Eastern Path Open Days
With stage 1 well under way, later this month the council will publicly notify the application to build the next two stages of the Eastern Path, the walk and cycling path from Glen Innes to Tamaki Dr. Stages 2 & 3 are from St Johns Rd to Meadowbank and Meadowbank to Orakei.…
4 Comments Special Housing Areas – the last batch
The three-year Housing Accord between the government and Auckland Council finishes this September. A key part of that agreement is the creation of Special Housing Areas – places where developers can use the rules from the Proposed Unitary Plan rather than the existing set of rules, and where resource consents can (supposedly) be fast tracked.…
Auckland Rail Passes 16m
Auckland Transport announced we reached a new milestone for train use in Auckland on Wednesday, clocking up more than 16 million trips over a 12 month period. I imagine it would have been close to happening in March had it not been not been for Easter falling fully within the month this year.…
Auckland 1940s Street Map
A map of Auckland likely from the early 1940’s (based on the level of development in places like Glen Innes and Mt Roskill). One thing that you can notice is how closely the majority of street network is to the old tram routes (in yellow) What is also interesting is the level of intensity of streets with what is now the Central Motorway Junction.…
The Domain and the Orakei Local Board
You may recall recently the council were consulting on a 20-year Domain Masterplan. In it a lot of the focus was on making the Domain more people focused including improving walking and cycling options while removing some of the parking and through routes for driving – among many other things.…
Porters Ave and the CRL
While looking at Auckland Transport’s website recently I came across a now closed consultation relating to the Porters Ave level crossing and how it is affected by the CRL. Some of the information included in the consultation is quite technical and may be of interest to readers.…
RNZ: Urban Density Panel Discussion
On Sunday there was a good panel discussion on Radio NZ talking about density and the Unitary Plan without the usual scaremongering from the likes of Auckland 2040. It’s well worth a listen if you have a spare 20 minutes.
Urban density marks a shift away from a traditional single-storey home on a section, towards multi-storey apartment and townhouse developments.…
Mid-week reading: Cycle connectivity, metro connectivity, walkability
This is mid-week reading – a feature I’m writing while trying to get on top of work and back on a regular blogging schedule.
This week’s theme is connectivity. Transport networks are powerful tools for connecting people – or separating them.…
Things to consider this election
Amalgamating Auckland under a single council was always going to be a big task and the first 5½ years of it have seen the council needing to make some fairly big decisions. Many of these big decisions have helped set Auckland on the path to becoming a great city and I’d argue could not have been achieved without the amalgamation.…
Auckland Conversation: Joe Minicozzi Thursday 7 April
Here’s a reminder of the upcoming Auckland Conversation featuring Joe Minicozzi from the States. Joe’s work has inspired a bunch of blog posts over the last few years including: The high cost of low rise, Urbanism dividend: return on rates, and Proximity and Integration: (The Metropolitan Revolution).…
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