Auckland’s appalling road safety reasons laid out
Auckland is in the midst of a road safety crisis with deaths and serious injuries in the region increasing by more than 70% in the three years since 2014. That’s more than five times the rate of travel and three times the rate of increase for the rest of the country.…
107 Comments AT’s Car Park Buildings — Delivering Little Value? (Part 1- Ronwood Avenue)
This is a guest post from reader taka-ite
Background
Last year Panuku Development indicated that they wanted to develop a 450 space multi level carpark on the Gasometer site in Takapuna This proposal came despite no evidence that extra parking was needed in Takapuna, however more of that later.…
Flashback Monday: Arguing for sprawl with “strategic misrepresentations”
We normally have “flashback” posts on Saturdays, but as it’s a public holiday here’s another treat from the archives. This post by Peter Nunns was published in December 2014.
A number of recent posts have taken a look at some of the “strategic misrepresentations” that people have used to argue for a sprawled-out, roads-focused Auckland.…
Flashback Saturday: The linear city and other science fictions
This post by Peter Nunns was first published in March 2016
Last week, urban designer lecturers Dushko Bogunovich and Matthew Bradbury published an article on their vision for transforming Auckland into a “linear city”:
Instead, we suggest a linear, city-region that follows the opportunities and respects the constraints in the landscape.…
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).…
Jan-18 Ridership
The ridership numbers for January are available and they’ve got a lot in common with the December results. Overall ridership was up 6.6% on January last year, although there was an extra working day this year. That growth is all coming from buses though as both rail and ferries saw the number of trips decrease.…
Census day 2018 is here
Data from the census remains one of the most important tools for helping to define the future of our city. The results are used for a variety of ways to help guide decisions such as what, where and when both public and private investment is needed. …
Yes, Auckland is congested
The discussion of congestion/road pricing in Auckland has been rolling around for a while. It’s had some level of political support from the two main political parties and Mayor Phil Goff included an eventual implementation as part of his transport policy.…
Auckland’s rail patronage: Past, present, and (uncertain) future.
As we start a new year, I thought it was a good time to review the past, present, and future of rail patronage in Auckland. Before diving into the data, I want to relay two relevant personal anecdotes.
First, my interest in Auckland’s rail patronage began in the early 2000s, when — as a mildly bored and nerdy young person growing up in rural south Auckland — I would download and analyse the latest monthly rail patronage statistics.…
Defining the “average” Aucklander.
In this post, I want to talk (somewhat informally) about how we define the “average Aucklander”, before relating this discussion to the people who contribute material for the Blog. I finish with a plea for help.
I’ve been pondering these issues for sometime, due to Peter’s excellent post about submissions on Auckland’s Unitary Plan as well as Emma’s compelling call for greater involvement from women in urbanism.…
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