And the transport prize goes to …
Last time I awarded transport prizes I dropped the blog equivalent of a clusterbomb by simply suggesting that an intersection was unsafe for pedestrians – no way! Yes way. By the time everyone’s battered little digits had stopped thumping our keyboards, 129 comments had been posted and a number of egos has been bruised.…
59 Comments “The Road Ahead” – Cross-party discussion on NZ’s transport future
After the sell-out, runaway success of the first Auckland Transport Blog fundraiser earlier this week (post with photos coming soon apparently) I’m pleased to notify you all of the next event in the transport calendar. The only problem, as far as I’m can tell, is that it’s in Wellington, which also means that by extension it’s not being organised by the unflappable, indomitable Kent Lundberg.…
Brownlee is a Roads Scholar …
It’s been quite sad watching some of the recent exchanges in parliament.
The Minister of Transport Gerry Brownlee, and the Associate Minister Simon Bridges, have been swimming furiously against the arguments put forward by Julie Anne Genter from the Green Party.…
Walking the talk – Analysing pedestrian mode share in Auckland
Some of my previous posts have considered how Auckland compares to the Netherlands in terms of general consideration for pedestrians. Based on the results of this discussion it seems fair to suggest that the largest divergence in engineering practices between Auckland and the Netherlands occurs in the following areas: Left-turning vehicles in Auckland are often provided with slip lanes that allow them to maintain high speeds even as they turn.…
ATB film night fast approaching
There’s only 2 days left until the inaugural Auckland Transport Blog film night and as of today there’s only 6 tickets still available. So if you want to come along to what is sure to be a transport fiesta of epic proportions then you had better make like Usain Bolt and get buying (NB: You can buy tickets online here).…
Why my favourite colour is orange … but I have mixed emotions about Albany
My last post compared a roundabout in the Netherlands to a similar roundabout in Auckland. I noted how relatively simple design choices in the Netherlands seemed to have a relatively large impact (in my opinion) on pedestrian amenity, with minimal impacts on drivers.…
Why I love the Netherlands
In a recent thread, “OrangeKiwi” posted this link to an aerial image of a roundabout in the Netherlands, which is also shown below. Looking at this aerial reminded me of just how much I love the Netherlands. Having recently returned to Auckland after living/studying in Amsterdam for a year I’m definitely feeling the transport culture shock.…
And the transport prizes go to …
A few months back I wrote this post where I awarded some prizes based on my own best and worst transport experiences of recent memory. While at the time these awards were meant to become a regular feature of the blog, shortly thereafter I was re-located to work in Brisbane – which caused me to postpone my planned follow-up posts.…
Auckland’s hindsight heroes: Christine Fletcher
In my last post I discussed a few things that I love about Auckland so as to shed some more light on our “shared but unstated values.”
One of the key values underpinning this blog, I think, goes something along the lines of ‘Auckland is a fantastic city but it could be so much better if it got its transport, land use, and urban design sorted.’…
What I love about Auckland (Transport Blog)
We’ve been pre-occupied of late with some rather serious topics: Funding for the CRL, state highway traffic volumes, urban limits, and inefficient tendering processes, to name but a few.
These topics have aroused huge interest – Auckland Transport Blog is now one of the top 5-6 blogs in New Zealand and getting close to cracking 100,000 views per month.…
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