Improving cycling in Glen Innes
One of the projects to get funding from the government’s Urban Cycleway Funding announcement is to improve cycling links to the Glen Innes train station. Unlike other projects from the UCF the project isn’t a set route but seems to be intended to create a network of routes linking not only the train station but also the town centre, schools and employment areas.…
13 Comments Is Auckland costing New Zealand too much?
Auckland is currently growing more rapidly than the rest of New Zealand – as it has been doing for most of the last century. At the same time, other New Zealand regions are struggling with aging populations and drifting economies.
Understandably, some people look at these trends and conclude that Auckland’s a bit of a problem.…
CBD bus changes from Sunday
Auckland Transport are reminding people that from this Sunday the changes to bus routes in the city centre takes place. That means changes to both bus stops and also the start of the new bus lanes that AT have been installing in recent weeks.…
Briefing Papers 10: The Housing We’d Choose
AUT’s Briefing Papers initiative has kindly allowed us to syndicate their recent series on housing. The tenth paper is written by Auckland Council social researcher Alison Reid: Auckland is at a turning point in how it must think about and deliver housing solutions.…
The Ministry of Transport and Driverless Cars
Automated, autonomous, driverless or self-driving – whatever you want to call them cars that can drive without the interaction of a human are increasingly talked about as the next big thing in transport and the Ministry has recently highlighted what’s happening in New Zealand around them.…
Development update: October 2015
The RCG Development Tracker page has just been updated for October, and there’s plenty of new stuff in there. There are a few areas which are getting major makeovers in the next couple of years – Sale St is one, and Beach Rd/ Anzac Ave is similar with three sizeable apartment projects just about to launch (technically they’re only doing ‘expressions of interest’ at the moment, not actually selling the apartments off the plans).…
Collins Comments on Auckland
Every now and then you see comments that make you want to laugh, cry or just bang your head against a wall at the stupidity of them. Yesterday there were a couple of such comments from Judith Collins in an opinion piece talking about the Auckland mayoralty.…
Sunday reading 11 October 2015
Welcome back to Sunday reading. The most interesting thing I’ve read this week is actually about macroeconomics, rather than urban issues. As it deals with trends in Asia, a region that we’re now economically intertwined with, it’s still worth thinking about.…
Consent sought for Newmarket Crossing project
Auckland Transport have lodged notice of requirement and resource consent documents for the Newmarket Crossing project which is a bridge from Cowie St to Laxon Tce and is so that the Sarawia St level crossing can be closed. The level crossing is currently the busiest in the country in terms of train movements and its proximity to the Newmarket Station and junction impacts on services across the rail network.…
Exclusive NZ screening: Bikes vs Cars
This information has been cross posted from CAA.org.
The documentary Bikes vs Cars has been grabbing attention around the world for the last few months, but we haven’t had a chance to see it – until now.
Luckily, Bike Devonport has scored the first (and so far only!)…
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