Getting better public space downtown
The Auckland Development Committee meets on Thursday and one of the items on the agenda (19mb) is an evaluation of Downtown Public Space which is related to the potential sale of Queen Elizabeth Square. Council officers have recommended that approval should be given to sell the square based on the outcome of an options evaluation study has been completed which looks at alternative options.…
24 Comments The Completed Grafton Gully Cycleway
The Grafton Gully cycleway opened yesterday. My post yesterday afternoon covered the opening ceremony and this post is about the cycleway itself.
Moving from South to North the project starts at Upper Queen St before winding it’s way down beside the motorway to Grafton Rd where it meets the section completed last year which in turn leads on to Beach Rd.…
Grafton Gully Opening
I made my way to town this morning for the official opening of the Grafton Gully and Beach Rd cycleways. Perhaps because we’re only two weeks out from the election the government pulled out the big guns with John Key turning up to cut the ribbon along with Len Brown and Barb Cuthbert from Cycle Action Auckland.…
Driverless in the rain
Occasionally someone will argue that we don’t need to invest in public transport as new technology like driverless cars will come along and render our roads much safer and more efficient. In some cases they say the impact on the transport system will be similar to the one that private vehicles started having on transport.…
Stuart’s 100 #21 A Pitstop for cycling
21: A Pit Stop for City Cycling What if we made better use of forgotten spaces?
As we move about Auckland there are so many small spaces that seem to have no or little purpose. Surely these forgotten small corners can be put to better use as the city grows and develops?…
Wellesley St Underpass Timelapse
The timelapse below shows what it took for the NZTA and their contractors to build a cycling underpass at Wellesley St. While the road was narrowed the street itself was only closed for about a week. Now if only we could get some similar underpasses at interchanges like St Lukes.…
Aucklanders are driving less
We’ve talked quite a bit about how trends in New Zealand are changing and one that regularly talk about is Vehicle Kilometres Travelled which is the distance that vehicles in New Zealand drive. The results come collating the distance travelled from vehicle odometers which is something checked each time someone gets a Warrant of Fitness.…
Stuart’s 100 #20: Walking on Wellesley
20: Walking on Wellesley What if you could stroll happily from the Art Gallery to the Museum?
The very poor choices for walking or cycling across Grafton Gully has been the subject of a number of posts on the blog in the past.…
Copenhagen Cycle Improvements
It’s great that the Grafton Gully and Beach Rd cycleways are now complete and officially opening on Saturday. While Beach Rd may not be perfect, it represents a huge step forward for Auckland and one I think many people will want to see replicated in a lot of places elsewhere, and fast.…
Urban Change: Evolution or Revolution?
“Change is the law of life and those who only look to the past or present are certain to miss the future”
-JFK
Life is nothing but change, and cities being concentrations of human life manifest this fact in their physical fabric: They are constantly changing, always incrementally, sometimes abruptly.…
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