Council to try online voting It does not excuse stubborn low voter turnout but it might make it more accessible even to Southern Auckland given our libraries are very … Continue reading Auckland Council Governing Body Digests – May 2018: Online Voting to be Trialled
New affordable homes right in South Auckland’s Core Today I was privileged to see the marking of a new affordable housing build right in the core of Southern Auckland … Continue reading #OurManukau Barrowcliffe Development (Kōtuitui Place) Sees 300 New Homes. Part 28 of #TransformManukau
Apart from work (maybe) why shouldnt everything else be close to home In Auckland and even my Cities Skylines cities there is a tendency to struggle with building complete … Continue reading The Case for Complete LOCAL Neighbourhoods (Auckland Also Struggles at Planning for our Metropolitan Centres)
TRANSIT – build it not slash it Sydney is very much like Auckland in my opinion as an Urban Geographer. Both Cities are going rapid expansion and both Cities … Continue reading Parramatta’s Continued Rise as Sydney’s Second City Centre. Transit Also the Key for Less Well Off Areas. Lessons For Manukau and Auckland
Yep Roundabouts Earlier this month I had post on Why I Use #CitiesSkylines in my Urban Geography Posts? In essence: So why use it? Pictures are worth a thousand words … Continue reading Why I Use #CitiesSkylines in my Urban Geography Posts? – Today I Get Some Engineering Lessons – ROUNDABOUTS
Indictment on poor practice Yesterday a rather scathing independent report came out commissioned by the Board of Auckland Transport in safety practices and why death and injury rates were … Continue reading Omnishambles: Independent Report into Auckland Transport Slams Organisation for Dysfunction in Proactive Road Safety Planning and Implementation
Urban Geography can teach us a lot on how to work with Southern Auckland Manukau Ward Councillor Efeso Collins penned a piece to The Spinoff on the equity issues Southern Auckland … Continue reading From The Spinoff: Taxing the poor, to transport the rich
Evening services stripped back When you think all is rosy and things are on the up after the Auckland Transport Alignment Program marking the fundamental shift in transport policy … Continue reading Auckland Transport Metro’s ‘Institutionalised Racism’ Costs South Auckland Their Bus Services
Pictures say a thousand words Two recent posts I did managed to flame some controversy. Nothing unusual as from time to time the blog does that in order to … Continue reading Why I Use #CitiesSkylines in my Urban Geography Posts?
Southern Auckland big winner in getting Auckland moving Today’s a big milestone on the road to getting Auckland a modern transport system. Thank you to all those who … Continue reading #ATAP Is A Go and South Auckland Picks Up Major Wins with the Government and Council Announcement
