Looking at Urban Planning and Design
Best Practices Report for Developers and Architects to help deliver People First and Healthier Cities 1.0 Introduction: The Strategic Imperative of Active Design In an era of interconnected public health, … Continue reading A Ben Goes Planning Special: Active Design in Practice: A Best Practices Report for Developers and Architects
A police person’s comments in 2015 are still unacceptable in 2026! As I was putting the rest of the Part 8.x of the Ben goes Planning Series, the AI generator … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 8.3: Designing the People-First City
Let’s get the mindset as Planners right. Let’s also get those standardised zones match fit as well! Submissions are open for the Planning Bill, and the Standardised Zones will soon … Continue reading Re-coding our Cities in Aotearoa – New Zealand
Future Streets Initiative: A Phased Implementation Plan for Safer, More Liveable Public Spaces 1.0 Project Vision and Strategic Imperative This document outlines a phased implementation plan for the Future Streets … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 8.2: Reclaiming the Streets
How we can move Aotearoa from it car-centric past to a people-centric future As submissions for the Planning Bill are currently open, while the drafting of the Standardised Zones is … Continue reading Key Fundamentals in Aotearoa Planning Reform: Standardised Zones and Urban Transformation
Time to start reclaiming the streets for the people Executive Summary This document synthesizes the core principles and strategies for designing safer urban streets by focusing on speed management. The … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 7.2 – Why our Streets are Failing: Designing for Safer Speeds: A Synthesis of Key Principles and Strategies
Time to face the Truths About Our Streets Introduction: The Invisible Architecture of Our Daily Commute Have you ever felt a surge of anxiety stepping off a curb to cross … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 7.1 – Why our Streets are Failing: More Lanes, More Danger: 5 Counter-Intuitive Truths About Our Streets
Life in the City, a City that is constant motion! Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 6: A City in Motion
Cities are living organisms Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing evolution of your city and region … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 5: The City Pulse – How Cities Breathe: The Secret Dance Between Transport and Land Use
Planning the engines of urban prosperity Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing evolution of your city … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 3: Marsden Point Economic Development Strategy: A Master Plan for Integrated Urban Development and Economic Growth
Talking Southern Auckland 