AT to trial new and improved bus shelters
Leaky bus shelters have been a common complaint over the years and in some fantastic news Auckland Transport is looking to fix that situation. Gimme Shelter
Watch this space – Auckland Transport wants you to have your say on three stunning new bus shelter designs about to be unveiled in the central city (diagram attached).…
79 Comments Auckland as a Consumer City – And what it might mean for the CRL
In this recent post we discussed agglomeration economies in consumption. Just to re-cap, agglomeration economies describe the external economic benefits that arise from proximity. They’re essentially the economic benefits of cities.
The benefits of agglomeration are realised by both “producers” (typically employees in the form of higher wages or businesses in the form of higher profits) and “consumers” in the form of more diverse/specialised goods and services (NB: I use a broad definition of “goods and services”, which includes all forms of social/cultural interaction).…
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