Tag: transportation

#CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning

What Cities Skylines teaches me With Easter gone it is back to the daily grind and all those social media posts about our transport sucking one way or the … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Lessons with Planning

March 27, 2016 ·

The way-less travelled A couple of pieces today on Auckland and Tauranga. Both beautiful places both places I enjoy greatly and have done so since childhood. The problem? Getting … Continue reading Tauranga is Indeed Beautiful. If Only Getting There Wasn’t a Problem

What to expect over the next three years Every three years the Auckland Council – Council Controlled Organisations (CCO’s) are required by law to produce Statement of Intents to … Continue reading Council CCOs’ Expectations Through Until 2019. How Will Panuku and Auckland Transport Perform

Negative reviews continue When your Twitter timeline lights up over an issue quickly it usually means something large is up. And sure it was with an old subject back … Continue reading North-West Mall (Westgate) Running into Issues?

March 21, 2016 ·

Western Line goes to fudge, no information from Transport provider You know when Auckland Transport thinks about its customers when you see this: @AklTransport train hasn't shown up, … Continue reading @AklTransport Customer Service – With A Smile /sarc

Auckland Transport drops the ball yet again Piled up on the bus? Train seems a tad full? Did the bus come at all? Well you wont be the … Continue reading Bus Chaos, Auckland Transport Under-spends on Bus Lanes and Priorities #MovingAuckland

Solution does not lay in adding more lanes on the Southern Motorway Two very salient points below: If you want your city to be congested & irrelevant 20 yrs … Continue reading How Do We Want Auckland Over Next 30 Years #AKLTransport

March 10, 2016 ·

AT’s Motives completely wrong It seems either the Auckland Transport Board of Directors or the Executive Managers are pursuing the wrong people in terms of transport matters. Rather … Continue reading Auckland Transport More Concerned About Feedback Than Enforcing Against Illegal Parking

Vector continues charging station roll outs From the Manukau Courier via Stuff Vector’s newest electric vehicle charger unveiled in South Auckland CHRIS HARROWELL. Last updated 17:16, March 9 2016 Life is … Continue reading Electric Car Charging Station Added to Southern Auckland

Lots of “physical Geography” stuff but not much on the human element Last night the Auckland Conversations kicked off again with the topic being Changing Streets to Change the … Continue reading #AklConversations on Changing Streets to Change the World seemed Lop-sided