Tag: Ben Ross

#CitiesSkylines Helping Building Better Cities Today

Urban Simulators mapping out real life Cities I enjoy the game Cities Skylines, its expansions and of course the Mods. Even when compared to a New Zealand example (given … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Helping Building Better Cities Today

Giving a refresh and unlocking some potential Transforming and unlocking our Metropolitan and Town Centres into the 21st Century is a goal of Auckland Council. I wrote some reckons … Continue reading Transforming and Unlocking Auckland’s Metropolitan and Town Centres

Bringing Auckland into the 21st Century In writing this I was made aware how things were going in Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. Needless to say both are … Continue reading Panuku Should Be Like Hong Kong’s MTR – for a 21st Century Auckland

The port will move just not as someone wants New Zealand First’s port move just makes no sense what so ever. Why move the primary import port to … Continue reading New Zealand First’s Auckland Port Move Makes No Sense What So Ever

Relief value for Auckland Yesterday I gave a guest lecture to Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato on inter-regional planning and sustainability. My thanks to Professor Iain White … Continue reading Guest Lecture: Inter-Regional Planning and Sustainability

What are these contraptions NOTE: This post was written in 2017, and needs to be updated for the 2025 environment! In my Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a … Continue reading The Planning (Super) Ministry and the NZIA. What Are They?

Either way the South wins The South has been receiving a bit of attention as Election 2017 continues on. Whether it is Labour’s pledge on the Congestion Free Network, … Continue reading Southern Auckland at Receiving End of #Election2017 Lolly Scramble

Regional Rapid Rail opens up opportunities Greater Auckland’s Regional Rapid Rail has certainly opened the discussion on rebuilding the regional rail network across the upper North Island. From Greater … Continue reading Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a Planning Ministry. Transforming and Unlocking Places

Something for everyone With the announcement from Labour to fast track the Northern and Southern Airport Lines (see: Labour Wants to Get Auckland Going – Southern Airport Line Committed To) there … Continue reading How Do the Northern and Southern Airport Lines Work? A Short Redux into the twin Airport Lines

Contrast between leadership and management Two leaders (well one leader and one manager), two Parties, two announcements and two very different results. In Wynyard Quarter sounded by 500 people … Continue reading Labour Wants to Get Auckland Going – Southern Airport Line Committed To