đĄUpdate: After huge public response the design has been reverted close to the original implementation. After years of consultation, design, and after they've started construction, Auckland Transport have backtracked on the people & cycle friendly aspects for spaces around the new Karanga-a-Hape Central Rail Link Station (see the
Auckland
Good to see this update on the proposed Hobsonville Rd Cycleway to link Westgate to Hobsonville Point. Even better to hear staged construction to start mid-2025. I ride this road quite often, will be a nice option. Hobsonville Road Cycleway | AT Project update for February 2025 We've been
Politics
Sent to Wayne Brown, Mayor of Auckland. CC Ken Turner (my local Board), Dean Kimpton AT Hi Wayne, Â I've always thought you were a bit of a dick and didn't vote for you. Seeing your comments in the NZ Herald article on the Victoria St linear
AT are currently seeking consultation on a roadside cycleway link between Westgate and Hobsonville Point. From there it will link into the existing Upper Harbour path/cycleway to connect to the North Shore. It will run along the existing Hobsonville Rd with provision for bikes added to the road intersections
A mention in David Slack's (brilliant) More than Feilding Substack led me to an opinion piece by Auckland (National) List MP Paul Goldsmith opposing reducing speed limits 'because cars are safer' and he included the Auckland CBD in his argument. I wrote to him... Pedestrians are
Auckland
Rode the newâish New Lynn to Avondale Pathway today and saw how an inadequate road crossing is going to injure/kill people. It was this âcrossingâ (red on map) at St Jude Street, close to a road intersection and near to the rail crossing. St Jude Street is the
Auckland
On 20 October, the COVID lockdown in Auckland & Waikato moved to Level 3.1 which allowed regional travel but no access to the rest of the country (still at Level 2). Overnight trips, staying in rented accommodation or camping, were still not permitted but not really a problem for
Being stuck in the Auckland Regional COVID Lockdown, from September to December 3, meant only local rides. I didnât ride at all in the Level 4 lockdown as was still working and cycling around the block doesnât appeal. On 22nd September Auckland & Northland relaxed to Level 3,
Red lights, cars stopped, green pedestrian and cycle crossing, all good?
It is astonishing how many cars are doing a head on "âchicken runâ down Triangle Road passing stationary traffic, on the wrong side of a double yellow âno passingâ line, crossing a two lane bridge with no means of escape. They must have a good job to be that
The end of this âLong Term Testâ video shows the Ferrari FF (or similar GTC4Lusso which recently replaced it) is a viable replacement for my Bravo as shares all these attributes: * Italian * 4 seats which fit actual people * Acceptable performance * Acceptable economy (given performance) * Practical hatchback, fits a bike in
Thanks to @AlecTang for the tip about this awesome site which maps aggregated Strava activity www.jonathanokeeffe.com/strava/map This is my most recent 100 Auckland region rides. The purple are less travelled, to yellow most travelled.