Looking at Transport Planning and Design
What do residents have preferences for Yesterday in Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning? I wrote: A question often asked in the real world as well as Cities Skylines: How … Continue reading Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning? Part Two
Lessons from 2014 and 2015 still not being learnt Yes I penned together an opinion piece for the Auckland community papers (Western Leader, Manukau Courier etc) on why the … Continue reading Housing, Jobs, Special Housing Areas, Infrastructure and Dumb Planning. A Redux!
Should have gone South not North-West I wrote a piece for Stuff.co.nz on why I thought the recent $300m loan to enable 10,500 new homes in north-west Auckland was … Continue reading Housing Infrastructure Loan: Not Exactly Helping Auckland
Views and thoughts Last month I sent in my feedback on the Auckland Plan Refresh to Planning Committee Chair Councillor Chris Darby. The letter outlines some basic premises on … Continue reading My Feedback to the Auckland Plan Refresh
Different styles give different results Simon Wilson of The Spinoff – Auckland division delivered a cracker into Mayor Phil Goff pretty much missing the boat on putting Auckland front … Continue reading Len and Phil: Two Very Different Approaches to the America’s Cup
Back to some Applied Planning Winter weather means some good opportunities to nail down a few hours in Cities Skylines. After some earlier issues (still have to fix … Continue reading Layton City is Back #CitiesSkylines
Turn Queen Street into a true Golden Mile Given the amount of times Queen Street is closed for parades and protests without City traffic going to hell in a … Continue reading What is Stopping Queen Street Becoming a World Class Pedestrian Mall? Nothing but NIMBYs and Politics
Can we do it? From Julie Ann Genter and the NZ Green Party: Greens to fast-track airport rail for America’s Cup Julie-Anne Genter MP on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 … Continue reading Greens Commit to Airport Rail by 2021
Be thankful for those taking transit if you drive From the files of Auckland Transport: While a train: And a fully loaded six-car set will take 625 cars … Continue reading Transit: It Works – Even For Car Drivers
East West Link turning to a fast If there was ever an ironic moment East West Link would be it. East West Link has been touted by the … Continue reading East West Link Defeats the One Thing it was meant to serve: INDUSTRY!
Talking Southern Auckland 