DeafScape
This is a guest post by Camilla Payne. Camilla is an Urban Planning student at the University of Auckland.
In my life, I walk with my feet split between two worlds. One hearing world and one deaf. Sometimes I identify myself as deaf.…
15 Comments Learning From Europe’s New Urban Politics
This is a guest post by Tatjana Buklijas. Tatjana is Associate Director in Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures and Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at The University of Auckland.
I started to think about writing this piece during the last few months, as I was reading the news from Zagreb, the capital city of my home country, Croatia.…
Low traffic life, the Amsterdam way
We hear a lot about the great cycling conditions in Amsterdam, for obvious reasons. When I spent a few months there in 2019, I found myself looking at the urban form around that bike lanes and found that the streets and buildings play their part in creating the city’s famous bike-friendly conditions.…
Liberate the Lane Rally on Sunday
Bike Auckland’s Liberate the Lane rally is taking place at Pt Erin Park this Sunday at 10 am. We urge you to take part. The Liberate the Lane rally is to support Bike Auckland’s proposal of a trial of reallocating one lane of the Auckland Harbour Bridge to cycling for three months over summer 2021/22.…
Using Streets Differently (Sometimes)
This is a guest post written by Ella Kay. I’ve happened across a few streets recently in Berlin that seem to be effortlessly filled with kids playing around and folks hanging out. These vibrant blocks (not longer than a few hundred metres) seem to appear out of nowhere – sporadically and without much warning.…
Pop-Up Radwege (Cycleways)
This is a guest post written by Ella Kay. It doesn’t take too long to notice to notice the ‘Pop-up Radwege’ peppered around covid-era Berlin. The rationale is straightforward enough and based squarely on the pandemic narrative – provide enough space for people to travel to where they need to go while minimising the risk of infection.…
The fight for Queen St
Auckland Transport are currently consulting on a makeover for Queen St with consultation closing this Friday. As I wrote two weeks ago, there are some good elements to the plans though we think AT should go further to prevent cars using the street.…
Weekly Roundup – 16-Apr-21
Here’s our weekly roundup Mobile Fine Increase
The government are increasing the fine for using a mobile phone while driving.
The infringement fee for using a mobile phone while driving will increase from $80 to $150 from 30 April 2021 to encourage safer driving, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.…
Guest Post: Why bike lanes need to be designed for women
A guest post by Marita Hunt
A handful of recent articles on cycling, gender and the climate demonstrate the value of centralising women when designing cycling infrastructure.
In February, a paper called Pedalling Towards Equity: Exploring Women’s Cycling in a New Zealand City by Marie Russell, Cheryl Davies, Kirsty Wild and Caroline Shaw was published in the Journal of Transport Geography.…
The Downtown Carpark – AT Created a Debacle
As Matt blogged recently, Council is considering redeveloping the Downtown Carpark. A delegation from Auckland Transport, Council and Panuku presented on the topic to the Council’s Planning Committee early this month.
Auckland Transport were woefully unprepared for the meeting. This transport proposal didn’t align with the City Centre Masterplan, the Auckland Climate Plan nor Auckland Transport’s own modeshift plan, Better Travel Choices.…
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