Exciting things on the way While I am happy (even though the Super Metropolitan Centre concept is for now a no-go) with how the Recommended Unitary Plan had dealt … Continue reading #TransformManukau Update – Exciting Times Ahead
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What I Would Like From the #UnitaryPlan
A balanced 21st Century City On Wednesday the 1000 pages of recommendations and the reformatted 7,000 pages of the Unitary Plan will be made public for all to see. … Continue reading What I Would Like From the #UnitaryPlan
Retrofitting Suburbia: Is It Worth It? What to do about Big Box Retail
All about the rules Over in the United States @StrongTowns asked is it possible and/or worthwhile to retrofit suburbia or should we just abandon underused suburban places. They also asked what … Continue reading Retrofitting Suburbia: Is It Worth It? What to do about Big Box Retail
Airport (Heavy) Rail Via Otahuhu + Botany Line: Our Airport Lines. A Redux
Heavy and light rail give integrated solution With Mayor Len Brown defying Auckland Transport in stating a decision whether to go heavy or light rail to the Airport has … Continue reading Airport (Heavy) Rail Via Otahuhu + Botany Line: Our Airport Lines. A Redux
Transport Authorities Shortsighted With Auckland Transport Again – Airport Line
Airport rail dead Why are our transport planners both so shortsighted and wedded to the 1950’s motorway ponzi scheme that even the Americans know it is time to get … Continue reading Transport Authorities Shortsighted With Auckland Transport Again – Airport Line
Parking: Strong Towns Demonstrate some Fallacies With Parking
Including Parking MAXIMUMS Parking and for planners and communities alike parking minimums. The two very things more likely to polarise a city in a debate than putting in a … Continue reading Parking: Strong Towns Demonstrate some Fallacies With Parking
#TransformManukau – North/South Axis Connecting Manukau. Part 17 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Great South Road and Lambie Drive Axis need humanising In the past the thinking on doing urban renewal in Manukau has been focused on the east-west transport axis of: … Continue reading #TransformManukau – North/South Axis Connecting Manukau. Part 17 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Americans Want More Transit-Orientated Development
I say Auckland does too Transit-Orientated Developments or TODs for short follow the basic premise of a cluster of development (whether single or mixed use) around a Rapid Transit … Continue reading Americans Want More Transit-Orientated Development
Retrofitting for Better Suburbs – Analysis Needed in Auckland
Turning our suburbs into high amenity areas We can get hung up on master planning a brand new Greenfield sub division but forget about our existing suburban areas that … Continue reading Retrofitting for Better Suburbs – Analysis Needed in Auckland
#TransformManukau – What to do with the North. Part 16 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Ronwood Avenue to Cavendish Drive sector proves challenging The section of Manukau City Centre that spans from Ronwood Avenue up through Cavendish Drive and Ryan Place (otherwise … Continue reading #TransformManukau – What to do with the North. Part 16 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
