Flashback Saturday: Amsterdam is “bad ass”
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Stu was first published in September 2015.
Greetings from Amsterdam. As some of you may know, I’ve recently moved here from Brisbane to begin a PhD in Economics. Fun times.
In this post I want to briefly touch on some reasons why Amsterdam is such a “bad ass” city and possibly glean some information that may be relevant to Auckland.…
7 Comments Flashback Saturday: How important is public transport for reducing congestion?
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was first published in September 2015.
In July, I started taking a look at the economics of public transport fare policies. In the first part of the series, I took a look at how traffic congestion can be a rationale for public transport fare subsidies.…
Flashback Saturday: Notes from Sydney City Centre
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Patrick was originally published in September 2015.
The Sydney city centre is fantastic. It’s vibrant, varied, exciting: And, like all successful cities, full of people. So how do they all get there?…
Flashback Saturday: Public transport and congestion in Wellington
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was first published in September 2015.
Last week, I took a look at some new research from the Netherlands that estimated the benefits of public transport for car travel times based on data from 13 “natural experiments” – public transport strikes.…
Flashback Saturday: Improving Upper Symonds St
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was first published in September 2015.
An interesting idea emerged yesterday from the Uptown Business Association for improving the southern end Symonds St. It’s an area I know well having formerly lived in an apartment right above this part of Symonds St for a number of years.…
Flashback Saturday: The Work Needed on the Rail Network
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in September 2015.
A presentation by Kiwirail (from page 41) to the Auckland Council Infrastructure Committee provides some interesting insight into the future of the Auckland Rail Network.…
Flashback Saturday: If you want more consumption choices, live near lots of other people
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was originally published in March 2015.
One of the many reasons that people choose to live in cities is that cities offer variety. As Stu Donovan has argued before, being around more people sometimes seems inconvenient, but it also exposes you to new ideas, new people, and new consumption choices.…
Flashback Saturday: Demographia fails Urban Economics 101
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was originally published in March 2015.
Every year since 2005, pro-sprawl think-tank Demographia has published a new edition of its “International Housing Affordability Survey“. They report a “median multiple” measure of housing affordability that compares median house prices to median household incomes within a number of cities, mostly in the English-speaking world.…
Flashback Saturday: the transport benefits of street trees in cities
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Nick was originally published in March 2015.
A while ago Kent and I made a proposal for a tree lined boulevard in Auckland. Curiously, the biggest theme of the comments section was about the perceived lack of value that trees bring to the street corridor.…
Flashback Saturday: The demographics of travel to work
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This by post Matt was originally published in March 2015.
The last census was two years ago and there’s already been a lot of analysis of the results of it. In terms of transport the census asks about Journeys to Work and while it is a fairly flawed metric due to it ignoring other trip generators like journeys to education – a large component of the morning peak in particular – it still has shown some interesting results.…
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