An update on the Karaka-Weymouth bridge
A few weeks back I highlighted something that did appear to be relatively hidden away in the Unitary Plan documentation – a possible connection between Karaka and Weymouth, including a rather long bridge. While this project isn’t in the Council’s 30 year Auckland Plan, nor in Auckland Transport’s 30 year Integrated Transport Programme, the sheer scale of sprawl proposed by the Council in the south of Auckland sounds like it might make this project something of an inevitability.…
23 Comments How the millennials may be shaping our future
This is surely one of the signs of the apocalypse: Americans aren’t driving as much as they used to. Nate Silver (2009) Esquire. This is not news. The general direction of vehicle miles traveled has been on the decline now for several years.…
Aerial Photos of Waterview
As I have mentioned before, Waterview is a roading project that I do support, unlike many of the dubious roading projects both nationally, and locally. Whether you like it or not, it is under construction and in time is likely to have a massive impact on the city and as discussed previously, in some ways it will probably even be useful for the CRL.…
On Street CBD parking changes a success
Last week I looked at the costs of parking in parking buildings in the central city. Today I’m going to look at on street parking, in particular the impacts of the changes Auckland Transport made last year. If you don’t remember the changes then here is a quick recap.…
To clean or not to clean?
Keeping our train and bus stations clean and tidy is an important part in ensuring that we provide a pleasant environment for passengers. To their credit, Auckland Transport seems to manage this fairly well and I can’t really think of a situation where I have thought a station looks bad in this regard.…
Developments in Newmarket and New Lynn get the green light
There were two big bits of development news yesterday.
The first was that the University of Auckland confirmed that they were buying the former Lion Brewery site in Newmarket as part of their plans to consolidate their operations in the central city.…
Intensification isn’t just about the young
Housing and intensification are by far and away the biggest parts of the Unitary Plan being discussed in public. In many ways it feels that we are heading for a real generational divide. Those that strongly support the plan tend to be young (or young at heart) and they see the benefits and opportunities that intensification can provide.…
Movement and Place – Taking a historical perspective
“Movement and place”: A simple concept that underpins many of the debates on this blog.
For those who have not heard of the “movement and place” concept before, let me briefly re-cap. “Movement” describes how cities need to accommodate flows of people and products.…
Progress at Mt Albert Station
Over the last number of months, a lot of work has been going on at Mt Albert to upgrade the station. It is the final station on the Western line that is left to be upgraded and was previously one of the worst on the network having consisted of just some fairly basic school bus shelters, although they were at least an improvement on the concrete block shelter that existed at the station a few years prior to that.…
Ensuring “quality” intensification in the Unitary Plan
While media reports on the Unitary Plan are perhaps finally starting to be a little more balanced in terms of telling both sides of the story (particularly pointing out that some people quite like the idea of intensification) there’s still a whole heap of scaremongering going about.…
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