Weekly Roundup 24-July-2026
It’s Friday again, and here we are with our roundup of the week’s most intriguing stories cities and transport. Enjoy! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a guest post from Pippa Coom about the power of Local Board Plans.…
0 Comments Western Line Level Crossing Early Challenges and Feedback
A few months ago Auckland Transport finally started talking about the need to replace level crossings on the Western Line – something I think will become glaringly obvious in a few months once the City Rail Link opens, especially when frequencies increase, likely early next year.…
Revised PC120 Passed by Auckland Council
After a five-hour long meeting yesterday, Auckland Council passed amendments to Plan Change 120, enabling greater intensity of housing in designated locations. (Below is the video of the whole meeting – at the end of this post clips breaking it into five parts, for your viewing at leisure.)…
Quick! Speak up for Local Board Three-Year Plans
Keen to influence what happens in your community? Give feedback on your Local Board’s three-year plan, now open for consultation. In short: if the local board hasn’t put it in the plan, it’s not going to happen.
Feedback closes at the end of the day, this Thursday 23 July 2026, so get in quick!…
Weekly Roundup 17-July-2026
We hope everyone has had a great week after the long weekend! Here is a collection of all things cities and transport to enjoy! This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt went into how the government has finally admitted the reality of the RoNS
On Tuesday, Patrick wrote about our interview last year with Len Brown, and how the CRL happened.…
Build this beautiful, affordable and visionary new bridge
The following is an op-ed which ran in the Sunday Star Times and online in The Post on July 12th 2026.
You can find more information about the bridge proposal here. The way we routinely approach big transport problems is broken.…
How we got the CRL
Late last year I sat down outside Waitematā Station with the Godfather of the CRL to discuss how he did it, plus some further ruminations on our city’s development.
As we count down to the opening of the City Trail Link, just a matter of weeks now, it is really interesting to go back over how the project was fought for and finally approved.…
RoNS Reality Finally Hits Home
In something of a Matariki miracle, the government has finally acknowledged that their mega-road programme isn’t feasible (as we’ve been pointing out for quite some time), and have scaled it back accordingly.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has been hinting for some months that this was probably going to happen, with the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme alone expected to cost over $50 billion, but it’s good to finally have it confirmed as of last Thursday:
Transport Minister Chris Bishop is welcoming the publication of NZTA’s Major Transport Projects Pipeline, setting out the phasing for projects including the Roads of National Significance and major public transport projects.…
Weekly Roundup 10-July-2026
With a long weekend to celebrate Matariki, we’ve pulled together another bumper weekly roundup for you to enjoy. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Patrick took a look at Te Ara Tupua in Wellington and what we can learn from it.…
Why the RoNS are even more unthinkable now
Our open letter to Chris Bishop, imploring him to bring some sense to the overblown Roads of National Significance juggernaut, has sparked a lot of discussion and some very good questions about the way ahead.
Once upon a time, the RoNS were a shiny election bauble, a vision of brand-new highways sweeping across the country.…
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