Using Urban Simulator to illustrate how cycling can work for you So, you have medium density being built in your city, businesses want to establish or expand as a consequence … Continue reading Making Cycling Work for YOU and Your City!
Tag: Ben Ross
30km/h Streets are your Friends in Cities and Towns!
No they do not impact arterial roads nor the movement of people and goods, at least not negatively! It seems that a policy push to introduce 30km/h speed zones in … Continue reading 30km/h Streets are your Friends in Cities and Towns!
The Missing Middle: Enabling the Complete Package, including those Universal Connections!
Reconnecting the lost art (and science) of city, town and community building! With all the chatter about housing, housing shortfalls, loneliness, and resistance to brownfield developments (intensification), it could be … Continue reading The Missing Middle: Enabling the Complete Package, including those Universal Connections!
Indigenous World View on Planning vs those Standardised Zones!
Can the two be reconciled through the Planning Reforms into the proposed Planning Act, and National Standardised Zones? Recently the Minister for RM Reforms (Planning Reforms) Chris Bishop gave a … Continue reading Indigenous World View on Planning vs those Standardised Zones!
Functioning Cities: Making Mixed Use “as-of-right.”
Mixed Use = Connected Cities! Quoting Patrick Risk from LinkedIn: The best neighborhoods offer much more than just homes to live in… they offer spaces people want to gather, shop, … Continue reading Functioning Cities: Making Mixed Use “as-of-right.”
Reclaiming our cities: from a Sea of Parking to Oceans of Communities
Better Cities = Better Living That is the question right? Which do you want more of; what is on the left or the right of the above picture. This is … Continue reading Reclaiming our cities: from a Sea of Parking to Oceans of Communities
Finally some sensible planning: Mixed Use, and Transit Oriented Developments wanted in latest Planning Reforms
Proposals to make Mixed Use as of right, and defining walking catchments and transit corridors! Imagine, amenities within walking distance. Imagine, actual non car alternatives to work, school, places of … Continue reading Finally some sensible planning: Mixed Use, and Transit Oriented Developments wanted in latest Planning Reforms
The Very Definition of Planning Complexity
The consequences of those deliberate choices made earlier on In developing Manukau City Centre in Cities Skylines 2 through my 3.x series, I pondered about how much complexity goes on … Continue reading The Very Definition of Planning Complexity
From 28,000 to 68,000 population (in 51 minutes). The Planning and Preparation of the City!
How much goes on to get to the point of residents and businesses moving in, and for visitors to part with their coin? It takes around 12 hours in real … Continue reading From 28,000 to 68,000 population (in 51 minutes). The Planning and Preparation of the City!
A Look at Japanese Land-use Law and its Influence on Proposed Aotearoa Planning Law
Reflections on the Japanese Planning System Let’s kick off on what the Japanese regulators are around land-use (aka Planning). Note: the PDF version of the Wiki article will be at … Continue reading A Look at Japanese Land-use Law and its Influence on Proposed Aotearoa Planning Law
Talking Southern Auckland 