Heart of the City’s pedestrian counts
For a couple of years now Heart of the City has been providing pedestrian counts at a number of locations within the CBD. They are delivered thanks to a growing network of automatic pedestrian counters which means a huge amount of detailed information is available from them rather than what is available from someone standing on the street counting people.…
Photo of the Day – Love your city campaign
Some of the results of Heart of the City’s “Love your city” campaign and a neat way to activate the otherwise blank wall of the St James Theatre on Lorne St. Photos are copyright to Sydney.…
Counting Pedestrians
In the past the use of our streets wasn’t so defined as it is today. Sure there were footpaths however people, cars, trams and even horse drawn carts all had equal access to the road. The image below of Queen St in 1922 shows this well, after all can you imagine the reaction you would get today if a group of guys decided to stop for a chat in one of the traffic lanes on Queen St.…
Political response to the CCFAS Ctd.
Following on from my post yesterday, Radio NZ had a number of discussion about the CCFAS yesterday including a chat with Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown about the response. Here is Brownlee: Or listen to it here.
Most telling is at 1:25 when after being questioned if his officials don’t agree with the report responds with “Well they certainly agree with the position I’ve taken today”.…
A Day in the Life of the BIG little City
This new video from Heart of the City nicely captures Auckland as it is today – an increasingly vibrant and diverse city that feels like it’s just starting to properly grow up and not be afraid of being a real city.…