Urban Limits under threat
The “urban sprawl” versus “compact city” debate has long been a great interest of mine. In fact I wrote my Master’s thesis on the topic – “From Urban Sprawl to Compact City? An analysis of Auckland’s growth management strategies“. There’s a lengthy article in the NZ Herald today on the topic, and on the proposed legislative changes seem to be directing Auckland away from its focus on intensification (the ‘compact city’ approach) and more back towards sprawl, or greenfields development.…
22 Comments Public to be locked out of transport information
A pretty scary article in today’s NZ Herald about the secrecy that will surround the operation of “Auckland Transport”, should it be established by the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill:
Secrecy to shroud transport plans
By Bernard Orsman
4:00 AM Friday Feb 12, 2010
The directors of the Super City transport authority will make decisions on everything from major new roads to local footpaths – behind closed doors.…
ARC on “Auckland Transport”
The Auckland Regional Council’s draft submission on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill is available for a read on their website. As a whole it certainly makes for interesting reading – and is incredibly damning of aspects of the bill such as the structure of many Council-Controlled-Organisations (CCOs).…
Protected: Queens Wharf Options
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Mees on Auckland (or, why our PT sucks)
As I noted in yesterday’s post about Paul Mees’s new book on public transport (hey, public transport books don’t come around particularly often, so I feel somewhat justified in focusing on it at the moment) he spends quite a bit of time talking about Auckland’s transport situation, and – perhaps most interestingly – about the history behind how we ended up where we are now.…
Transport for suburbia: density is not destiny
Paul Mees’s new book, Transport for Suburbia: beyond the automobile age, arrived at my place yesterday and I have made a brief start on it over the last day and a bit. I suspect that as I make my way through this book there will be a number of worthy bits of it to blog about, and perhaps a few diagrams to post for discussion.…
Fares to rise
The inevitable news that bus and train fares will rise has finally been released by ARTA. Here’s the full press release:
Three year hiatus holding public transport fares in Auckland ends
10 Feb 2010
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) announced today that the three year hiatus holding public transport fares in Auckland would end on 21 February this year.…
CBT on 3rd Super City Bill
As per my post on North Shore City Council’s submission on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill, here’s the Campaign for Better Transport‘s submission on the bill. Obviously, the CBT’s submission focuses on transport matters – and in particular the creation of “Auckland Transport” as a “Council-Controlled-Organisation” (CCO).…
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