Tag: Ben Ross

Talking Southern Auckland Making a Return (for now)

March 23, 2020 ·

Time to dust off the blog I finished blogging late last year when work and other opportunities came up that kept me busy. With the Nation however, entering full lock … Continue reading Talking Southern Auckland Making a Return (for now)

February 19, 2020 ·

Formalisation of cycle lanes, new pedestrian crossing and bus lanes on the way Local Advocacy to get small “quick win” projects in to improve an area does work, with a … Continue reading Local Advocacy for #ourmanukau works – with some patience added in

Twitch and Podcasts After initial positive feedback with both the Twitch streams and podcasts using Cities Skylines as the main communication tool I am going to separate the two out … Continue reading Ben’s Urban Geographies: I will be Podcasting all things #UrbanGeography from 2020

November 8, 2019 ·

Restoring Manukau Plaza and opening the connection between two major way points. I was going through some old Manukau files that go right back to 2013 and ponder what has … Continue reading Restoring a Former Urban Pathway in #OurManukau – Let the People Flow!

May 1, 2019 ·

There is a but Ever wonder how to lobby or advocate your Local Board, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport or Panuku for some local transit, walking/cycling upgrades or a Town Centre … Continue reading How to Successfully Advocate for Local Transit in Your Community or City

Due to a shoulder injury blog posts will be scaled back this week as I rehab my right shoulder after I had rolled and broke it last week.

Ben Ross

Talking Southern Auckland

Reaching Out to Connections and/Friends Who Might Be or Know Someone Who is Looking for an Urban Geographer As an Urban Geographer and researcher, I enjoy researching, implementing the applications … Continue reading Urban Geographer seeking work: A request to my fellow readers and connections today please

March 6, 2019 ·

Urban simulator sparked a generation of planners, geographers and critics While my friends were caught up in Starcraft, World of Warcraft, and Counter Strike (they could never beat me in … Continue reading Cutting My Urban Geography Teeth with SimCity and its Successor #CitiesSkylines

When your scheduled 30 minute – 6-monthly catch up goes all afternoon… When your scheduled 30 minute – 6 monthly catch up extends to a 90 minute deep discussion on … Continue reading Bright Future Ahead for #OurManukau and Southern Auckland

January 24, 2019 ·

Using visuals and models to communicate cities or Urban Geography has its merits, BUT! This post was originally on LinkedIn A post about using Urban Rooms to communicate cities and … Continue reading Urban Rooms Can Reach Everyone, When it is taken to EVERYONE