Healthy Composting, Healthy City – Under Threat
Consultation for the Solid Waste Bylaw finishes on Sunday. Read on to understand why it matters.
As the world becomes more urban, cities need to become more liveable. Proximity helps, and walkable cities offer more opportunities for social connection and for low-carbon lifestyles.…
20 Comments A National Public Transport Network
This is a post by Heidi O’Callahan and Greater Auckland reader Paul Callister.
Would you take public transport to another city or small town? Can you imagine regional New Zealand having attractive alternatives to driving?
Greater Auckland’s main focus is on urban planning issues within our city.…
Flashback Saturday: A Congestion Free Network
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Patrick was originally published in July 2013.
In this recent post we highlighted how, despite $60 billion or more of transport spending over the next 30 years, congestion is due to get significantly worse.…
Flashback Saturday: Are Free Fares the white knight for transport in Auckland?
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in July 2013.
The topic of free public transport is one that comes up every now and again and it has recently been raised by Mayoral Hopeful John Minto.…
Flashback Saturday: the death of parking minimums
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Matt was originally published in July 2013.
A week or so ago the Council considered feedback on the Unitary Plan’s approach to parking and made a few recommendations around potential changes:
Rules on parking requirements for residential dwellings, and retail and business locations were considered by councillors and local board chairs at the Auckland Plan Committee workshop on the draft unitary plan today.…
NZTA to finally drop their farebox policy?
More and more people are using public transport, and that’s great, exactly the outcome we, as a society, have said we want. But there are only so many people that can fit on any one bus, train or ferries and so growing use ultimately means that over time, we need to run more services.…
Temporary Traffic Management – Auckland is awash with cones
This is a guest post from Dave Tilton of Parallaxx
There will be people that read this that scratch their head daily when looking at Temporary Traffic Management (TTM). They will see the signs and cones, and Traffic Controllers and challenge why things are done a certain way.…
Wind, Water, Heart!
Some news recently bought a smile to my dial. Mercury Energy has pushed the “go” button on a major new wind farm near Palmerston North; work begins in August and the farm will start operating from late 2020.
Mercury has committed to the construction of the first 33 of 60 consented wind turbines at Turitea near Palmerston North, representing a key milestone in New Zealand’s renewable energy development.…
The NZTA is in Disarray – Part 2
The biggest challenge Auckland and the rest of the country face with transport these days is not the policy, as that aspect is generally in a fairly good space with the likes of ATAP and the current Government Policy Statement. Instead the challenge now is in delivery to ensure that the projects needed to implement those plans and policies happen in a timely manner, or happen at all.…
Off-Ramp City
The Auckland city centre street network is, at last, about to undergo some proper change. As with any change it will face resistance. A fair bit of that resistance will come from people who are simply used to how it is now.…
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