No White Elephants to be found here
There was a quite angry editorial in the Sunday Star Times (SST) yesterday about Len Brown’s mayoralty which included this stunningly bad comment on transport.
He did manage to slip through one win, the city rail link, just before details of his sex antics became public.…
168 Comments Sunday reading 15 November 2015
Here’s the latest installment of Sunday Reading starting with a cartoon cameo of parking guru Donald Shoup. Eric Jaffe. “California’s DOT Admits That More Roads Mean More Traffic“, CityLab.
Congestion relief itself is a dubious claim when it comes to road expansions.…
Otahuhu Interchange gets under way
Good news yesterday with the Otahuhu Interchange officially getting under way. The interchange is the key to enabling the new bus network in South Auckland to be implemented Work is beginning today on a major upgrade of Otahuhu Station to make it easy to connect between high frequency buses and trains.…
Photo of the Day: ‘The Model Demonstrates…’
The model demonstrates that basic spatial interactions between land uses and transport infrastructure are the most powerful factors that govern the patterns of metropolitan growth. Indeed.
Thanks to our London branch.…
Development update: November 2015
Spring is usually a busy time in the residential property market. I’ve always thought that the best time to check out a house is winter, so you can get an idea of whether it stays warm or not, but what do I know?…
Strong support for removal of Freyberg Place
Last week the council announced the outcome of consultation into the design of Freyberg Square and the Ellen Melville Hall. The proposal was for the hall to be upgraded including removing the ground floor retail and turning that into a community space.…
NZTA now able to consent cycleways
A good little piece of news from the government yesterday with Environment Minister Nick Smith giving requiring authority status to the NZTA for cycleways. As I understand it, previously the NZTA could only designate cycleways within their own state highway corridors while outside of that it was up to Auckland Transport or local councils to do the consenting.…
Goodbye BMD. We’ll miss you
And now for something completely different. I was saddened to learn that the street artists BMD are disbanding:
The legendary street art collective BMD has split up.
Known for their distinctive wall markings, often including warped animals and cartoon objects, the two Taranaki artists behind BMD have announced they are parting ways.…
Light Rail lessons from the Gold Coast
I’ve just spent a couple of days on the Gold Coast after tagging along to a work trip by my wife. Other than taking a few days off one of the things I was keen to do was to check out their new light rail system given it’s likely to be very similar to what Auckland Transport are proposing for the isthmus routes like Dominion Rd.…
Cheap weekend buses in Wellington
In an interesting move Wellington City Council is paying $200,000 to subsidise bus fares on Go Wellington buses on weekends in the lead up to Christmas.
As Wellington bus users look forward to low weekend fares in the run-up to Christmas, their Auckland counterparts face a doubling of the price of new Hop cards.…
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