Health and carbon consequences of current transport arrangements in NZ cities
This is a guest post by Caroline Shaw, Ed Randal, Alistair Woodward and Michael Keall
NZ is the most car dominated country in the world, but transport patterns vary across our urban centres. The six largest NZ cities have had different histories and priorities, which over time, has led to quite diverse transport arrangements (see Table 1).…
72 Comments Fix Our City
This is a guest post from Leroy Beckett of Generation Zero
Every three years Auckland Council consult on their plan for the next 10 years. It covers everything from the transport budget to targeted rates and goals for our environment.
That consultation is currently underway.…
Postcard from Sydney: March Madness
This is a guest post from reader Nik
With the start of the academic year in both secondary and tertiary institutions along with everyone having settled back into work, March has traditionally been the time of the year when Public Transport is strained the most, as is often talked about within the blog.…
Western Victoria Quarter Part 3: Vehicle Prioritisation and Pedestrian Design Failures
This is a Guest Post from David R. This is part 3 of a 4 part series about the issues with Victoria Quarter, and the urgent need to fix them given the areas rapid population & job growth. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 here.…
How Dense Is Dense? Part 2 – Turning Auckland into Hong Kong
This is a post from reader Stephen Davis. It originally appeared on his his blog City Beautiful. Part 1 can be read here.
Density is a slippery subject. Many an interesting but false factoid is thrown around about Auckland, such as that it is “the size of London”1 or “more spread out than any city except Los Angeles”2.…
Bike to the Future 2.0 tomorrow
This is a guest post from Leroy Beckett, Auckland Director of Generation Zero
Join us on a bike ride tomorrow to make it clear to politicians, the council and disgruntled protesters that we support (and need!) safe biking infrastructure in Grey Lynn and across Auckland.…
Should NZ develop a transport policy to reduce child poverty?
This is a guest post from reader Anna
Should NZ develop a transport policy to reduce child poverty?
When I had kids at two separate schools, plus one at daycare, transport ruled my life. Despite living on the Auckland isthmus with good public transport, the task of getting the kids safety off for the day and both of us to work was only just possible.…
Tauranga’s $120M ‘Legacy’ motorway project
Greetings again from Greater Tauranga. This is our second post. You can read our first post here which gives an overview of the complex transport system in our region.
This post is about the Bayfair to Baypark (B2B) project, the story of what happens when a road of national significance (RoNS) meets the edge of a growing city.…
Downsizing Auckland’s Unitary Plan
This is a guest post from reader Brendon Harré. It was originally posted on his Medium blog.
Auckland in 2016 agreed on a new zoning plan for the city called the Unitary Plan. It was a hard fought battle of competing interests.…
Why don’t we have boomtowns anymore?
This is a guest post from reader Brendon Harré. It was originally posted on his Medium blog. California attracted tens of thousands of gold prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849. San Francisco’s population quadrupled in size as a result – and the state continued to grow rapidly for almost a century.…
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