Greater Auckland

Fuel use vs cost nz rucs for petrol

Well there is an interesting chart on RUCS, unless they change things or make it more complex , everyone with a car under 10L/100km efficiency will be paying more

Those with big v8 suvs etc will feel a little better off

#NewZealand #Nzpol

You mean the 66 and the Outer Link?

75% fall in kids being killed, just by driving slightly slower.

FFS. Christopher Bishop just admitted they had no idea of the economic benefits of building the Northern Expressway between Auckland and Whangarei using $1 in $10 of infrastructure money for the next twenty years.
If Labour did this, National would be screaming from the tree tops how irresponsible!

"The feedback was intense. Greater Auckland published an estimated 156 blogs protesting the move."

Sounds about right on Project K! Certainly felt like that many xD

@greaterauckland.bsky.social

Project K is gonna be OK - Greater Auckland People power prevails: Auckland Transport comes back around to its original plans for improving the Karanga-a-hape CRL station precinct.

Breaking news - better things are possible.

My write up for @greaterauckland.bsky.social about saving the Karanga-a-Hape Precinct Intergration Project.

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/07/14/p...

NZTA's self-contradictory changes to SH16 Brigham Creek to Waimauku - Greater Auckland A couple of months ago, NZTA reversed its plans to install a median wire barrier on SH16 for stage 1 of the section 20.” And yet as we’ve seen, the former Minister of Transport, Simeon Brown, seemingl...

What an absolute mess Simeon Brown and NZTA have created in the northwest.

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/06/30/n...

Where did 8000 passengers go? The latest forecasts for $5.5b City Rail Link The initial capacity is lower than earlier forecasts of 27,000 passengers.

For anyone like Orsman worried about “only” 19,000 people an hour using the city rail link at peak, just note that’s equivalent to double what the northern, northwestern and southern motorways *combined* can deliver to the city centre. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands...

So accurate

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

Interesting, given the potential for something similar in Auckland completely derailed light rail.

You’d think we’d learn this lesson, but nope.

What's up with cycleway ridership? The numbers! - Greater Auckland The current government might be inexplicably hostile to cycling as a transport mode, and COVID might have changed the nature of work and thus commuting, especially in places like the city centre. But ...

New post!

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/29/w...

"Just following orders"

Screenshot of the Service Closures section from https://www.tehuiatrain.co.nz/timetables/ Lists four day closures for King's Bithday, Matariki and Labour Weekends, and two week closures for the July and September school holidays.

No Te Huia during *any* school holidays this year.

If I wanted to kill the service, after looking at its most popular times, this is what I'd do too.

The (illegible) fine print: speed reversals hit train, bus, bike networks - Greater Auckland The situation: Auckland Transport is in a lonely race to raise speeds on hundreds of local streets under the new Speed Rule. This is evidently by choice – other cities are taking a more considered and...

A follow-up on Auckland’s speed schemozzle:

AT is raising speeds when it doesn’t have to—and not just in quiet neighbourhoods near schools. Train stations, busways, and major bike routes get a look-in, too! 🫣🤯

(Plus: a bonus bit on unintelligible signage) www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/22/t...

As AT races to raise speed limits, strange cracks appear - Greater Auckland Last week was Road Safety Week, which Auckland Transport marked by sharing a happy little video about … but tough luck for Te Wharekura o Manurewa (and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Manurewa next door); Ros...

It's becoming increasingly clear that Auckland Transport is creating a dangerous mess in their reckless raising of speed limits.

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/20/a...

If you're wondering why so few cycleways were actually built in recent years even though the previous govt was supportive, it's because all the money went to a Wellington state highway resilience project.

Just FYI, you have a whole series called "Capital Crisis". And wonder why people think negatively about the city all the time.

www.thepost.co.nz/capital-crisis

AT directors at risk? - Greater Auckland Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the City Centre Advisory Panel With Auckland Transport racing towards risky speed increases at the behest of the previous Minister of Transport’s Speed Rule, all ey...

In which I ask who is responsible for reducing harm on our streets?
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/19/a...

AT directors at risk? - Greater Auckland Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the City Centre Advisory Panel With Auckland Transport racing towards risky speed increases at the behest of the previous Minister of Transport’s Speed Rule, all ey...

New post:

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/19/a...

Why it takes a city to save a village, and vice versa - Greater Auckland This guest post by Dr Stuart Donovan looks at how strengthening the urban core can turn liabilities into assets. The header image of Rangiwhakaoma is by the author. I recently travelled to the remarka...

After a ten-year hiatus from blogging, the hard-working people at @greaterauckland.bsky.social (Greater Auckland) have kindly agreed to publish some of my rando musings as a guest blog post titled, "Why it takes a city to save a village, and vice versa."
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/05/13/w...

It’s cruel treatment for people to show this. 😔☹️😞

This video is perfect, especially when you learn it happened as this man was driving his Super Tough Man Truck™ into the parking lot of a business for "Self Reliance and Civilian Tactical Enthusiasts"

www.instagram.com/p/DJc9S_MsXND/

Building consents in Auckland. Showing consents growing again after years of decline.

Bottomed out? Consents back above 14,000/year 💛
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Got a great idea. at.govt.nz/about-us/new...

Don't let cycleway to Karanga-a-Hape Station get removed - we need your help - Bike Auckland A cycleway which already exists and is well used is being replaced by a motor vehicle lane. Here's how you can help.

But this is not set in stone. We can save this project.

We at @greaterauckland.bsky.social sent an open letter a week ago supported by many people and orgs. We have not yet received a reply.

In the meantime, Bike Auckland has a great guide. Please email.
www.bikeauckland.org.nz/east-street-...

Every. Single. Time.

Government's Road Announcement Week - Greater Auckland Transport Minister Chris Bishop was on a project announcement spree last week. As well as join our circle of supporters here, or support us

New post:

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/28/g...

Is Parnell Station Fixable? - Greater Auckland A couple of weeks ago

Thanks @greaterauckland.bsky.social for still hosting articles about these fun events,

so we can all remember that "businesses fucking up public transport" remains one of Auckland's proudest traditions

www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/07/26/p...