How big is our Housing Shortfall?
For some time now we’ve been seeing housing consents set new records set again and again. In total, 16,656 consents were issued in the 12 months to the end of December, up 10% on the same time the year before. We’re also seeing new records for the types of dwellings being consented with 44% (7,285) of those consents being for townhouses compared with 39% (6,535) for single houses.…
93 Comments HOP SHOP FLOP
Auckland Transport have some work before them to make buying HOP cards and topping them up easier. It’s often a long way to a HOP card vendor or top up location, and you generally need to know where they are in advance because wayfinding is minimal.…
Weekly Roundup – 12-Feb-21
Here’s our weekly roundup. Survey on Incidents involving small electric vehicles in Auckland
Transport consultancy Abley are currently running a survey looking at incidents small electric devices such as e-scooters, e-bikes and e-scateboards.
Have you had or witnessed an incident or near miss in Auckland involving an e-micromobility vehicle (e-scooter, e-bike, e-skateboard, hoverboard, or Segway)?…
Double is Nothing
Last week the Climate Change Commission released their draft recommendations and the supporting evidence, outlining how to meet our domestic 2030 and 2050 emissions targets. There was a lot to be positive about, such as the CCC linking transport emissions to urban form.…
Cut and cover spaghetti junction?
This is a guest post from Nick R
The great irony of urban motorways is that they use up huge amounts of the very thing they are intended to access: land.
All surface transport infrastructure naturally consumes land. However, while a street, busway or railway fits in a corridor 10 to 20m wide, even a small motorway corridor is at least five times as wide.…
A Climate-Ready RLTP (no litigation required)
Councillors were given a fresh burst of freedom last week, allowing them to finally enact their plans for a sustainable future.
For some years now, Auckland Council’s aim has been to reduce transport emissions – yet the business-as-usual transport plans the Councillors are regularly asked to approve do the exact opposite. …
Weekly Roundup – 05-Feb-21
Here’s our roundup for the week Climate Change at Council
Yesterday at the Council’s Planning Committee, All Aboard presented on the need for action on climate change and that if they don’t, legal action might result. Stuff reports:
Climate change lobbyists are warning Auckland Council it could face legal action if its decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions fall short of promises made.…
Getting Sign Off
The journey that Auckland is on, of renewal and regeneration, will continue well into the future. We’ve got a lot to do, with transport, power and three waters infrastructure in need of upgrades, a housing shortage, safety crisis and climate emergency to resolve.…
Changing Queen St in the news again
Getting the cars out of Queen St and making it a more pedestrian friendly space is one of the most supported projects around. In 2018 the mayor and councillors unanimously called for it to happen as soon as possible. During the consultation for the City Centre Master Plan (CCMP), the plans for the Queen St Valley received 84% support.…
Climate Commission’s advice on getting to zero emissions
On Sunday the Climate Commission released their draft advice and supporting evidence to the government on how to meet our domestic 2030 and 2050 emissions targets. In their words:
It includes advice on the first three emissions budgets and on policy direction for the Government’s first emissions reduction plan.…
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