Ports of Auckland vehicle needs
Postscript: I adopted a fairly cautious tone when I wrote this post, as I hadn’t really had a chance to go back and check my thesis modelling and see how my results compared to NZIER’s. Now I have, and my (rather mechanical) modelling shows 155,000-190,000 vehicles imported into the country each year, based on typical assumptions around population growth and vehicle scrapping.…
27 Comments Why can’t you walk to the museum?
Lately I’ve spent a lot of time jogging in the Domain, taking every lane and pathway I can find in and around the park. Recently one thing has dawned on me, it is simply impossible to walk to the museum on a footpath.…
Heavily tinted windows on buses …
… are a pet hate of mine.
Why? Well, it’s rather straight-forward really: Heavily tinted windows make the outside world appear dark all the time. I find this to be rather gloomy, especially at night.
Indeed, the Airbus Express from the Airport to the City provides a very convenient ghost tour every time I return to Auckland from my new abode in Brisbane (image source).…
NRL Nines a PT success
The NRL Nines has undoubtedly been a fantastic event for Auckland that is quickly becoming one of Auckland’s best. News from Auckland Transport today has highlighted another area where the event is succeeding, in PT use.
The NRL Nines, held at Eden Park, was a huge success, both on the field and for public transport.…
MoT’s review of capital spending on roads, part 2
This is the second post in a series on the Ministry of Transport’s working paper on New Zealand’s capital spending on roads, which was prepared as an input to the 2015/16 Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport Funding. It was released to Matt under the Official Information Act just before Christmas.…
The Central Wharves Strategy
The council’s City Centre Integration Group (CCIG) – the team charged with turning all of the various visions and plans for the city centre into a reality – are wanting the council to endorse their strategy for the city’s Central Wharves which will see some significant changes to how the wharves are used.…
The Underline
Auckland’s not quite at the point of having lots of old tunnels sitting around unused – with the exception of those under Albert Park – but if we did here’s a suggestion from London.
http://youtu.be/fkw8BngECz0
Personally I’m not sure it’s such a great idea and would much rather be riding on the street in a protected bike lane but still an interesting idea none the less.…
Auckland’s mass grave
Not many people realise this but there is a mass grave in central Auckland, the final resting place of hundreds of our city’s pioneers. Folks using the new Grafton Cycleway might have caught a glimpse of this as they ride past: Theses pioneers weren’t buried in a mass grave however, they were all respected and beloved family members who were laid to rest in their own graves.…
Development update: February 2015
Today, we’ve launched the new RCG Development Tracker page – up and running now, so take a look. The aim is for this to be the most comprehensive source of public data on developments in New Zealand, updated every month. It covers apartments and terraces, as well as hotel, retail, office and retirement village projects.…
Sunday reading 8 February 2015
Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading.
Jennifer Kent, “Higher-density living can make us healthier, but not on its own“, The Conversation:
There are potential health benefits associated with higher-density living, but these benefits depend on several other variables.…
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