US Travel Diary – Los Angeles
This is the second of a series of posts by economist Peter Nunns from his travels earlier this year in the US
I often argue that Auckland can learn the most not from long-established, highly livable European cities but from North American cities.…
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Big city life? Challenges and trade-offs for Auckland
In a recent working paper, NZIER have analysed how economic welfare responds to changes in housing and transport costs in Auckland. Three policy scenarios were tested, specifically: An increase in land supply outside of the MUL by 20%;
An increase in productivity in the housing construction sector; and
A reduction in transport costs of 2%.…
Photo of the Day: Concrete Journey
Lovely day so Max and I went for a short walk down the middle of the CMJ. Here’s a peek at what we found, it was surprisingly pleasant: Stand by for a post with an exciting proposal for forgotten flyover from CAA’s Max Robitzsch…..…
US Travel Diary – San Francisco
This is the first of a series of posts by economist Peter Nunns from his travels earlier this year in the US
I often argue that Auckland can learn the most not from long-established, highly livable European cities but from North American cities.…
Government Transport Hypocrisy
The announcement of funding for a whole pile of new motorway projects in last week’s budget has once again highlighted the hypocrisy the government shows over the funding of transport projects.
First up here are the key parts to the government’s press release last week.…
HackAKL next week
Back in March we found out that Auckland’s first civic hackathon would be held and that the focus would be on transport. Auckland Transport are providing support for the event and opening up some of their data for the first time.…
AT’s tone deaf cycling video
One of the problems with advocating for improvements to cycle infrastructure is that many people only seem to consider cycling as something kids do for fun or that is done for sport by MAMILs (Middle Aged Men In Lycra). That’s why Cycle Action Auckland’s vision is
Cycling in Auckland is an attractive, safe and viable every-day choice for all our communities.…
Parking building to get makeover and apartments
It looks like we will be able to say goodbye to ugly – but unfortunately not the parking.
One of Auckland’s ugliest carparking buildings which its owner describes as “an eyesore” is to get a makeover and have apartments built on top.…
More detail on Queen Elizabeth Square plans
A week ago we discussed the possibility of the council selling Queen Elizabeth Square to Precinct properties and during the week the council debated it at it’s Development Committee allowing new details to emerge. The report that accompanied the discussion provides a lot of hints at what the thinking is around what this part of town could look like in the future, here’s the executive summary.…
Photo of the day: Bad Bus Lane
Bus lanes are generally fantastic in that they can allow buses carrying large numbers of people to move along a road without getting caught in congestion. The bus lanes added to Fanshawe St are a great example moving over 70% of all people on that road regardless of only accounting for 1/3 or less of the road space.…
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