Zoning reform: Who submitted on the plan? (3 of n)
This is the third installment in an ongoing series on the politics and economics of zoning reform. Last week’s post took a look at the outcomes from the Unitary Plan process, which included a mix of political decision-making and technical assessment.…
36 Comments The Spinoff warcast – Transport
The Spinoff has been doing some great coverage of Auckland issues including a weekly podcast. This week they talked about transport and invited Green MP Julie Anne Genter and me along to the discussion. The podcast is embedded below or head on over to The Spinoff to listen.…
More buses on Mt Eden Rd
Back in May Auckland Transport and NZ Bus launched double deckers on Mt Eden Rd in a bid to improve the capacity by 15% on what is one of Auckland’s busier bus routes. At the time I said I was concerned that wouldn’t be enough and that the double deckers were likely to encourage even more people to demand and we continue to see reports of full buses leaving behind. …
Five Years
Exactly five years ago last month, August 30th 2011, my first ever blog post ran on Transportblog. While I am astonished it’s already been five years, what’s really astonishing is what we, my colleagues here, you the readers, and the growing force of friends and allies elsewhere [shoutout to Generation Zero and Bike Auckland especially], and of course the many good people official roles, have helped achieve in Auckland in this time.…
Otahuhu Interchange making good progress
On the weekend I was out near Otahuhu so I took a quick diversion to take a look at progress on the new Otahuhu Interchange which is on track to open on October 29 before bus services start using it a day later when the New Network in South Auckland goes live.…
Auckland’s urban growth: a historical perspective
The other week, BNZ economist Tony Alexander made an interesting point about Auckland’s current urban growth (via Interest.co.nz):
The plan set out in Auckland’s proposed Unitary Plan to build 422,000 houses will require a rate of building over 25 years that it previously took 161 years to achieve in the City of Sails, BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says.…
1 Million HOP Cards
Late last week Auckland Transport announced that they sold their millionth HOP card.
Thanks a million Auckland – the millionth AT HOP card has just been sold.
AT HOP is the smart card which can be used for bus, rail and ferry travel throughout Auckland.…
Park and Ride not really a no-brainer
Building more Park & Ride is often cited as a “no-brainer” way to get more people using public transport – especially by politicians. This election we’ve got a number of political hopefuls promising to build a lot more of them as a way to get many more people using PT, a stance also echoed by the likes of the AA.…
Sunday reading 4 September 2016
Welcome back to Sunday reading. Our lead article: sheep.
A Guardian article by Will Coldwell describes how the Faroe Islands have developed Google SheepView to map their landscape:
Living across 18 tiny sub-polar islands in the north Atlantic, Faroe islanders are used to working in difficult conditions.…
The 2016 AT Active Modes Survey: the case for joy
Jolisa from our good friends at Bike Auckland and I decided to both do cross posts on AT’s active transport mode survey results. Here’s their take.
The 2016 AT Active Modes survey is full of good cycling news, as already noted by Matt. …
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