Photo of the day – Metropolis
The Metropolis building which was climbed today by Frenchman Alain Robert. Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Comment PT starting to be seen for more than just peak trips?
This post is a bit late as I’m busy working though last week’s competition post so we can announce a winner soon.
For the first time ever this weekend we will have trains running all through the night – although only hourly and only in one direction (away from the city).…
Puhoi to Warkworth Board of Inquiry submissions close soon
I realise it might seem like fairly late notice however if you intend to make a submission about Puhoi to Warkworth then you only have a few days left as submissions close at 5pm on Friday. The details for how to make a submission are on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) website while the detailed documents from the NZTA to support the proposal can be found here.…
Making pedestrian crossings fun
A great concept for urban interaction from Germany that would definitely fit into the fun category.
A very modern and amazing traffic crosswalk in central Germany that allows you to play a game of pong with someone on the other side of the street while waiting for the light to change:
Urban Interactions.…
High fuel prices mean we are travelling less
OK, I admit I haven’t come up with the catchiest title for this post, but it’s a good TL;DR. As I’ve written previously, world oil prices were pretty dang low for 20-odd years: from the mid-80s to the mid-2000s. The price of a litre of petrol in New Zealand reached its lowest point in 1999, and started to rise from then on – with major rises in the last decade.…
City Centre Masterplan Update
Just over a week ago the new Auckland Development Committee held its first meeting. This committee inherits the work of the former Auckland Plan Committee, which largely was taken up by the work on the Unitary Plan. However the cessation of the main body of that work means this committee can now look a wider range of projects. …
Photo of the day – Pohutukawa
To me, one of the best things about this time of year is the colour we get from flowering Pohutukawa trees. A street near my house is lined with them and they are now coming into bloom creating a wonderful sight (they are also some the straightest Pohutukawa’s I’ve ever seen)…
Peak Car: not just the economy
There’s a long running debate over whether the flattening/decline of traffic growth over the past few years is attributable mainly to the rather ‘up and down’ economic situation over a fairly similar time period – or whether this reflects a more fundamental change in travel habits.…
New South Auckland Bus Network Confirmed
Some good news, Auckland Transport has now confirmed what the new bus network for South Auckland will look like following on from the consultation a few months ago. Here is the press release.
Auckland Transport has released its final New Network for bus services in South Auckland.…
Why buses represent democracy in action
A great TED talk by Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia who did so much to help transform the city through rapid improvements to the cities bus and cycle infrastructure. The title of his talk is “An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport,” argues Enrique Peñalosa.…
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