Shopping and public transport: Westfield around the world
The conventional wisdom in New Zealand seems to be that people will always drive to go shopping, they won’t take public transport or cycle. It’s even spawned the term #Quaxing, named after your friend and mine, councillor Dick Quax. @lukechristensen @BenRoss_AKL @Brycepearce no one in the entire western world uses the train for their shopping trips
— Dick Quax (@DickQuax) January 3, 2015 I’ll talk about some UK and Australian examples of shopping centres below.…
104 Comments Not Shopping by Car
In my predictions for 2015 I didn’t include that a elected official would make a fool of themselves but I should have – although in hindsight I guess it was inevitable. What can’t be predicted was that it would happen barely a few days into the new year.…
Shopping Adventures by Train
Next week Auckland Transport’s new train timetables launch which as well as improving services on the network also improve legibility which is great for us, the users. It will also see all trains on the Eastern line be run using electric trains and those combined with improved reliability of the network and the old diesel fleet means AT are starting to realise that they have a service they can sell.…
The good news about intensification
I thought a commenter on a recent post about a new apartment development on Great North Road had a really great point about the state of the debate:
…the fact is the intensifiers are not winning the argument, as was noted by someone else above.…
Lower Queen St the place to be for retailers
An interesting article yesterday on what is happening in the retail building market in central Auckland.
Cruise ship passengers and Auckland shoppers are providing the impetus for the redevelopment and popularity of the lower Queen St retail area, says Nilesh Patel, associate director of retail services at CBRE.…
Better PT needed for Boxing Day
Intricately tied in with the tradition of Christmas we also have the Boxing day sales. Its one of the few days a year where the vast carparks of shopping malls completely overflow due to the demand for shopping that cars often floods out onto the streets.…
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