Auckland in attempting to manage its parking (and where it might go if implemented) Auckland Transport often (and rightfully) cops criticism with its policy creation and implementation. Parking Management is … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 9.2. The Evolution of Urban Space: Understanding the Tiered Parking Management System
The Great Parking Delusion Harms Us Parking, one of the greatest lightning rods if not lightning rod when it comes to Urban and Transport Planning, not matter what country you … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 9.1. The High Cost of Free Parking: Why Your Car Pays Cheaper Rent Than You Do
So you want a People First City? How do we design healthier city so that is a People First City? Our lives have become sedentary as we went from people … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 8.4: How to Design that Healthier City
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
People first with Safer, Healthier, and More Prosperous Communities through Safe Speed by Design 1.0 Introduction: The Urgent Need for a New Approach to Urban Street Design Our streets are … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 8.1 – Reclaiming the Streets: A Proposal for Safer, Healthier, and More Prosperous Communities through Safe Speed by Design
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
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
Talking Southern Auckland 