Town half the size of Southern Auckland has functioning viable Light Rail I saw the following Tweet come up on my feed over the weekend and thought if they can … Continue reading If Newcastle can have Light Rail then there is No Excuses for Southern Auckland NOT to Have Light Rail by 2028
The earthquakes have given the city a new start -an opportunity to explore better ways of doing things This guest post is from Brendon Harre and is republished with his … Continue reading Guest Post: Liveable Christchurch
City life is fine with me It seems another ‘I left Auckland’ post has popped up in the Herald. Last week journalist Kirsty Johnston moved to Dunedin after Auckland’s … Continue reading Why I Love Auckland And Call it My Home
Linear design the acceptable design for a Metro-type bus station I see the vaunted Christchurch bus station which is of a saw-tooth design has had a few err hiccups. … Continue reading Note to Auckland Transport: This is Why You Do NOT Build Sawtooth Bay Bus Stations
Sim City Analogies I saw this Tweet earlier today in regards to CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority): More on the CERA SimCity failures. http://t.co/1FUf2vgL2M — Eric Crampton (@EricCrampton) … Continue reading New Zealand Urban Development and SimCity 4
Get it right if you are going to pull something like this Yesterday I wrote a post on why Labour’s poll rating were tanking in my eyes and observations. … Continue reading Elections 2014 – Yet Another Labour Narrative
A Negative Comparison at That Take a look at the two concept drawings of two bus interchanges designed to handle metro buses in Manukau and Christchurch. Metro buses are … Continue reading Bus Interchanges – A Comparison
We have low quality homes in NZ – First Step to remedy this to be tested From Auckland Council on Housing WoF Trial Scheme (includes a Q&A sheet) … Continue reading Housing WoF Scheme to be Trialled
Talking Southern Auckland 