Have your say on where and how Auckland sprawls
As I blogged about a few weeks ago, the Council is considering different options for Auckland’s future “Rural Urban Boundary” in the south – as this area was highlighted in the Auckland Plan as being suitable for significant urban development. Digging through the Council’s website, I have found that they’re now seeking public feedback on the different options.…
22 Comments “It’s the economy stupid” #2 – Economies of scale in NZ
Why are cities growing? We explored some of the answers to this question in last week’s post. The main suggestion was that the growth of cities has hitherto been driven largely by our desire to minimise transport costs and mitigate the effects of fixed costs.…
Where and how will Auckland sprawl?
Back in August I commented on plans being developed to decide where and how Auckland’s urban area should expand. The Auckland spatial plan required that up to 40% of growth in the next 30 years be provided for outside the 2010 urban limits, which translates to quite a lot of sprawl as Auckland’s population may grow by a million people during the time.…
The pitfalls of “multi-modal projects”
A previous post by Patrick highlighted his concerns about the phrase “multi-modal”, something that I want to explore further. Patrick’s general argument is that we “talk the good talk” about multi-modalism (is that even a word?) but in reality what we have built over and over again is “mono-modalism”.…
Council chickening out on parking reform?
Over the last few months, this blog has discussed parking policy a few times, with the general consensus being that it’s extremely important for us to get rid of minimum parking requirements – as they act as both a huge subsidy for driving and also as a huge barrier to land-use intensification.…
Auckland’s PT Trends
The agenda for next week’s meeting of the Council’s Transport Committee includes an interesting item on transport monitoring, which looks at how Auckland’s transport system is performing in comparison to a number of targets that were set in the Auckland Spatial Plan.…
How should Auckland sprawl?
Under a lot of pressure it seems, Auckland Council made the decision that the Auckland Plan would provide for quite a lot of urban sprawl. Around 170,000 dwellings of it over 30 years. Big chunks of land in the south, northwest and north were identified by “red boxes” as being places where investigation would need to take place in order to determine where this development goes.…
The government’s bizarre response to the Auckland Plan
Central government has put together an official response to the Council’s Auckland Plan. While in many areas there’s support and agreement, one obvious place where the two views don’t match up is in relation to transport. Discussion around the government’s position on the Council’s transport plans for the next 30 years is quite extensive, but a little bit hard to comprehend.…
What’s Auckland’s future?
Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and try to see the big picture – the “forest for the trees” as the saying goes. While this blog focuses on transport, really it’s interested in Auckland’s future – what will this place be like in 10 years, 30 years, 50 years or even 100 years?…
An update on the Unitary Plan
With the Auckland Plan now completed, it seems as though Auckland Council’s focus has shifted onto a critical document in actually achieving the land-use changes outlined in the Plan through, unsurprisingly, yet another plan – this time one called the “Unitary Plan”.…
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