The revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles – Part 1
This guest post is the first in a two part series from Darren Davis who is a Principal Transport Planner for Auckland Transport looking at the revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is virtually a metonym for car-based mobility based on an extensive freeway network.…
27 Comments A question of “Gauge”!
Struggling to get back into work this week, here’s a nice guest post from our good friend Warren S I first read this in Rotary’s monthly magazine some years ago and thought it may be of holiday interest while we brace ourselves for the more important business of getting Aucklanders and the government favouring the early construction of the City Rail Link.…
Slow Down (again)
This is a guest post from NCD
Some months ago we looked at the cost of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) in New Zealand.
What if I was to suggest that there is a single change that could be made to Auckland’s transport system that is cheap to implement and that will have dramatic effects of road safety, quality of place and promotion of active modes of transport?…
Reaching out – Cycling and Public Transport
This is another guest post from Ben L that originally appeared on Cycle Action Auckland.
Following on from our posts on cycle streets and cycle boulevards, this post will look at how this cycling infrastructure can increase the catchment areas of public transport.…
Three Quick Wins for Auckland Walkability
This is a guest post by Brent Toderian & Darren Davis. Brent was recently in the Auckland. They have requested we post it although it originally appeared on the Shape Auckland site. After six packed days working with staff from Auckland Council and Auckland Transport last month, it was very clear to our international urbanism consultant, and co-author of this article Brent Toderian, that there are a lot of great things happening in Auckland city-making!…
Cycle Streets: A Cycle Boulevard for Bayswater
This is another guest post from Ben L that originally appeared on Cycle Action Auckland.
Following on from the previous post on cycle streets, just as with the network for motorised vehicles requires “arterials” to carry high traffic volumes, cycle networks need the same.…
Cycle Friendly Streets: A Complete Network
This is a guest post by by Ben L and Bryce P and originally appeared on Cycle Action Auckland.
What prevents more people from riding bikes to school, work, to shops or simply to a friend’s house? The biggest deterrent to cycling, for many people is their perceived lack of safety while riding.…
Auckland’s first urban cycleway!
This is a cross post from our friends at Cycle Action Auckland
Yes we can! – our first “Urbanway” is coming.
As part of exciting changes in central Auckland, Auckland Transport has now released images of the new plans for the traffic-separated cycle paths along Beach Road.…
Chance to Give Wellington Some Spine
This is a Guest Post by Generation Zero Wellington member Paul Young
Following an 18-month process, the Wellington Public Transport Spine Study was finally released in June and picked bus rapid transit (BRT) in favour of light rail as the best option for a new high-quality public transport system in Wellington city.…
A Wellington CFN
This is a cross post from Generation Zero whose Wellington team were perhaps felling a little left out our Congestion Free Network
By now you will hopefully have heard about the alternative transport vision for Auckland we’re pushing alongside the Auckland Transport Blog team; the Congestion Free Network.…
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