The tram system that connected all corners of T\u0101maki Makaurau was torn up in favour of a car-focused transport system in the 1950s. What will it take to reverse that change? \\
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\nWhen the Auckland Harbour Bridge opened in 1959, connecting Auckland to the North Shore, its four lanes were heralded in the Auckland Star as \u201ca new era of city progress\u201d. Prime minister Walter Nash hailed it as \u201can event of nationwide significance.\u201d\u00a0 \\
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\nOn opening day, over 14,000 cars made the journey over the harbour, but a few breakdowns and empty fuel tanks meant within five hours of opening there was already a\u00a0[queue almost 10km long](https:\/\/ahi.auckland.ac.nz\/2019\/11\/10\/portal-to-a-brighter-day-narratives-of-progress-and-the-opening-of-the-auckland-harbour-bridge\/)\u00a0stretching back to Takapuna. Those first commuters wouldn\u2019t have known, but it was a sign of what was to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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