China’s issues prevalent to Auckland With the usual round of teeth gnashing after Auckland Transport hiked its City Centre parking fees towards $63/day (during the week) the question needs … Continue reading Parking: Do We Have A Supply or Management Problem?
Not that much land actually With Labour’s state housing program receiving much attention today (for mainly the right reasons) and National’s eight years of doing nothing is receiving all … Continue reading Some Relativity into How Much Land Needed for Labour’s Kiwi-Build #NZPols
Formal complaint also to be made In the flurry that was our usual three Councillors (Wood, Quax and Brewer) all rallying against the City Rail Link citing over-runs thanks … Continue reading Transport Blog: Herald’s CRL Overruns Overblown #AKLPols
Cities Skylines demonstrates culture needed for an 8-80 City One good thing about Cities Skylines is you can run basic simulations on different urban and transport layouts before settling … Continue reading A True 8-80 City From the Outset.
A view on City building Someone told me that I see Auckland as one big City Lego set or (if in virtual) one big Cities Skylines ‘simulation.’ That being … Continue reading Building Auckland is Like City Lego or Cities Skylines
Park system strangling Auckland Last night an Auckland Conversation’s talk was covering on the need for our open spaces to cater for the 8 and 80-year-old (otherwise known as … Continue reading Park System in Auckland Needs to be Flexible #BetterAuckland UPDATED with Video Stream
Universal connection for Auckland Debate continues over Airport Rail and this incline for light rail via Dominion Road to the Airport from the City Centre. This is despite the … Continue reading Airport Line Via Otahuhu: The Universal Connection to the Airport for all of Auckland
Government intervention will be needed With the Unitary Plan recommendations to come through on July 22 and with the Government continuing to fail to intervene in any meaningful manner … Continue reading Deputy Mayor Hulse Outlines Gravity of Housing Situation #AKLPols
I can see where and why the Port could be relocated through the next 40 years On Thursday the Port Auckland issue will come back before the Auckland Development … Continue reading Port Relocation? At High Cost But Can Be Done Through Time
Government ideology gets in the way Yesterday at the National Party Conference in Christchurch the Prime Minister delivered a speech that the members were both non receptive to while it … Continue reading Government Infrastructure Loan A Flop #NZPols
Talking Southern Auckland 