The real surprise from the census data, part 2
Following on from a post here, I thought I’d take another look at the Auckland city centre’s population, now there is some more information available.
90 years of change in the inner city
I came across a fascinating paper here thanks to one of the other bloggers – it’s a thorough exploration of the changing population and demographics of inner-city Auckland, including the suburbs.…
45 Comments How traffic engineering standards can break our cities
Many of you will know me as just a facetious blogger who spouts off about random things from time to time. This is indeed true.
What is also true, however, is that in a previous life I worked as a transport engineer.…
Uptown Pocket Park
Auckland Transport has been busy over the last few years buying up properties along the route of the City Rail Link in preparation for when the project will finally get the green light. Most of those properties are going to have buildings already one them however one site in particular has been an empty lot for many many years.…
Stuart’s 100 62: Carparking inside Character Buildings
62: Carparking inside Character Buildings What if forgotten spaces within buildings were used for more than just carparks?
When was the last time you looked up? Looked up above the street, often hidden by a crumbling verandah, to see what was happening in the upstairs of older character buildings?…
The sticky mess of the transport budget
The big news that the Council will be pushing back its preferred start date for the main part of the City Rail Link was not a huge surprise – aside from the enabling works the project’s probably not practically ready to start so quickly, even if funding support was available from Central Government (which it’s not).…
Is New Zealand getting public transport right?
Increasingly, the answer is yes – although we certainly can’t rest on our laurels yet. Read on if you want to know how and why…
I recently read Paul Mees’ excellent book Transport for Suburbia, which argues that high-quality, useful public transport services can be provided even in the low to medium density cities of Australia and New Zealand.…
Onewa Rd westbound Transit Lane
Auckland Transport have announced that they will finally add a transit lane westbound on Onewa Rd. The omission of a westbound transit lane has long been an issue so I guess it’s a case of better late than never.
Congestion on one of the North Shore’s busiest roads will be reduced with the introduction of a T3 lane for westbound traffic on Onewa Rd during evening peak.…
CRL delay adds significant costs
The government’s stubborn attitude towards the City Rail Link is going to add $270 million to the council’s debt once it is eventually built. That is from a combination of increased inflation costs and the council having to pay in full for the early enabling works in full.…
Waterview Connection September and October Time-lapse
Here are the September and October time-lapse videos from the Waterview Connection project. And the October one showing the TBM being turned around.…
Today is NZ Transit Upgrade Day
Well for Christchurch Bus and for Auckland Rail users it is. Christchurch is launching its New Bus Network today: PDF here. We are very keen to hear back from users about they think of this. In fact we’ed be very keen to run a guest post or two from interested PT users in Christchurch.…
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