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.
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Park System in Auckland Needs to be Flexible #BetterAuckland UPDATED with Video Stream
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
Deputy Mayor Hulse Outlines Gravity of Housing Situation #AKLPols
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
Government Infrastructure Loan A Flop #NZPols
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
Airport (Heavy) Rail Via Otahuhu + Botany Line: Our Airport Lines. A Redux
Heavy and light rail give integrated solution With Mayor Len Brown defying Auckland Transport in stating a decision whether to go heavy or light rail to the Airport has … Continue reading Airport (Heavy) Rail Via Otahuhu + Botany Line: Our Airport Lines. A Redux
Where Next With the #UnitaryPlan. Critical Point on How Councillors Can Make Decisions
Council lays out the course Auckland Council is sending out information on where next with the Unitary Plan as we await for the Independent Hearings Panel to send their … Continue reading Where Next With the #UnitaryPlan. Critical Point on How Councillors Can Make Decisions
Government Conveys Disappointment in Councillors Over #UnitaryPlan
Correspondence illustrates the reminder to Council with the Unitary Plan Among the confusion that was the Briexit on Friday an article came through from Stuff on Government reminding Council … Continue reading Government Conveys Disappointment in Councillors Over #UnitaryPlan
Auckland Conversation Talk on Housing Concludes: MOAR HOUSING! #AKLPols UPDATED
Robust discussion on needing more housing UPDATE: Video now included Last night Auckland Conversations held a panel on the housing situation in Auckland and what the future of housing … Continue reading Auckland Conversation Talk on Housing Concludes: MOAR HOUSING! #AKLPols UPDATED
Growth Ponzi Scheme + We Are Too Inefficient as a Nation
Ponzi Scheme threatens NZ Also housing crisis shows we are to inefficient as a nation Live in New Zealand long enough and you come to realise that road works … Continue reading Growth Ponzi Scheme + We Are Too Inefficient as a Nation
Parking: Strong Towns Demonstrate some Fallacies With Parking
Including Parking MAXIMUMS Parking and for planners and communities alike parking minimums. The two very things more likely to polarise a city in a debate than putting in a … Continue reading Parking: Strong Towns Demonstrate some Fallacies With Parking
