Consultation to start for McLennan Park Paths and Great South Road Transit/Bus Lanes The Papakura Local Board has its monthly business meeting tomorrow. As always you can see the … Continue reading Papakura August 2018 Local Board Agenda Transport Update: Park Paths, Transit Lanes and Bus Stations
Some rather large Urban Geography lessons for NZTA Momentum continues for both the Airport to Botany Rapid Transit (the Southern Airport Line) and the City Centre to Mangere (Northern … Continue reading Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Offers Salient Lessons for City Centre to Mangere Light Rail
Something so simple yet so hard? Okay it is Tuesday somewhere in the world but this tweet sums it up nicely #TransformationTuesdays Limiting vehicular access allows cities to … Continue reading Humanising Streets
Making best use of all worlds While attention is focused on City Centre to Mangere Light Rail and the potential to uplift the City Centre (especially in terms of … Continue reading A Transit Line, A Transit Orientated Development, And Affordable Housing? 100,000 Residents in Manukau? No Sweat! #TransformManukau Part 30
Always talked about And until recently was never built. Fellow Southern Aucklander Alex found this gem from the Manukau Courier dated some time in 1996, it shows what … Continue reading It is the Congestion Free Network – From Another Mother – Well, a Different Era
Add Real Time and things get a bit too realistic for game play The (occasional) series with Cities Skylines as a communicator tool continues with me looking at Parking Minimums … Continue reading Social Planning Explained (Or Rather BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE): How #CitiesSkylines Can Give a Basic Breakdown of Social Planning
Age of City Building well under way When the Unitary Plan went live in November 2016 I commented that 2017 onward’s would become The Age of the City. Looking … Continue reading Unitary Plan is Working. Also (As a Pleasant Surprise) Urban Development Occurring Around Rapid Transit Network – BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS!
Yes the sarcasm was highly noted Who says Cities Skylines can not teach us some history in: Planning, Transport and Urban Geographic Politics? Well apparently in this instance a … Continue reading Parking Minimums and Urban Highways – #CitiesSkylines Gives a Tragic History Lesson from the USA
Twyford knuckles down on the Urban Growth Agenda Last week the Minister of Transport, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Phil Tywford held a large get together to launch the … Continue reading Here Comes the Planning Ministry: Twyford to Introduce Sweeping Changes to Planning and City Building
Britomart has no capacity until post City Rail Link There was a Council presentation given last night updating Engineers about the Auckland Transport Alignment Project or simply the ATAP. … Continue reading Regional Rapid Rail (Inter City rail) Terminating at Puhinui Station Rather Than Britomart? Answer seems Yes – in the short term
