Should have gone South not North-West I wrote a piece for Stuff.co.nz on why I thought the recent $300m loan to enable 10,500 new homes in north-west Auckland was … Continue reading Housing Infrastructure Loan: Not Exactly Helping Auckland
Tag: Ben Ross
My Feedback to the Auckland Plan Refresh
Views and thoughts Last month I sent in my feedback on the Auckland Plan Refresh to Planning Committee Chair Councillor Chris Darby. The letter outlines some basic premises on … Continue reading My Feedback to the Auckland Plan Refresh
Wynyard Quarter Goes 30km/h. Time For Residential Streets to do the same
Time for safer humane speeds A debate about Te Wero Island being flipped from parking spaces into a park generated this response from Pippa Coom in regard with Wynyard … Continue reading Wynyard Quarter Goes 30km/h. Time For Residential Streets to do the same
On Assignment – Researching NZ Housing and Critiques to our Planning System
On assignment – blogging slow down I have embarked on a research assignment for the University of Waikato looking in the critiques of the Planning system and its effects … Continue reading On Assignment – Researching NZ Housing and Critiques to our Planning System
The (Urban) Geography of Moving Auckland’s Inland Ports and Consequences on the East West Link and Third Main
Kiwi Rail Third Main Business Case might reveal more than being let on The case of the Third Main between Wiri and Otahuhu on the Southern and Eastern Lines … Continue reading The (Urban) Geography of Moving Auckland’s Inland Ports and Consequences on the East West Link and Third Main
Our Planning System Flawed? Mayoral Housing Taskforce Report Suggests Yes
No easy fixes While yesterday in my Mayoral Housing Taskforce Report: More Questions Than Answers I had mentioned about getting the first run on the board Simon Wilson from The Spinoff – … Continue reading Our Planning System Flawed? Mayoral Housing Taskforce Report Suggests Yes
Inter-City Rail and Satellite Cities/Towns – Auckland’s Relief Value
The Waikato acting as a pressure relief value to Auckland Councillor Newman seemed to be the only Councillor in the Planning Committee on Tuesday to fully grasp the wider … Continue reading Inter-City Rail and Satellite Cities/Towns – Auckland’s Relief Value
Auckland Plan Refresh Continues: Currently Out on Engagement
How the Auckland Plan might look post 2018 The Auckland Plan (The Auckland Spatial Plan) is the master document that controls all other documents set by Auckland Council. Whatever … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh Continues: Currently Out on Engagement
Puhinui Station in Need of Four Platforms
Station to become major interchange Those who travel the Southern and Manukau Lines in Auckland wouldn’t think much of Puhinui Station. Puhinui current sits in between the larger Papatoetoe, Homai … Continue reading Puhinui Station in Need of Four Platforms
Auckland: Cities Within A City.
Need to look at Auckland from a heterogeneous angle A Newsroom article on Auckland being a city of cultural segregation had me thinking: Are we really segregated as article … Continue reading Auckland: Cities Within A City.
