Weekly Roundup 8-August-2025
Another week almost down and to go with it, another weekly roundup for your Friday morning delectation. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt looked at the government’s obsession with a Northern Expressway.
On Tuesday Matt reviewed AT’s first official map of the CRL.…
18 Comments Fuel Taxes to go
The government look set to make things easier for big gas guzzling vehicles with the announcement yesterday that they’re progressing with plans to replace fuel taxes with road user charges. Cabinet has agreed to a series of important legislative changes to enable the transition of New Zealand’s 3.5 million light vehicles to paying for our roading network through electronic road user charges, rather than petrol tax, says Transport Minister Chris Bishop.…
This community chooses 30km/h
This is a guest post by Charmaine Vaughan, Secretary of the Meadowbank St Johns Residents’ Association, about how her community took the initiative in the face of recent mandatory speed raises.
In Meadowbank on a sunny Saturday afternoon not so long ago, the streets were filled with the sounds of birds singing and kids out and about by themselves.…
AT’s First Official CRL Map
The City Rail Link is going to be one of the most transformative projects Auckland has ever seen and it is now, most likely, less than a year away. Auckland Transport are more visibly starting to get ready for it, and yesterday they officially unveiled their rapid transit map for once CRL opens, including what they’re calling each of the lines.…
The Government’s Northern Expressway Obsession
On Saturday there were some interesting discussions on TVNZ’s Q+A programme with Jake Tame about infrastructure with Minister Chris Bishop and Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga chief executive Geoff Cooper.
In his discussion with Chris Bishop, Tame covers a range of topics from his various portfolios, many of which probably of interest, such as the impact of the government’s policies on the construction industry, on city deals and the government pushing councils towards asset sales, housing and in particular his response to the op-ed from Christine Fletcher late last week.…
Weekly Roundup 1-August-2025
Wow, it’s August/ Here-turi-kōkā already! Given it’s also a Friday, here’s our weekly scoop of stories that caught our eye this week, just in time for your morning tea break. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday we had another great guest post from Brendon Harre on Christchurch’s transport history…
… and on Wednesday, Brendon completed his series by looking at the future of transport in Christchurch.…
How to fill Council’s climate leadership vacuum
This is a guest post by Heidi O’Callahan, about one way to improve the sorry state of climate leadership in Auckland.
For a frank and fair assessment of where Auckland is at, have a read of the Committee for Auckland’s recent report The State of the City, as covered by Patrick here.…
Christchurch’s mass-transit future: How long will the city wait and what will it look like?
This is a guest post by Brendon Harre. It’s the fourth and final part in a series about Christchurch, it’s history, and what needs to change to fix it’s transport woes and this part has been published on Brendon’s medium.
You can read part one here, part two here, and part three here.…
Christchurch’s transport history: 1930’s to present
This is a guest post by Brendon Harre. It’s the third part of a post about Christchurch, it’s history, and what needs to change to fix it’s transport woes and this part has been published on Brendon’s medium.
You can read part one here and part two here.…
Weekly Roundup 25-July-2025
It’s the last Friday of July/ Hōngongoi, and here’s our roundup of things that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt reported on AT’s shortlist of potential locations for “time of use” fees, aka congestion charging
For Wednesday, we had a guest post by David Slack on an exhibition of visions for uplifting Devonport
On Thursday, we had a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell in praise of bus lanes Also this week, Matt made a guest appearance on The Hoon with Bernard Hickey, to tease out the implications of the plans for congestion-charging.…
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