Looking at Urban Planning and Design
Joining everything up bit by bit On the back of the Manukau Innovative Street Pilot scheme I blogged on yesterday (see: Manukau Innovative Streets (Tactical Urbanism) Project Humble Beginnings as … Continue reading Southern Auckland Cycleway Expansions Continue – in Mangere and Manukau (with even more Tactical Urbanism)
Consensus and cooperation wins the day As reported in August, Manukau was successful in getting funding from NZTA to do an Innovative Street Pilot or Tactical Urbanism in the area. … Continue reading Manukau Innovative Streets (Tactical Urbanism) Project Humble Beginnings as Project begins
City Centre continues in very fragile state There was a bit of lamination from some of our Auckland Isthmus Urbanist crowd about the lives from Working From Home since Level … Continue reading The Tale of Two Centres – And No It is NOT What One Thinks
There is a reason why Japan’s transit returns a 113% Farebox Recovery Ratio, and we only return 43% As it says above: there is a reason why Japan’s transit system … Continue reading Transit Oriented Developments: They Just Make Sense in a Post Covid World
Helen Clark Foundation Report is out on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Today the “The Shared Path – A RESEARCH PAPER BY HOLLY WALKERVOLUME II: How low-traffic areas in Aotearoa’s cities candecarbonise … Continue reading The Shared Path. Report on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Out and we have a lot of work to do
Quick Win to allow traffic to move more efficient within the existing corridor Good news everyone, the Dynamic Lanes on Redoubt Road will be going live on Monday, November 9! … Continue reading Redoubt Road, Manukau Dynamic Lanes to GO LIVE November 9
The start of the journey on what will be a very long one for freight I was at the Auckland Transport – Auckland Freight Plan launch this morning to see … Continue reading Auckland Freight Plan Launch Leaves More Questions than Answers. Also No One Touched the OJ.
Something is brewing – and it does smell good It is that time again where I go Auckland Council Agenda surfing reading up the various agendas from Local Boards or … Continue reading #OurManukau Transform Work Continues. What Does Panuku have in mind for Osterley Way?
Auckland Transport and Orakei Local Board needing reminding on Vision Zero What? A Design Breaching the Vienna Convention aka International Law? How so. Well we start with with Dooring: Dooring is … Continue reading Orakei’s Proposed Design for its St Heliers Town Centre Leads to Breaches of the Vienna Convention (in terms of Safety)
Why drive when one can sit back and enjoy the ride Back of the Napkin? The National Party’s Road’s First policy might be back of the napkin stuff (given the … Continue reading Not ‘Back of the Napkin’: Greens Transport Policy Brings Sanity (and Relief) to the Cities and Regions
Talking Southern Auckland 