Comparing Capacity
It seems Auckland Transport is slowing getting better with simple advertising. First we saw the nice, simple and effective Bus Lane poster. Now it’s the rail network and City Rail Link’s turn. On AT’s Facebook Page for the CRL this image has appeared highlighting the capacity of our new trains.…
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This is a Guest post by Wellington Architect Guy Marriage
Wellingtonians get a hard press in the Auckland papers sometimes, but last Thursday we thoroughly deserved it. We are normally a fairly resilient lot, and put up with more than our fair share of howling wind and torrential rain at times, but regularly battle through with trains and buses all performing admirably.…
Do property taxes affect housing affordability?
A few weeks ago, I took a look at property taxation in the US, Canada, and New Zealand. I found that Auckland homes are taxed lightly by comparison – rates average 0.39% of house value. Property tax rates are twice as high in most of the other cities I looked at.…
Sunday reading: 17 May 2015
Jarrett Walker, “Abundant Access: a map of the community’s transit choices, and a possible goal of transit“, Human Transit: The goal of abundant access has several kinds of appeal.
First, it can be measured objectively without recourse to psychology or culture. …
The Albert St Sandpit
It appears that Albert St is shaping up to be one massive sandpit for the next few years after Mansons TCLM have announced details of their plans for the site currently occupied by the Herald.
New Zealand’s tallest new office tower, the $675 million 1 Mills Lane, is planned for the NZME.…
Helping Our Heritage Come Alive – Newton Rd
This is an image from Mark Bishop. You can see the first of his works here.
These images were developed by merging together various historic black and white photographs (all from the “Sir George Grey Special Collection” – Auckland Library) with contemporary colour photographs taken at the same location.…
AT’s Ferry Development Plan
This week Auckland Transport announced they were looking to update the Regional Public Transport Plan, with one of the updates being the Ferry Development Plan. This document provides some more information into AT’s thinking around ferries.
First up, how ferries perform today.…
Guest Post: Transport is a public health issue
This is a guest post from Donna Wynd
As a social scientist, I often look at transport ‘solutions’ and find my eyes rolling to the back of my head. Transport is a sector dominated by men who are, predominantly, trained to see transport as an engineering or technology problem.…
Writers Festival event: Designing Auckland
As part of the Auckland Writers Festival, Patrick Reynolds will be joining other local urban professionals in a conversation about transportation, housing and land use.
Join former Auckland Council urban designer Sue Evans, urban designer Garth Falconer, and architectural photographer and blogger Patrick Reynolds for a discussion on exemplars, blunders, and how many NIMBYs and/or planners it takes to cause paralysis.…
Development update: May 2015
The RCG Development Tracker has just been given its May update, as always featuring a number of new projects. I’ve also added Auckland’s rail network and stations – sorry, I really should have done this months ago – so it’s possible to see where developments are happening close to train stations.…
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