Welcome to the first week of October, which brings longer days and (we hope) lighter spirits. Despite the state of things, there are still abundant reasons to feel encouraged. On we roll! This roundup is brought to you by our largely volunteer crew.… The post Weekly Roundup 4-October-2024 appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

This time three years ago – as described in this Thursday throwback post by Jolisa – Auckland was deep into experiencing another prolonged shift in perspective around how a city can look and feel. . A lot has changed since then; and a lot hasn’t.… The post Throwback Thursday: a Low Traffic Neighbourhood by any other name… appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

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.… The post How will Auckland Council address the cycling budget shortfall? appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

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.… The post Stealth mode: the surprisingly powerful city-centre access hack appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

Over the weekend, the Minister of Transport Simeon Brown proudly announced his new speed-setting rule, a decision that will undoubtedly lead to greater harm on our roads. It’s a tragically predictable decision by a Minister who seems to be on only nodding acquaintance with both evidence and international norms.… The post Is this our least worldly Minister of Transport? appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

Welcome to the end of the week and the end of the month. Ready to “spring forward” to Daylight Saving Time this weekend? As always, this post is brought to you by a largely volunteer crew. If you’d like to support our work and keep the posts coming, we welcome donations and rolling subscriptions – we appreciate our community of support!… The post Weekly Roundup 27-September-2024 appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

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.… The post Minister ignored widespread concern about GPS appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

This guest post by Darren Davis originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, and is republished here by kind permission. A while ago, I wrote about Perth’s public transport journey, outlining how Perth got to where it is now.… The post Nine public transit lessons from Perth appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

Discussion of another harbour crossing has been in the news a lot recently as a result of Mayor Wayne Brown pushing for a bridge from Point Chev to Birkenhead. While I believe his proposal is bad, at least some of his reasoning behind his push for a bridge is correct.… The post The Mayor’s Plan for Bridging the Harbour appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more

This is a guest post by Nikki Goodson, a self-proclaimed urbanist and Independent Marketer for businesses building a better world. Looking for projects to connect on, she found the global movement Swimmable Cities and thought advocacy for urban swimming sounded like a pretty good idea.… The post A vision for Swimmable Cities appeared first on Greater Auckland ..read more