What type of builder are you Note: YouTube video attached has minor coarse language I saw this satirical video from a Cities Skylines player on what type of … Continue reading What Type of City Builder Are You #CitiesSkylines – An Interesting Satire Piece that Makes Us Confront Our Bias
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
Looking at inter-regional spatial planning Somewhat interestingly a job advertisement from a Government agency (okay it was NZTA) had me revisiting a previous post I wrote last year on … Continue reading Urban Geography: The Ultimate Expression in Inter Regional Spatial Planning, Developments and Behaviours
Preserving one of our few tuff cones left Some excellent news came out via the Environment Court decision on one of very few volcanic craters not impacted by urban … Continue reading Crater Hill and Pūkaki Peninsula Protected via Environment Court Decision
Need to sort out our structures The recent deaths of two pedestrians by a bus in Papatoetoe and the critical injuries a cyclist received while using the road in … Continue reading Urban Geography, Urban Planning, Urban Design and Engineering: We are in a Mess Folks
Money committed to Kauri Dieback From Auckland Council: Finance and Performance committee approve $740,000 for Kauri Dieback Published: 17 April 2018 Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance committee today approved up … Continue reading Decision Digest : Finance and Performance Committee – March 2018
Clean-up continues around Auckland From Auckland Council and Civil Defence: Clean-up continues around Auckland From Director of Auckland Emergency Management, John Dragicevich. Auckland Emergency Management has been working closely … Continue reading Auckland Council and Civil Defence Update #2: Clean-up continues around Auckland
Why can’t South Auckland be green When I have debates about the Southern Airport Line (Botany to Airport Rapid Transit via Manukau and Puhinui) with others the debate is … Continue reading We are doing the Airport Lines All Wrong Part 2: Where is South Auckland’s Green Line?
GPS represents chance to do community and nation building With the Government Policy Statement on transport out we can see the Government will have Safety and Access as the … Continue reading The Government Policy Statement: More Than Transport It Is Also a Community Builder
Reach for the sky! So we have the Auckland Spatial Plan and the Auckland Unitary Plan that (or should) dictates that we need capacity for 422,000 new homes for … Continue reading National Policy Statement on Urban Development MK2: Transit Orientated Developments Present Opportunity
