Insights into two large planning documents out for your say this month The Auckland Plan is currently under going its mandatory refresh while the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan is … Continue reading #AKLConversations on The Auckland Plan Refresh and Long Term Plan (Transport and Environment)
Rethinking our low and medium density suburbs This appeared originally at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/urban-design-geography-green-utility-vs-city-budget-ben-ross/ Cities Skylines (the urban simulator from Paradox – Colossal Order) has from time to time provided … Continue reading Urban Design, Urban geography and Green utility vs the City Budget. A #CitiesSkylines Lesson
Auckland Plan and Airport Lines mark the way forward for Auckland As New Zealand slowly winds its way back to work (Auckland won’t be back to full power until … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – 2018 Marks the Way Forward
Confidential Report highlights costs outweigh benefits Radio New Zealand reported today (that a recently confidential report Mayor Phil Goff tried to have blocked from being released (the Ombudsman ordered … Continue reading Cost of Moving The Port (Cars) Outweighs Benefits – by $1 Billion and 10,000 Jobs
Some picks for 2018 If 2017 was the year change was going to sweep through (#SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017) then 2018 will be the year of … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – What Lies Ahead in 2018
Up and down year New Government 2017 did not start flash with Auckland Transport but by the end of it things were definitely on the up! That would mark … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017
Salvation Army report makes for glum reading A report from the Salvation Army due to be released at Parliament later this morning made for some glum reading for the … Continue reading Papakura Forgotten According To Report. Not Surprising Unfortunately
Ranges should be closed From Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee: Committee votes for track closures to fight kauri dieback Today’s Environment and Community Committee had a comprehensive and … Continue reading Council Commits To Half Baked Measure to Protect Kauri in the Waitakere Ranges
What will we invest it on? From the Office of the Mayor Phil Goff AKL Mayor’s 10 Year Budget boosts infrastructure spending to deliver world class Auckland Increasing infrastructure … Continue reading Mayor Goff Introduces First 10-Year Budget Proposal (The 2018-2028 Long Term Plan). New Targeted Rates Likely
The answer is yes Then following series of Tweets below got me thing about a serious question with our planning regime currently in Auckland: .@pamelablais & @burchfie … Continue reading Transit Lines, Transit Networks and Urban Planning – Is Auckland Missing Something?
Talking Southern Auckland 