Weekly Roundup 18-July-2025
It’s Friday again so here’s some of the things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Connor looked at the new plans for the streets around the Mercury Lane entrance to Karanga-a-Hape station
For Tuesday we had another guest post from Brendon Harre, looking at transport in Christchurch pre the 1930s
On Wednesday Patrick covered the recently released report looking at the State of the City.…
35 Comments The State of It
Yesterday I went to the launch of the Committee for Auckland’s third The State of The City launch. It’s great they are doing this work, and the event was very interesting. You can read the itself report here.
There has been a lot of media coverage since, some of which you’ve no doubt seen, ranging from the sensationalist (Stuff) to the bored and dismissive (Auckland Now).…
Christchurch Transport Milestones Pre 1930’s
This is a guest post by Brendon Harre. It’s the second part of a post about Christchurch, it’s history, and what needs to change to fix it’s transport woes and and this part has been published on Brendon’s medium.
You can read part one here.…
Project K is gonna be OK
Breaking news: better things are indeed possible!
At the end of last week, the agenda of the Waitematā Local Board went public revealing the outcome of Auckland Transport’s recent work to fix the Karanga-a-Hape Station Precinct Integration Project, aka Project K.…
Weekly Roundup 11-July-2025
It’s Friday and here’s our roundup of some news you might have missed recently. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Patrick looked at how Auckland is a world-class city in the making.
On Tuesday Matt covered how the government are looking to sell tolling rights.…
Perils of parking on footpaths
This is a Guest Post by Dr Chris Teo–Sherrell from Living Streets Aotearoa You’re driving along on your way to work or an appointment and all of a sudden there’s a truck blocking the road. It’s not clear what’s happening. Nobody’s there to explain what’s going on or to direct you safely around the truck or asking you to turn around and go another way.…
Helicopters and homes don’t mix
This is a guest post by Alex Bonham, who is a City Vision member of the Waitematā Local Board, which resolved unanimously to advocate for the prohibition of non-emergency helicopter movements in urban residential areas. She is writing here in a personal capacity.…
Selling Tolling Rights
The idea that our existing transport taxes will fully cover the cost of maintaining and expanding our transport system has long been false. Governments of all stripes have pumped billions of additional spending in to fund major transport projects like motorway extensions.…
Auckland is a world-class city in the making
Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the city centre advisory panel, a previous director of NZTA, and is running to be Councillor for the Waitematā and Gulf ward in October.
This ran in the Herald 1 July 2025
What is a good model for Auckland’s Queen St?…
Weekly Roundup 4-July-2025
Hope everyone’s been keeping dry! Here’s some interesting news that’s caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Connor did a deep dive on NZTA’s self-conflicting decisions for the SH16 Brigham to Waimauku project.
Wednesday Matt take a look at the Transport Plans for Downtown West.…
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