Category: Community/Environment

Time to Talk Speed – That is Residential Speed Limits Being Lowered

October 13, 2017 ·

People first Given the carnage on the roads and our urban areas just being plain ugly for people to walk about it is time to have a talk about … Continue reading Time to Talk Speed – That is Residential Speed Limits Being Lowered

October 11, 2017 ·

When will our Transport Body learn The Ti Rakau Drive improvements from Auckland Transport I had come across by chance thanks to a tweet coming across my Tweetdeck. Auckland … Continue reading Auckland Transport Slow to Learn Lessons on Better Transport

What can the USA teach us about Family friendly urban environments Millennials unlike their Boomer parents tend to seek out more urban than suburban environments to raise their new … Continue reading TAKE HEED AUCKLAND: URBAN LIFESTYLES FOR MILLENNIALS WITH CHILDREN!

October 9, 2017 ·

When design and lower speeds work Both are defaulted to 40km/h But it all comes down to design to realise that speed in a residential area#citiesskylines pic.twitter.com/AeKR6isupJ — … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Offers Tips in Street Design and People Space. 40km/h Default Works!

Auckland Transport falling behind Earlier this year I had filed a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request to Auckland Transport about when bus lanes along the Great … Continue reading LGOIMA Request into Papakura Bus Lanes – AGAIN. Where Are They?

Local Board Plan to be Adopted. Metropolitan and Town Centres in Focus, Greenways Program to Begin! Today the Papakura Local Board will adopt the 2017 Papakura Local Board Plan … Continue reading Papakura Local Board Plan 2017 to be Adopted by Papakura Local Board

Have your say on the future of Southern Auckland It has finally started after the Unitary Plan went live in November 2016. The attempt to plan and map out … Continue reading HAVE YOUR SAY: Southern Auckland’s Future! Drury-Pukekohe Structure Planning Underway

Urban Simulators mapping out real life Cities I enjoy the game Cities Skylines, its expansions and of course the Mods. Even when compared to a New Zealand example (given … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Helping Building Better Cities Today

Mitigation and forward planning As reports trickle in petrol stations are starting to run out of 95 Unleaded Petrol and that the Navy is using their tanker to move … Continue reading As Petrol Stations Run Out of Petrol Could Rail Provide an Answer?

Freyberg Square Renewal Showcases potential BUT…. From Auckland Council A Jewel for the City Centre Auckland Mayor Phil Goff joined Waitematā Local Board Chair Pippa Coom today to open … Continue reading Jewel for the City Centre Opens And Shows Cases Potential