How the rail network used to be
With us on the verge of finally having electric trains running around the network it’s worth remembering just how far we’ve come. Back in 1992 Auckland was reaching its lowest point ever after decades of neglect and was down to carrying only about 1 million trips a year and only heading in one direction In fact I believe there had already been suggestions of ripping out the tracks and putting roads in their place.…
35 Comments Building consents continue to rise
Some good news with numbers from Stats NZ showing that building consents continue to rise and even more so that there is a noticeable increase in apartment numbers. Here is the press release from Stats NZ
A boost in new apartment consents led to an 11 percent rise (seasonally adjusted) for new dwellings consented in November 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today.…
Air travel and energy use
Last February, I attended The Energy Conference 2013: Energy At The Crossroads, which was held by NERI. Over the next month or two, I’m going to talk about some of the work presented at the conference – starting today with a presentation by Robert Vale from Vic University.…
What is Auto-Dependency
In my post on Wednesday about the impact that garages have on neighbourhoods there ended up being quite a bit of discussion on the term auto-dependency. Many readers might not fully understand what the term means so with this post I thought I would take a look at it, how it can be measured and Auckland compares.…
Photo of the day – Link Tunnel
I believe this is on Alfred St where the tree canopy have created a tunnel for a link bus. Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
The Human Scale at Silo Park
Interested in urban issues, not attending the Big Day Out and looking for something to do next Friday night? Then have I got the thing for you. At 8:30pm The Human Scale will be screening at Silo Park 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas.…
What AT is doing about Cycling
Tuesday’s sad event of a cyclist being killed at the intersection of Parnell Rise and Stanley St immediately raised a lot of questions about what is and isn’t being done for cycling in Auckland. While the most recent public information available suggests that the cyclist may have run a red light we need to remember that it will probably be some time before we get the all the information on what happened.…
Photo of the day – Silo Park
Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
NZTA Speeding ad going viral
An NZTA road safety ad about the dangers of speeding is going viral and getting a lot of positive attention overseas already racking up over 440,000 views on YouTube. The ad shows that while individuals might feel in control and even comfortable driving at speed that it doesn’t mean that someone else might make a mistake. …
How off-street parking is hurting our neighbourhoods
Brent Toderian has written an interesting piece on Planetizen about the massive impact that garages (or perhaps more specifically off street parking) – has on just how walkable neighbourhoods or auto dependant our neighbourhoods are. The piece is quite timely with formal submissions on the Unitary Plan closing at the end of next month.…
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