It’s World Car Free Day
I was thrilled to see a sign inside a bus tonight that advertised tomorrow’s world car free day. Maybe I have missed something but I haven’t heard much...
Cities Walk The Talk
New Plymouth and Napier - Hastings have been chosen by NZTA as its two target “model communities” for large- scale investment in new walking...
ARC To Change Its Public Transport Usage Targets
The ARC is going to consider a new 30 year Road Land Transport Strategy at a meeting next month. Committee chair Christine Rose says it will set new targets for...
Cute Words, So Why the Cuts?
Auckland City’s released its draft annual plan and is estimating 65 million trips will be taken on public transport between this coming July and July next year. The...
Pedestrians, Cyclists, Runners Reclaim Mt Eden (Photos)
Walkers and cyclists reclaimed Mt Eden Mountain (Maungawhau) for a few hours today , when vehicles were banned from going to the summit. I wish it could be permanent....
Auckland Harbour Bridge Protest: People Power Wins the Day (+Photos)
They lectured us about how they had “put an advertisement in the newspaper” warning the GetAcross Campaign that the idea of cycling or walking across...
Auckland Harbour Bridge 50th: The Day They Let Us Walk It
What an amazing day this must have been. This Sunday 50 years ago, 106,5000 people walked the Auckland Harbour Bridge just before it was officially opened on...