Weekly Roundup 19-September-2025
It’s the last Friday of the school term. Here are some of the things that caught our attention. This Week in Greater Auckland
Only one post this week sorry. A guest post from George Weeks reviewing Jarrett Walker’s updated Human Transit book.…
26 Comments Book Review: Human Transit: Revised Edition (2024)
This is a guest post by Transport Advisor and Town Planner George Weeks, reviewing the revised edition of Human Transit by Jarrett Walker. It is written in his personal capacity.
You can check out past book review posts here. Book review of Human Transit: Revised Edition (2024) by Jarrett Walker
In a sea of solutions in search of a problem, this digestible professional guide to public transport planning, now in its second edition, is a welcome arrival.…
Weekly Roundup 12-September-2025
We’ve made it through another week. Sit back and take a look through some of the stories that caught our attention this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt took a look at the big changes coming to Auckland Transport.…
Electrifying the North Island Rail Network
At about the same time as Wellington were announcing their new battery electric regional trains, KiwiRail was talking to the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (WRTC) about a plan to effectively electrify the entire North Island rail network.
You can also watch the presentation here, from about 44 minutes on.…
Wellington’s new regional trains revealed
Much like Auckland, Wellington rail users have had a hard time of it recently with significant works being undertaken to upgrade the network. They had some great news yesterday with the announcement Alstom will be building 18 five-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) trains to for their regional services.…
Auckland Transport No More
Mayor Wayne Brown has spent much of his time in office bemoaning the role of Wellington in how Auckland plans for the future often saying “Wellington needs to stop planning Auckland“. But on Friday he happily handed control of the city’s transport future over to Wellington, labelling it “a major victory for the people of Auckland“.…
Weekly Roundup 5-September-2025
It’s Friday and it’s spring, what’s not to like. Here is our regular roundup of things that caught our attention this week This Week in Greater Auckland
Unfortunately life got in the way a bit this week, as it does sometimes, so we only had one post this week.…
CRL progress and plans for more Bus and Transit lanes
Tomorrow is the next meeting for the Council’s Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee and there’s a lot of focus on the City Rail Link, though there are a few other interesting items too. City Rail Link
Given we’re getting close to the end of the City Rail Link, and with the last major period of network disruption approaching, it’s unsurprising there’s a lot of focus on the progress towards completing it.…
Weekly Roundup 29-August-2025
Welcome to the last Friday of August, and our regular roundup of insights from the world of urbanism. As always, feel free to share your links to stories on transport, cities, and what makes them great. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt took a look at the announcement about the start to level crossing removals in the south.…
Improving Local Government Representation in New Zealand
This is a guest post by Malcolm McCracken. It previously appeared on his blog Better Things Are Possible and is shared by kind permission. Local government elections in New Zealand face persistent challenges with low voter turnout and a shortage of candidates. …
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