Subscribe to RSS
700 Killed By Auck Pollution A Year
Yet another report on the shocking truth behind Auckland’s poor air quality - and more reason why we need to discourage Aucklanders from driving by producing...
Too Hard Basket
A geotechnical inspection report following the recent death of a woman from the cliffs at Rothesay Bay says measures required to secure the public from injury from...
Outrage At $14m PT Money Gone
Outrage this afternoon as Auckland Council Transport Committee members swallowed the news that NZTA is taking another $14m transport funding away from Auckland. Chair...
Council’s 3.94% Rates Increase
The Auckland Council this afternoon has adopted its first annual plan and confirmed a 3.94% rates increase for ratepayers while confirming additional funding for...
Shared Elsewhere
Reader Daniel sent in some pictures of a Shared Space in London - Maiden Lane. On Google Maps you can see it has gone from this to this: Thanks Daniel for sharing...
No Penalty for Tavern Collapse
No one is going to prosecuted over the collapse of the heritage Palace Hotel in Victoria St. The Auckland Council says its legal team has been working with the Auckland...
Way Forward For Rail Link
Demonstrating a commitment to resolving current and emerging CBD access issues, for example by improving bus operations and addressing capacity issues is being suggested...
Rail Loop: The Auckland Case
Below is the full independent review of the CBD rail link business case for the project commissioned by Auckland Council and Auckland Transport. Unlike the Government-ordered...
Messy Station Square Saga Pt 2
There is a little good news about Station Square - but only in terms of the ghastly narrow Broadway access way. Yesterday I described the Square as a total...
More Carparks Sends Mixed Message
While on the one hand the Council is encouraging a CBD rail link and being willing to consider closing off Queen St, it is also looking at making more money by encouraging...
Soho: Please No Giant Carpark
The dreadful massive big hole off Williamson Avenue in Ponsonby remains unwanted. Today the receiver has put the Soho Square development site back on the market. For...
Shared Spaces Are Halfway Houses
The more I look at the Shared Spaces being developed around Auckland’s CBD, the more I am convinced the only way they will work effectively is if vehicles...
Overcrowding Needs Fast Solution
So now comes the real first test for our new transport authorities and contracted bus operators. Since the upward latest Auckland public transport patronage...
The New New Lynn Vision
One of the key side-effects of the CBD rail loop will be to rejuvenate the sad looking under-populated and developed parts of the CBD like Symonds St and Hopetoun...
$1 Congestion Tax For Auck Motorists?
A $1 charge on all vehicles entering the Auckland motorway system would raise $36 million a year, enough to service a loan of up to $5 billion. That’s the...
Auckland Unleashed Or Tied Up?
The prime minister came away from today’s Auckland summit talking up the Puhoi to Wellsford highway, re-affirming the Government is totally committed to it...
Why Palace Hotel Needed Demolition
An Auckland Council commissioned report into the collapse of the old Aurora Hotel opposte Sky City points the finger at the Wellington owners’ renovations....
60% Govt Funding Of CBD Link “Unlikely”
An NZTA board paper on the CBD rail link says the Business Case for the link assumes a capital grant of 60% by the Crown - and the board paper says that figure...
Council Seeks More Transport Money
Auckland Council plans to tell the Transport Minister that Auckland’s transport system has suffered from under-investment over decades and Auckland’s contribution...
Maori Council Row (Update)
Update: The Maori Affairs minister has jumped into the row over unelected Maori being put on Auckland Council committees by revealing that an independent Maori...
Graffiti To Be Tackled
Former cop commander and now Auckland Councillor, North Shore’s George Wood talked tough today about combating graffiti. The council’s Community Safety Forum...
Free Trip To Transport Committee
Auckland Council’s transport committee has a new member with full voting rights -even though he was never elected by the public in the October elections. Ngati...
Auckland’s CBD Exciting 20 Year Vision
At last, a long-term vision for Auckland ‘s City Centre and one that is pro-public transport and pedestrian-friendly. Auckland Council’s future thinking...
How It’s Looking: CBD Shared Spaces
The development of Shared Spaces in the Auckland CBD, where roads become very pedestrian friendly, are one of the best moves in recent years to acknowledge vehicles...
Auckland Council On Holiday Highway
The Auckland Council wants to tell the NZTA it’s lukewarm on the proposed Holiday Highway and wants other options and matters investigated first. The Auckland...
