Waterfront carpark to go, ideas wanted
Auckland’s city centre has rapidly been changing for the better but perhaps nothing screams Auckland of old as much as using prime waterfront space for a carpark. That carpark being the Eastern Viaduct Carpark, the next to the Maritime Museum and that links the city to Te Wero Island and North Wharf.…
73 Comments The days of subsidising sprawl are ending
The most recent paper published by Auckland Council’s Chief Economist Unit takes an excellent look into the economics of greenfield development and how to more fairly fund the costs of roads, pipes and other infrastructure that is necessary to enable this development.…
The design for Lower Queen St
Downtown Auckland is one big construction site these days with City Rail Link and the Commercial Bay development in full swing. As interesting as the construction is, even more interesting is what we’ll get at the completion of it all. Recently, City Rail Link Ltd, the organisation now delivering the CRL, released the concept design for the new plaza that will be built on Lower Queen St, between Customs and Quay streets.…
PT Satisfaction up
Auckland Transport are crowing about the latest results of their customer satisfaction survey for public transport, and understandable so. For the first time the survey shows satisfaction with PT at over 90% and this has risen significantly over the last year or so.…
Options for Regional and Metro heavy rail services in Auckland
Greetings from France! Before getting into the detail, I thought I’d lull you into a sense of calm by sharing a photo from one of the little villages (Saint Beat) we recently visited. P.s. The Pyrenees are stunning. I started writing this post while sitting on the TGV from Toulouse to Paris, which takes circa 4.5 hours via a new section of track between Bordeaux and Paris that opened approximately 2 months ago.…
Dairy Flat, the Future Urban zone, and planning for transit
This is a guest post from reader Bryce P.
The area below is the proposed development area of Dairy Flat under the Unitary Plan. But, how are we proposing to service this fairly large area with transit (Public Transport)? People will remember that NZTA and Auckland Transport commissioned a report called Transport for Future Urban Growth.…
Trucks in bus lanes?
An opinion piece in the Herald by David Aitken, Chief Executive of the National Road Carriers caught my attention yesterday.
He starts by talking about how Auckland is growing rapidly, that addressing congestion needs to be a priority and then the role that trucks play in the economy.…
Waterfront regeneration: a tale of two cities
This is a guest post from Alistair Ray, an urban designer at Jasmax. It was originally posted on the Urban Design Forum’s blog and has been reposted here with permission.
Massive mixed use regeneration proposed for prime waterfront land half way between the city and the airport
Quiz time.…
Sunday reading 24 September 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading.
Best thing I’ve read this week wasn’t an article – I’ve just finished re-reading Replenishing the Earth, James Belich’s epic history of the ‘settler west’ in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and a few other places.…
Hamilton: City of the Future
This post is about: How spillovers from the Auckland boom are driving growth in nearby regions.
The opportunities for these communities to benefit more from this economic change.
The central role of inter-regional transport infrastructure for reviving small towns and enabling their residents to take part in the bigger urban economies.…
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