Kids in the city: housing
This three-part series of guest posts is written by Alex Bonham, a member of Women in Urbanism, who has worked as a Porse carer and is now researching “the playful city” for her doctorate.
In this series of three posts I will be looking at how kids fit in to the city.…
82 Comments Viewshaft E10: “The full cost could easily be double”
This is a follow up guest post from Geoff Cooper, Director of Economics at PwC, on work he’s done looking at viewshafts. You can read the first post here.
I’ve had a lot of feedback on the results of our study into Viewshaft E10.…
Lime Scooter Safety
This is a guest post from Hamish Mackie Director, Mackie Research www.mackieresearch.co.nz
It’s a real slice of life gazing out the window of an (oversubscribed) bus on the morning commute. Lots of cars, buses, bikes, e-bikes, people walking, jogging, and scootering.…
Viewshaft E10: A Billion Dollar View on Auckland
This is a guest post from Geoff Cooper, Director of Economics at PwC, on work he’s done looking at viewshafts.
The Journal of New Zealand Economic Papers recently published ‘City With A Billion Dollar View’ by Geoff Cooper (Princeton University, but now at PwC) and Kabira Namit (World Bank).…
Riding the Northern New Network
This is a guest post from reader and friend of the blog, Shan L, He has also written about his new network experiences for the South, West, East and Central when those networks rolled out.
The go-live of the New Network for the North Shore happened on Sunday last month – the final major chunk of new network to go live since the south changed over almost two years ago.…
Electric City: What Academic Research Tells Us About the Future of E-bikes
This is a cross post from our friends over at Bike Auckland.
Electric bikes are not only heaps of fun to ride, they have the potential to transform how we commute. Understanding that potential is the job of The Future of the Bike, a collaborative research project that examines how innovations in bicycle technology and city planning can support urban sustainability in New Zealand.…
Vienna Re-visited – A PT Model for Auckland?
This is a guest post from Taka-ite
Introduction
A couple of months ago Matt wrote of the extraordinary public transport system of Vienna. What Vienna has been able to achieve, and is continuing to achieve is so remarkable that, in my view, it deserves another look.…
The Low Cost of Ending the High Cost of Free Parking
This is a guest post from reader Stephen Davis and was originally posted here.
New Zealanders are probably most familiar with the Resource Management Act (or “RMA” for short) as being about protecting the environment: when it’s discussed by politicians, it’s almost always either being decried as having environmental protections that are too onerous and stand in the way of progress, or alternatively being supported as the main defence of environmental health.…
Battery Trains in New Zealand
This is a guest post by tireless Christchurch based housing and urban from advocate Brendon Harre
What is the Future of Battery Trains in New Zealand?
This essay shows that electric battery trams/trains have a surprisingly long history in New Zealand and could be successfully again.…
Encouraging new users, and why I’ll be glad when the Outer Link has gone
This is a guest post from reader Heidi O’Callahan
New Users
One of my passions in transport is helping the younger generation venture forth independently into their city. Sometimes the ways we (and AT) can help them are obvious – smiling so they feel comfortable to ask questions, making sure there’s really good wayfinding information and safe crossing infrastructure, having a logical, intuitive network, training the drivers to treat young people as customers who are at least as important as others.…
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