Ponzi Scheme threatens NZ Also housing crisis shows we are to inefficient as a nation Live in New Zealand long enough and you come to realise that road works … Continue reading Growth Ponzi Scheme + We Are Too Inefficient as a Nation
Ponzi Scheme threatens NZ Also housing crisis shows we are to inefficient as a nation Live in New Zealand long enough and you come to realise that road works … Continue reading Growth Ponzi Scheme + We Are Too Inefficient as a Nation
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
Mature city presents its own challenges In March I wrote a post on how the city simulator Cities Skylines can given some basic urban and transport planning lessons that … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning Part 2. A Mature City
Last week, New Jersey governor Chris Christie made headlines (in a small segment of the population at least) by poo-pooing entreaties to extend the Camden-Trenton River Line to the Statehouse, tell…
Source: Thinking in Networks, or Transit’s Political Challenge
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The same applies here in Auckland when drawing up the networks that allow the most efficient form of access and movement of people around urban Auckland.
Granted in 2013 Auckland Transport did a good job drawing up the new network for South Auckland but AT seemed to fall off the cart with the rest of the City.

Something so simple eludes so many in Auckland Transport In light of yesterday’s Auckland Transport to Miss Bus Patronage Targets maybe our transport engineers in Cities Skylines should pass a course in … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Shows Auckland Transport Bus Lanes
4% miss and Auckland Transport has no clue why An article out from Radio New Zealand’s Todd Niall shows that Auckland Transport will miss the public transport patronage figures … Continue reading Auckland Transport to Miss Bus Patronage Targets
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
Detractors will always be detractors Today the Prime Minister, and Auckland Mayor Len Brown will undertake the ceremonial sod turning to mark the official start of the City Rail … Continue reading City Rail Link Sod Turning Marks Auckland’s Rebirth into the 21st Century + Live Stream Link
Sod turning for the City Rail Link Tomorrow between 10:30 and 11:30 outside Britomart Station (as well as live streamed (link to be provided)) the first sod will be … Continue reading 100 Years in the Making. Sod Turning to Mark the Start of the CRL Tomorrow
Cars and parking not always the answer How we use our streetscapes determines the quality of the urban environment. Both roads and streets (two very different meanings) have their … Continue reading How to Use OUR Street Space Efficiently While Being Pro-People?