Rather crude way of getting housing going? I am not sure what Mayoral candidate Victoria Crone is trying to tell us but what is effectively a Bach Tax is … Continue reading Did Mayoral Candidate Crone Suggest a Bach Tax? #Auckland2016
Auckland Electorate Seeking Improvement Not Change #Auckland2016
Council reputation report delivers fascinating insight Sunday’s are great days to contemplate the world around you while offline (Sunday is being full day off day). The day previous I … Continue reading Auckland Electorate Seeking Improvement Not Change #Auckland2016
A Breakdown into Citizen Dissatisfaction with Auckland Council #AKLPols
A lot of work to be done starting with the Councillors Yesterday Auckland Council came out with the news that the citizens are not exactly happy with it. In … Continue reading A Breakdown into Citizen Dissatisfaction with Auckland Council #AKLPols
Citizens Not Happy With Council Performance #AKLPols UPDATED
South and City Centre residents are happy however From Auckland Council: New research shows what Aucklanders expect from the council Aucklanders want more evidence that the council is accountable … Continue reading Citizens Not Happy With Council Performance #AKLPols UPDATED
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
#CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning Part 2. A Mature City
Mature city presents its own challenges In March I wrote a post on how the city simulator Cities Skylines can given some basic urban and transport planning lessons that … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning Part 2. A Mature City
Thinking in Networks, or Transit’s Political Challenge
Last week, New Jersey governor Chris Christie made headlines (in a small segment of the population at least) by poo-pooing entreaties to extend the Camden-Trenton River Line to the Statehouse, tell…
Source: Thinking in Networks, or Transit’s Political Challenge
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The same applies here in Auckland when drawing up the networks that allow the most efficient form of access and movement of people around urban Auckland.
Granted in 2013 Auckland Transport did a good job drawing up the new network for South Auckland but AT seemed to fall off the cart with the rest of the City.
#CitiesSkylines Shows Auckland Transport Bus Lanes
Something so simple eludes so many in Auckland Transport In light of yesterday’s Auckland Transport to Miss Bus Patronage Targets maybe our transport engineers in Cities Skylines should pass a course in … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Shows Auckland Transport Bus Lanes
Auckland Transport to Miss Bus Patronage Targets
4% miss and Auckland Transport has no clue why An article out from Radio New Zealand’s Todd Niall shows that Auckland Transport will miss the public transport patronage figures … Continue reading Auckland Transport to Miss Bus Patronage Targets
#TransformManukau – North/South Axis Connecting Manukau. Part 17 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Great South Road and Lambie Drive Axis need humanising In the past the thinking on doing urban renewal in Manukau has been focused on the east-west transport axis of: … Continue reading #TransformManukau – North/South Axis Connecting Manukau. Part 17 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Talking Southern Auckland 