How Should Housing Affordability Be Defined?
This is a guest post by Tamba Carleton. Tamba is a Research Manager at CBRE and her work focuses on the housing market.
A lot of people would agree that housing in New Zealand is unaffordable. Rents and mortgages cost hundreds of dollars a week, and deposit requirements are so large that people need to save them up over many years.…
77 Comments A Tale of a Split City
This is a guest post from Sam van der Weerden in Dunedin. It first appeared on his blog.
Ōtepoti Dunedin is getting a new hospital. As well as replacing an ageing facility, this new building (or two) will result in major changes to how Dunedinites get around, live in, and experience their city.…
COVID-19 AND AN RTN(-LITE)
This is a guest post from reader Roger Wilson.
I want a proper strategic level PT network for Auckland. As a regular region-wide PT user, the lack of a strategic network is the biggest single impediment to getting about efficiently. We already, sort of, have one, but there’s precious little “net” in our network.…
From Ugly Car Parks to Loved Buildings
Guest post from Brendon Harre that although Christchurch focused, raises New Zealand wide questions of importance, such as, inner-city car parking policy and how to rebuild extensively damaged city centres.
Christchurch’s earthquake damaged city exposes many underlying urbanism lessons. Minimising land wastage on car parking is one lesson.…
Electrifying the Recovery
This is a guest post from reader Brendon Harre and first appeared here a few weeks ago.
*Note: Brendon has updated this article based on feedback and the new version can be found here.
The coronavirus is devastating for public health and economic well-being.…
Tūāraki – city stations
This is a guest post from Waitemata Local Board Member Graeme Gunthorp.
The Northern Busway has been a roaring success since inception, connecting a formerly car-crazy collection of suburbs with the city centre and beyond via a fleet of double-decker buses.…
Milan – a Transport Revolution
This is a guest post by reader John Wood.
When most Kiwis talk of Italy, Milan does not often figure as part of the conversation. However, it is a very important city and one that Auckland could learn from in terms of transport transformation.…
Studying cities in Amsterdam
This is a guest post by former blogger, Stuart Donovan. TL; DR: If you want to learn more about cities, then here are two courses that run regularly in Amsterdam. Applications for the 2020 intake close in the next 2-3 months.…
Guest Post – The politics of transport: messaging
This post was originally published on the excellent Tranzport site here. It is republished with permission. Most people in New Zealand drive. So if we are going to invest in transport infrastructure, it makes sense to invest in roads. Roads work.…
Bus to the Beach
This is a guest post by regular reader, Minnie. Route 66, as well as having a very cool name, is one of the signature bus routes of the New Network. It stretches from Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier to Sylvia Park, and nominally runs every 15 minutes*.…
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