Sunday reading 3 August 2015
Scott Lazenby, “Why We Should Pay for the Highway Miles We Use“, Governing. We expect to pay for services like phones and electricity and water that are reliable. Shouldn’t we treat roads the same way?
When you live or travel in a third-world country, you can’t take basic infrastructure for granted.…
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Jarrett Walker, “Explainer: The Transit Ridership Recipe“, Human Transit. An epic post by Jarrett where he outlines the fundamentals to delivering high ridership public transit.
The most successful transit, in terms of ridership achieved for a fixed operating budget, is called mass transit for a reason. …
The high cost of low rise
Last week the Government announced an interesting scheme to advance housing supply by redeveloping up to 500 hectares of State land. It’s still not clear how the land will be released, what the land tenure arrangement will be, or how affordable units could be delivered. …
Writers Festival event: Designing Auckland
As part of the Auckland Writers Festival, Patrick Reynolds will be joining other local urban professionals in a conversation about transportation, housing and land use.
Join former Auckland Council urban designer Sue Evans, urban designer Garth Falconer, and architectural photographer and blogger Patrick Reynolds for a discussion on exemplars, blunders, and how many NIMBYs and/or planners it takes to cause paralysis.…
Volunteers wanted: Auckland public life survey
Five years ago Gehl Architects enlisted a team of volunteers to document public life across the city centre. The work culminated in a summary report (1, 2) and a great Auckland Conversation event.
Since that time there have been remarkable changes across the city.…
Safer residential streets
A few weeks back Peter had an interesting post about retrofitting Albany. In his post he suggested that we know that certain neighbourhood street networks lead to better urban outcomes. They are more walkable and easier to serve by public transport, etc.…
Sunday reading 26 April 2015
Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading.
Joe Cortright, “Our Shortage of Cities“, City Commentary.…
Auckland Open Street Event – Quay Street
This Sunday Quay Street will be opened up for people walking and cycling for the Open Streets event. Last year the event was a bit awkward with all the staged activities being shunted to the footpath while the street remained relatively empty.…
Postcards: Street Facing Units
One of my favorite aspects of Vancouver urban design is the way that buildings meet the street. This reminds me of classic urban neighbourhoods of New York and Philadelphia with their stoops or the humble porch of bungalows and cottages across California.…
Removing centrelines
Removing centrelines can be done easily when carriageways are resurfaced, with an immediate saving in capital and ongoing maintenance costs. – Manual for Streets 2
Interesting research was recently published on how removing (or not reinstating) centre lines reduces vehicle speeds.…
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