Notes from Abroad: Hamburg, Bristol, Cardiff, & Zürich
This is a guest post by Warren Sanderson; regular reader, occasional poster, and seasoned traveller.
Hamburg, Bristol, Cardiff & Zurich In August last year I wrote a guest post for Transport Blog commenting on my wife and my experiences utilising public transport in the cities of Gothenburg, Hanover and Hamburg.…
22 Comments Rates for Crown-owned land?
Last month, Local Government New Zealand called for charging rates (i.e. local government property taxes) on Crown-owned land. The idea’s also been supported by the Productivity Commission and ACT’s sole MP, David Seymour:
Local Government NZ, which represents the country’s 78 local and regional authorities, is holding its annual conference in Rotorua.…
Reminder: ‘Kiwis love their cars’, and other urban myths
This Thursday, John Polkinghorne will be giving a talk to the Reason and Science Society at the University of Auckland (Room 206-315, in the Arts 1 building – map here. This will kick off at 6 pm with time for questions afterwards, and wrapping up by 8 pm.…
Guest Post: $1 billion Fletcher/Crown housing development — Christchurch CBD
This is part one in a five part series of guest posts on the Christchurch rebuild from reader Brendon Harre. It first appeared on the Making Christchurch blog
A case study of how our government approaches urban development.
The Christchurch post-earthquakes rebuild is peaking and construction activity will plateau for a while before tailing off.…
East-West Link and North Shore New Network consultation updates
Yesterday both Auckland Transport and the NZTA made announcements on some recent consultations. They were discussing just some high level results rather than any detailed analysis – which will now begin.
East West Link
AT and the NZTA received quite a bit of feedback about the project with around 1,700 responses.…
Travel diary: California 1
I’m currently on holiday in California. One of the pleasures of travelling around California is that you get the opportunity to drive down (or better yet, up) California highway 1.
California 1 runs up the coast from Orange County to Mendocino County – from Southern California’s suburban heartland to Northern California’s rural hippie economy.…
Rail Safety and Level Crossings
This week is rail safety week – the week people are once again reminded not to do stupid stuff like cross the tracks when a train is coming. Sadly the need for it was highlighted once again last week after a man died after being hit by train at Walters Rd in Takanini.…
Sunday reading 9 August 2015
John Greenfield, “Burke: Don’t Bend Over Backwards to Facilitate Driving at the Lincoln Hub“, Streetsblog Chicago.
Sandy Smith, “Tracing the urban transport revolution“, Next City.
Over the last 30 to 40 years, a tectonic shift has occurred in the way Americans think about urban transportation networks, especially the streets and roads that are their backbone.…
Chamberlain Golf course plans
News emerged during the week about the future of Chamberlain Park Golf Course – the council owned golf course just 4km from the city centre. The local board want to open it up to more uses than just golf to improve facilities for locals.…
I like my house
I like my house.
My house consists of a 50sqm, one-bedroom apartment located in the “Brooklyn Building” on Emily Place in Auckland’s city centre. The Brooklyn Building is almost 100 years old and I understand it was designed by an American architect who originated from Chicago.…
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