Sep 27, 2022 | Events, Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Commons Blog
This seminar, part of a PPI monthly series, includes presentations from Simon Wilson, senior writer at the New Zealand Herald, and transport researchers Professor Kim Dirks from Engineering and Professor Alistair Woodward from Population Health, the University of...
Sep 5, 2022 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
Public Policy Institute Seminar Series Friday 16 Sept 1-2pm OGGB Case Room 2 (260-057) Join Zoom Meeting https://auckland.zoom.us/j/97738367300 Professor Alistair Woodward (Population Health) Professor Kim...
Jul 21, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Commons Blog
We have to bridge the gulf between suburban front doors and cheap public transport if we want more people on buses and trains. Timothy Welch looks at how. The Government has extended half-price public transport fares until 2023 – excellent news for many who use...
Jul 4, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, News, Policy Commons Blog
Dr Jen McArthur, Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy at University College London Transport funding is a famously dry subject. Regardless, mayoral candidate Efeso Collins’ promise to introduce fare-free public transport has sparked much debate over...
May 23, 2022 | Policy Briefing
Rhys Jones, Bruce Kidd, Kirsty Wild, and Alistair Woodward University of Auckland Investment in cycling infrastructure and promotion may be a potentially beneficial intervention for Māori. Previous research on Māori transport priorities has identified increasing...
Feb 11, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
By Simon Wilson – **This speech was given at the welcome reception for the Public Policy Network Conference, 29 January 2019, at the University of Auckland** It used to be local body politics was the essence of boring. Council meetings were the politics no one...
Dec 5, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jess Berentson-Shaw – With the return of our evidence-driven Associate Minister for Transport Julie Anne Genter to Wellington it is timely to explore why transport is an area in which the evidence is so routinely ignored, even though implementation of what we...
