Flashback Saturday: Population-weighted densities in New Zealand and Australia
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was originally published in September 2014.
Urban population density is a hot topic – some people complain that it’s getting too high in Auckland, while others worry that it’s too low to get the urban outcomes we want.…
3 Comments Northwest Light Rail in the news
The Herald have been running a number of articles on Light Rail this week
Light Rail to Kumeu
On Tuesday, it was presented with some surprise that light rail will eventually reach Kumeu
Major changes are on the way for Auckland’s $6 billion light rail programme, including extending the modern-day version of trams to Kumeu in the northwest.…
Street Talks: Transforming Public Transport with Auckland’s New Network
An event readers may be interested in:
Street Talks: Transforming Public Transport with Auckland’s New Network – with Anthony Cross
5:30pm – 7:00pm Wednesday 18th July, Whare Wānanga, Papa Tuarua/ Second Floor, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero/ Central Library, Lorne Street
Auckland has made enormous strides in public transport in the last two decades – from pity mode for people with no better choice to a key structuring element of a fast-growing, dynamic city.…
GA’s Low Emissions Economy Submission
Patrick wrote last month about Greater Auckland’s submission on a draft report by the Productivity Commission: “Low-Emissions Economy”. Our full submission is available here.
We looked at three chapters of the report – Land Use, Transport, and The Built Environment. Patrick’s post focused on The Built Environment.…
Driverless Cars Progressing Slower Than Expected?
The hype of driverless cars has been strong in recent years. However, a recent article by transport expert Christian Wolmar suggests that things might not be progressing as well as the earlier hype suggested. Wolmar visited an autonomous vehicle exhibition in Germany and some of his observations are really interesting.…
Guest Post: Co-Housing Part Three
This is a guest post by Biddy Livesey who is a housing policy analyst, researcher, and future resident of Cohaus.
Post Three – Planning for collective housing development: Consenting Cohaus
In this third post on cohousing, we consider how cohousing is supported through the Auckland Unitary Plan, and the specific planning challenge for innovative collective housing development in the inner suburbs of Auckland. …
Is AT doing enough to support the New Network?
The new bus network on the isthmus rolled out on Sunday and many people have been finding the changes positive. It follows on the heels of the roll outs in the South, West and East of the city, all of which have so far proven successful at increasing the number of people using PT.…
Transit Oriented Developments and some of the underlying factors influencing them
This guest post is brought to you by Aaron Rodrigues. He is a consultant within Stantec’s Transport Planning and Future Mobility practice and his interests include transport and urban development strategy, integrated land use and transport planning, and new mobility. Additionally he recently completed his post graduate studies in Transport at Imperial College London where his research focused on Transit Oriented Developments, specifically concerning the factors influencing such developments in Auckland.…
July-18 AT Board Meeting
Today is the latest Auckland Transport board meeting. As usual, I’ve been through the papers.
Closed Session Agenda
There are quite a few items on the closed session agenda this month and all are up for approval/decision. The most interesting ones are: AT Board Policies
Contract Variation Agreement for the Provision of Manned Services
Ferry PTOM Procurement Update
Future Ferry Strategy
Deed of Lease of KR Land at Takanini Park and Ride
Lease of Units at Devonport Wharf
AMETI EB1 Revised Forecast
Procurement of ETCS equipment
Review and Approval of AT Board Subcommittee Charters Open Session Board Report
There’s quite a few interesting items in this report and I skipped some of it due to how long the post was already getting.…
HOP improvements stopped
Promised upgrades and improvements to ATs HOP card due to roll out this year have been dropped due to a new national ticketing system that may take six to eight years to introduce.
Of all the improvements to public transport in the last few decades, one of the most important and successful was the introduction of HOP.…
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