How will you improve your community today? So you have attended a march over the weekend, Tweeted some reckons, post a selfie and a spiel on Facebook and converse … Continue reading So You Have Marched? Now What? UPDATE: Urbanism in Play
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Auckland Transport Post City Rail Link Run Pattern to be Desired
Alteration to give more frequencies on Western Line Transport Blog put up a double informative post covering the City Rail Link tender announcement as well as run patterns once … Continue reading Auckland Transport Post City Rail Link Run Pattern to be Desired
National Land Transport Fund 2018-2021 Wishlist for Auckland
What I would like The Sea-path story in Stuff today reminded me that submissions for the 2018-2021 National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) will not be too far off. That … Continue reading National Land Transport Fund 2018-2021 Wishlist for Auckland
Moving to Clean Energy in Layton City #CitiesSkylines
Whether it be out in the real work or in the simulator choosing your power sources has consequences to your city and wider world/
It is a reason why I will usually pick clean sources for power production although Layton City could do a tad better given the gas and incinerator fired power plants still make 37% of the energy mixture. However, given I do not have hydro available (topography) things can get a bit interesting.
63% comes from clean sources Power is a serious business for a large city such as Layton City. Placement of power plants also matters too as the tsunami saga showed when the City Centre was …
Source: Moving to Clean Energy in Layton City #CitiesSkylines
Spot the Difference with Auckland Transport’s Manukau Bus Station
…… See if you can spot the difference between these two photos: So from second half of 2017 to sometime in 2018 – but we don’t know when … Continue reading Spot the Difference with Auckland Transport’s Manukau Bus Station
#BuildAKL competition winners
One to be watching as this continues to roll out in 2017.
Auckland to Hike Public Transport Fares 5% and 14% Respectively. Still Equity Issues
Fares go up No improvements to services Poor and short distance travellers get whacked It seems Auckland Transport still has a lot to learn about equity when applying fares … Continue reading Auckland to Hike Public Transport Fares 5% and 14% Respectively. Still Equity Issues
Auckland Transport’s Manukau Bus Station Now Delayed Until 2018. UPDATED
Poor project management Updated with response from Auckland Transport It seems again the Manukau Bus Station (the key lynch-pin to the South Auckland Bus Network) has been delayed … Continue reading Auckland Transport’s Manukau Bus Station Now Delayed Until 2018. UPDATED
UPDATED: The #TransformManukau Omnibus (Version 1.4.2)
Updated for Version 1.4.2 It took a couple of days but some 246 pages and around 24,500 words later the #TransformManukau Omnibus has been complied into a single PDF edition. … Continue reading UPDATED: The #TransformManukau Omnibus (Version 1.4.2)
Walkable and Transit Orientated Environments – They Attract Jobs #Part 20 of the #TransformManukau Series
Moving Manukau from a 9-5 economy to a full-time economy To support the wider Southern Auckland population lifting itself socio-economically its population need to be able to access high … Continue reading Walkable and Transit Orientated Environments – They Attract Jobs #Part 20 of the #TransformManukau Series
