed the nature of work and thus commuting, especially in places like the city centre. But that’s not stopping people getting on their bike – especially as most trips aren’t even work trips.…
How will Auckland Council address the cycling budget shortfall?
This is a very timely post from Bike Auckland, re-published here with kind permission. See also yesterday’s post by Patrick on the abundantly clear case for funding cycling as the powerful “stealth mode” for easy access to and around our city.…
Stealth mode: the surprisingly powerful city-centre access hack
Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the City Centre Advisory Panel and a candidate in this months Entrust election It might surprise you to learn that in Auckland, our harbour city, wrapped around the shores of the beautiful Waitemata, bicycles bring as many people to the city centre in the morning peak as the ferry system.…
Minister ignored widespread concern about GPS
Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Transport proactively released two tranches of documents that show the advice officials provided to Minister of Transport Simeon Brown as he directed the shaping of his draft and final Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport.…
Weekly Roundup 30-August-2024
Our regular Friday sweep of recent news on transport, urbanism, and what makes cities great. In our sights this week: stunning station architecture, mysterious ministerial messaging and musical chairs, the lowdown on low-traffic neighbourhoods, and bikes are the business.
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