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Weekly Roundup 21-November-2025 - Greater Auckland Another week down and another weekly roundup on all things cities. Can you believe its almost summer? This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt A post shared by Tom the Dad (@tom.thedad) View this...

Fresh post for your Friday: another week, another weekly roundup of all things cities. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/21/w...

Minister admits RoNS reality is biting – and hard - Greater Auckland “Whatever the problem, build another road” has been a hallmark of policy from the current government. And we’ve long suggested that is simply not affordable or practical – including just

As we’ve noted for a while now, National’s much-touted “Roads of National Significance” programme would bankrupt the nation.

In today’s post, Matt looks at transport minister Chris Bishop’s significant walk-back of the frankly unaffordable RoNS fantasy.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/20/m...

‘How are you supposed to ride your bike through that?’: Road safety sign planted in middle of cycle lane A new sign blocking a school cycle path has angered residents, who say it puts children at risk.

Auckland Transport should make it a requirement tha staff and contractors working on cycle lanes are cyclists too! Putting a pole in the middle of a cycle lane is costly stupidity!
FYI @greaterauckland.bsky.social @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social
#NZpol
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“The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?”

Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲

Minister admits RoNS reality is biting – and hard - Greater Auckland “Whatever the problem, build another road” has been a hallmark of policy from the current government. And we’ve long suggested that is simply not affordable or practical – including just

As we’ve noted for a while now, National’s much-touted “Roads of National Significance” programme would bankrupt the nation.

In today’s post, Matt looks at transport minister Chris Bishop’s significant walk-back of the frankly unaffordable RoNS fantasy.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/20/m...

Pedal power surges, but Auckland infrastructure trails the biking boom OPINION: Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity. But this maxim does not apply to adding cycling options.

Op-ed of mine in The Post today on behalf of @greaterauckland.bsky.social on why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not)

www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

Minister admits RoNS reality is biting – and hard - Greater Auckland “Whatever the problem, build another road” has been a hallmark of policy from the current government. And we’ve long suggested that is simply not affordable or practical – including just

Matt @greaterauckland.bsky.social drills down on Chris Bishop's speech about how expensive all the mega-roads his government keeps promising will be. If they ever get built. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/20/m...

A screenshot of an NZTA tender description for a station access “upgrade” for the new planned Ngākōroa station (formerly known by the placeholder name Drury West) in South Auckland. The highlighted line reads: “Due to the restricted space available, no pedestrian facilities or crossings have been included.” And yet…

From earlier planning docs, showing the intersection that’s to be “upgraded” at top right. Promised design definitely includes footpaths + crossings for human beings on feet and on wheels.

A closer look at the intersection in question, from earlier plans - it definitely includes crossings and shared walk/ bike facilities. These have now been deemed “not included” in the October 2025 tender callout. Because of “restricted space”. Show us your working, NZTA.

“Upgrade station access”… but you can’t actually access the station unless you’re in a car.😖

What gives, NZTA?🤨

Pedestrian access was clearly shown in earlier planning docs—but now there‘s “no space”? Is this removing footpaths to add more turning lanes? Or what?
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Weekly Roundup 14-November-2025 - Greater Auckland Here’s a bunch of stuff that caught our eye this week, during all the hot and humid weather. This Week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday A post shared by @themisfortuneteller A post shared by Oli Frost (...

Another Friday, another weekly roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. ☕️

👍 Auckland’s new councillors set their goals
🚲 A new bike lane takes shape
👏🏼 Govt unanimously legalises (de)congestion charging
😟 Residents share chipseal woes

…and more!
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/14/w...

Road Policing Performance - Greater Auckland The Police have been in the news a bit recently and for the wrong reasons. One of those was a few weeks ago where

Breath-testing, speeding, seatbelt compliance, mobile phone usage while driving - Matt Lowrie digs into recent road policing stats.👮🚨📈📉

Featuring a bunch of illuminating charts, plus some thoughts about targets and how it all correlates with public safety.
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Accessing the Acropolis - Greater Auckland Tāmaki/Auckland only has a few public institutions of national significance: the Art Gallery, the Museum, and Auckland University, each housed in nationally significant buildings. Plus only a few trul...

Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.”

@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...

More progress on the Northwest Busway - Greater Auckland One of the few major transport projects that we agree with the government on is the

Today’s post: we’ve got the scoop on the latest (early) designs for the Northwest Busway.

This is shaping up to be a big - and big budget - project. But imagine if it been sorted when rebuilding the interchanges and widening the motorway only a decade ago?
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/11/m...

More progress on the Northwest Busway - Greater Auckland One of the few major transport projects that we agree with the government on is the

#BusNews: NZTA has shared some of the early designs for the Northwest Busway and stations along the way with Greater Auckland.

Via @greaterauckland.bsky.social: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/11/m...

More progress on the Northwest Busway - Greater Auckland One of the few major transport projects that we agree with the government on is the

Today’s post: we’ve got the scoop on the latest (early) designs for the Northwest Busway.

This is shaping up to be a big - and big budget - project. But imagine if it been sorted when rebuilding the interchanges and widening the motorway only a decade ago?
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/11/m...

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Weekly Roundup 7-November-2025 - Greater Auckland What great weather we’re having right now, though it’s hard to believe it’s already November. Here’s some stories that we found interesting this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday Matt foun...

Here's our weekly roundup for your Friday happy hour/ weekend reading—stories that caught our eye this week from the realms of housing, transport and all things urbanist.*

*featuring a dash of leadership inspo for New Auck City, from New York City 🎉🍎🥝🙃😍😉 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/07/w...

This government’s legacy for transport in Auckland - Greater Auckland The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in

FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city...

...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...

Zohran Mamdani speaking at the 2025 Transit Riders Mayoral Forum.

Mamdani: "[Congestion pricing] is an opportunity to reshape the streetscape of the central business district of Manhattan. We have an opportunity here to do immense amounts of pedestrianization for the entire congestion pricing zone..."

If this election proved nothing else, it proved once again that OPTIMISM IS A POLITICAL ACT.

Believing we *can* make things better — that we, together, have the power to create change — is always the first step towards actually making them better.

How to buy a home in a warming world - Greater Auckland This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared onLike I covered last year, many townhouses and apartments are poorly designed for hotter summers. Badly designed ...

“What risks should we consider? Which homes are safer in a warming world?”

Today’s guest post from @threesixtysix.news looks at how to buy a home when climate change looms ever larger. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/05/h...

YouTube video by Streetfilms® Tour the Tranquility of some of London's Low Traffic Neighborhoods (LTNs)

Great short Low Traffic Neighbourhood explainer - looks like heaven! via @streetfilms.bsky.social

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The frequentisation of Tāmaki Makaurau One of Aotearoa's achievements hidden in plain sight is the huge expansion of Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland's frequent bus network, making it one of the best, if not the best, in Australasia.

#BusNews: One of Aotearoa's achievements hidden in plain sight is the huge expansion of Tāmaki Makaurau's frequent bus network, making it one of the best, if not the best, in Australasia.

By @darrendavis.bsky.social via Adventures in Transitland: adventuresintransitland.substack.com/p/the-freque...

My fave thing is all the people in the Herald comments saying cycleways are pushed by the 'ideological left'.

When these are the initial paragraphs of my article😂

Connor Sharp: This Government's legacy for transport in Auckland OPINION: Auckland Transport says raised speed limits could cost 564 lives in 10 years.

Op-ed of mine in the Herald today:

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/this-gove...

Wayne Brown wants Auckland to be an efficient, green city - Greater Auckland Stopping sprawl and turning Auckland into an efficient, green city? Sign us up, Mayor Wayne Brown! On Friday 31 October, the Mayor and councillors were officially sworn in, and the Mayor made a speech...

Stopping sprawl and turning Auckland into an efficient, green city? Sign us up, Mayor Wayne Brown!

A standoff is shaping up between the Mayor & the Minister on the question of sprawl. Matt Lowrie looks at how this (along with the 2026 election + CRL opening) may play into the hoped-for "city deal".

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Wayne Brown wants Auckland to be an efficient, green city - Greater Auckland Stopping sprawl and turning Auckland into an efficient, green city? Sign us up, Mayor Wayne Brown! On Friday 31 October, the Mayor and councillors were officially sworn in, and the Mayor made a speech...

Stopping sprawl and turning Auckland into an efficient, green city? Sign us up, Mayor Wayne Brown!

A standoff is shaping up between the Mayor & the Minister on the question of sprawl. Matt Lowrie looks at how this (along with the 2026 election + CRL opening) may play into the hoped-for "city deal".

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
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"In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by two to one and in Paris, they outnumber motorists across the whole city. In Copenhagen bikes account for almost half of commuter journeys to work and school."

Take care out there this evening, whanau! 👻🎃😱

Whether you celebrate or nah, one of the magical things about Halloween is how it spotlights the joy of walkable communities.

All streets should be safe enough for kids to happily trundle around their own neighbourhoods for fun, every day of the year.