Stuart’s 100 #19: TVNZ
19: Opening up the TVNZ HQ onto Victoria Street What if TVNZ HQ wasn’t such a fortress?
There are a number of central government buildings across Auckland that historically have really let the city down, offering very little to the public realm and in their design quality setting a poor standard for the private sector.…
9 Comments Beach Road Cycleway Completed
Auckland’s first section of urban separated cycleway is now completed. The official opening of the Beach Road Cycleway will be on Saturday morning, where NZTA and Auckland Transport are holding a media event to celebrate the opening of the Grafton Gully and Beach Road cycleways.…
Is the baseline transport programme actually OK?
In the Mayor’s proposal for council’s 10 year budget, there is discussion around how two transport programmes will be consulted on early next year once a draft budget has been fully formulated: A programme which is based on the funding envelope possible with a 2.5-3.5% rates increase.…
Stuart’s 100 #18 A Great South Rd?
18: A Great South Road? What if Great South Road truly was great?
The creation of Great South Road was one of the great formational moves in the early expansion of Auckland. Starting in 1861, some 12,000 soldiers built the highway over 2 years to provide a direct route south out of Auckland to the Waikato hinterland during the New Zealand Wars.…
To drive or not to drive, that is the question: generation Y research
This is a guest post from Dr Debbie Hopkins, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Otago – she’s currently doing some research for the NZTA on non-drivers. Read on to find out more and see if you might be keen to help out with the research by being interviewed.…
Is Petrol cheap?
I don’t tend to look at the motoring section of the Herald much however every now and then something stands out – often for its comedy value – and that was the case yesterday in an article titled Motoring Mythbusting. The article covers off a number of areas but two in particular deserve some attention.…
Photo of the day: Mitre 10’s bike parking
The other weekend I went to the Mitre 10 Mega in Wairau Road to pick up some building supplies. To my surprise, they’ve put in a bike rack near the store entrance. I’m not sure how much use it’s going to get given the aggressive traffic environment on Wairau Road – but someone’s obviously given it a go!…
Urban Farm Vehicles
Wow who knew there were so many farms in Remuera or have some locals just started taking the term Remuera Tractor a bit too literally.
Motorists are evading hundreds of dollars in vehicle licensing fees by incorrectly registering their cars as farm vehicles.…
What is the CFN? Transport Debate Summary
At the 2014 Election Transport Debate organised by the Campaign for Better Transport I was charged with summarising our Congestion Free Network as an introduction to the candidate’s speeches. Here is that short speech:
What is the CFN?
The CFN is a deeply considered answer to the question of how Auckland, our only city of scale, can best compete at all levels this century.…
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