Category: Transport Planning

Looking at Transport Planning and Design

My Ideal central Urban Development Authority

March 19, 2018 ·

Best we have towards a full blown Planning Ministry It has been known before and post election that the (current) Minister of Transport, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Phil … Continue reading My Ideal central Urban Development Authority

Inter-Regional Planning Last year I gave a guest lecture to Geography and Environmental Planning students at the University of Waikato on the topic of inter-regional planning between Auckland, the … Continue reading Upper North Island Needs its Version of an Auckland (Spatial) Plan

March 14, 2018 ·

Bus Station looks good, missing key elements I was at a Have Your Say session in Manukau last night after which I decided to take a look at the … Continue reading Manukau Bus Station Final Progress. Due to Open Next Month (April)

Finance and Transport Ministers float equitable fund-raising scheme for projects like the Airport Lines We all know Auckland has a large transport infrastructure deficit and we equally know those … Continue reading Value Capture Taxes: An International Best Practice to Fund Transit Infrastructure

How Auckland will look dictates how we invest to make it all work? The Auckland Plan 2050 (the refresh) is currently open for consultation until March 28 long side … Continue reading #AucklandPlan2050: NODES! Or Rather Auckland Becoming a Multi-Nodal City

Transport ambition resonates but needs to be matched with political and financial OOMPH! & Creating an equitable transport system The Auckland Plan 2050 and the Long Term Plan 2018-2028 … Continue reading #AucklandPlan2050 – Transport: Linking Auckland In and Out

Main Street in Manukau next to bus station gets streetscape upgrade From Panuku Development Auckland: Pedestrian-friendly main street for Manukau The upgrade of Putney Way into a pedestrian-friendly main … Continue reading #ourmanukau – Putney Way to Get Upgrade – to become a People’s Space #TransformManukau Part 25

February 28, 2018 ·

A Plan is no plan if it does not have targets to reach It has not escaped my attention that the Auckland Plan 2050 (the refresh) is lacking hard … Continue reading Agree with Greater Auckland: #AucklandPlan 2050 Does Lack Clear Targets

Have your say in the future of Auckland That time again where we have our say on the next iteration of the Long Term Plan (the master budget document … Continue reading HAVE YOUR SAY: Long Term Plan 2018-2028 and Auckland Plan 2050 Out For Consultation

Strong Town Urban Geography Lessons on building transit Transit projects (and equally road projects) like urban developments can either end up a success or a massive failure. It all … Continue reading Urban Geography 201: Building Transit Right First Time – Everytime. Lessons from Strong Towns