Cities need Transit, both to thrive, and to do so more equitably.
Continuing our summer holiday reading this New York Times article on New York’s Subway, The Case for the Subway, touches on many important issues. Its overt subject is the terrible current state of the Subway, but along the way it covers universal issues about how cities work and the role of effective Transit systems in successful cities.…
90 Comments Streetfilms: Traffic in New York City
The latest video from Streetfilms is worth watching, it highlights a number of the transport challenges New York City is currently facing: New York is facing its most serious transportation challenge in decades.
Subway reliability is way down, and the bus system is shedding riders at an alarming rate.…
“Expanding Auckland” a 1960 documentary
To understand why Auckland is the way it is, we must look back at our past. Old documentaries about Auckland’s history are fairly rare and usually fascinating.
Here’s one from 1960 called “Expanding Auckland”. We’ve published this before but it’s worth watching again.…
2018 – The year ahead
We made it to 2018. We’re expecting another big year and so with this first post of the year, I’m going to take a look at some of the things we can expect to happen.
City Rail Link
The city’s biggest transport project will continue to roll on through 2018.…
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