Greater Auckland

In early 2016, Auckland Transport kicked off consultation for a network of connected bike routes linking the Inner West neighbourhoods to each other and to the wider network.

Yesterday came news via RNZ and the Waikato Times, of a report from the Waikato Regional Council on securing the future of Te Huia, the intercity rail service that runs between Auckland and Hamilton.

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.

At the beginning of last week, we reached out to the main political parties with a questionnaire about their policies for transport and infrastructure in Auckland.

Today’s guest post is a book review by George Weeks, of Transit by Design, by Nicolas Reid (available from Unity Books and Amazon Australia).

The City Rail Link being a smash hit from day one should be a positive thing, right?

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.

This guest post by Kasey McDonnell first appeared on his site WellyClimateNerd, and is shared here with kind permission.

A couple of months ago, I went to the Auckland Library Heritage Collections in the City Centre, to read the original reports that led to the creation of Auckland’s volcanic viewshafts.

It feels like the media have been waiting for a ‘City Rail Link failure’ story – and this weekend they finally got one, kind of, as the weekend saw another big event and another challenge with post-match event trains.

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.

With Mill Road back in the news, as a campaign headline from the National Party (see our Tuesday coverage), it’s the perfect time for a look back at our previous coverage of this overscaled project.