Jolisa Gracewood and Max RobitzschJolisa Gracewood and Max Robitzsch

Jolisa Gracewood and Max Robitzsch both belong to Bike Auckland and live locally in Auckland's inner west. Max is a transport engineer and Jolisa is a writer and editor and the communications manager for Bike Auckland.

Is the Quay St protest really about the trees?

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A protest against the relocation of 15 mature trees from Quay St to nearby parks is continuing to prevent work on the cycleway extension. Jolisa Gracewood and Max Robitzsch of Bike Auckland sigh deeply, and explain how we got here. Having ended 2017 with a story about the opposition to the Grey Lynn cycleway, we … Read more

All quiet on the West Lynn front?

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There are protest signs all over Grey Lynn, but who do they really represent? Jolisa Gracewood and Max Robitzsch present the case for better bike riding and good planning in Auckland’s inner west. Decades from now, we’ll look back on 2017 and say: that’s when it changed. That’s when Auckland reclaimed its urban mojo, stared … Read more