Guest Post: Orange Smoothy
This is a part one of a two part guest post by highly visible e-cyclist and regular reader Greg Nikoloff
This post is about my experiences with my Pedego brand (http://pedego.co.nz) electric bike (e-bike), which I purchased from Bute Bikes (who also trade as Electricbikes.co.nz)…
27 Comments NZPI Young Planners Congress 2015 – ‘Urban Legends’
This is a Guest Post by Auckland Young Planners
The NZPI Young Planners Group convenes annually for the Young Planners Congress, a single day event coinciding with the larger NZPI Conference. This year’s Congress will be held at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre on 14 April, and will be preceded by drinks the night before at Little Easy in Ponsonby.…
Submit for an Essential Budget
Last week Generation Zero launched our Essential Budget, an alternative to the Basic and Auckland Plans that Auckland Council are currently consulting on as part of the Long Term Plan process. The Essential Budget prioritises spending on tripling the cycling budget, and important public transport projects such as bus lanes and new bus and rail interchanges.…
Essential Transport Budget – the first 3 years
Guest Post by Ryan Mearns, Generation Zero Auckland
On Tuesday Generation Zero launched our Essential Budget, as an alternative to the Basic and Auckland Plans currently being consulted on as part of the Long Term Plan. We showed that Auckland could build the most transformation projects from the Auckland Plan for only $80 million per year, rather than the $300 million extra cost of the Auckland Plan.…
An Essential Transport Budget for Auckland
Guest Post by Ryan Mearns, Generation Zero
As we outlined yesterday Auckland Council’s transport budget options in the Long Term Plan offered a false choice. Build everything in the Auckland Plan Network at the cost of finding an extra $300 million a year in alternative funding, or delay important public transport improvements and the city cycling network in the Basic Network Plan.…
Why we need an Essential Budget
Guest Post from Ryan Mearns, Generation Zero Auckland
For nearly 50 years from the early 1950’s Auckland invested solely in roads, and especially motorways, with all other transport modes being totally ignored. This one sided level of investment was not seen in Australian cities, who invested in mass transit alongside new motorways.…
Submit for Skypath
Guest Post from Ryan Mearns, Communications Director of Generation Zero
After a decade of massive work by the SkyPath team, we’re at the stage where our input really counts! The resource consent is in and submissions closes in just over a week!…
Guest Post: Road and streetscape design
This is a guest post from reader Richard
Hope you have all had a happy new year. This is my first post on this blog and I am excited to make a positive difference to this country.
Road and streetscape design is important for all of us.…
Guest Post: Dear AT HOP
This is a guest post by reader Frith Stalker
Dear AT Hop
I have used Auckland buses for 30 years
I am very smart, very pedantic, very polite and very Rule Abiding
I am your perfect customer.
I always thank the driver.…
To drive or not to drive, that is the question: generation Y research
This is a guest post from Dr Debbie Hopkins, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Otago – she’s currently doing some research for the NZTA on non-drivers. Read on to find out more and see if you might be keen to help out with the research by being interviewed.…
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