Devonport Wharf and Marine Square upgrade to begin
In a couple of weeks work will start on a $5.5 million upgrade the Devonport wharf and Marine Square as part of a larger $24 million upgrade to Devonport which also includes a new library. One thing I find most interesting about the upgrade is that it will see a number of existing carparks removed and replaced with an enhanced urban space as well as more parking for bikes and scooters.…
56 Comments The revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles – Part 1
This guest post is the first in a two part series from Darren Davis who is a Principal Transport Planner for Auckland Transport looking at the revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is virtually a metonym for car-based mobility based on an extensive freeway network.…
Phone Snaps: Anniversary Weekend in the City
Saturday on Anniversary weekend. Aucklanders flock to the sea, as ever, but what is new is that so many don’t choose to do this by driving out of town on our vast new motorways to distant beaches but head downtown to our new but still only part built waterfront.…
Shambolic cricket public transport
I attended the One Day International Cricket match at Eden Park yesterday. While game was outstanding, and finished in a stunning nail biting tie, what really let things down was the post match public transport. The whole thing was a disorganised shambles. …
Does building roads harm the economy?
Most proposals to build new roads or widen existing ones seem to boil down to an ultimate belief that it will “help the economy”. Whether it’s by improving freight reliability or getting people to their jobs faster or helping business travel or whatever, there seems to be a fundamental belief among many that quite a strong relationship must exist between building more roads and improving the economy.…
Photo of the day – Northern Club
The greenest building in Auckland – at least from a colour perspective Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Learning from Singapore
Auckland Transport has definitely been improving some of their communications (not all) Late last year they released a new City Rail Link video which finally addressed many of the issues we had with how they were explaining the project in the past
http://youtu.be/F7dfsMBZRfw…
The Sneckdown
It’s extremely rare for Auckland to get snow and even if it does happen, it would never be heavy enough to give us some sneckdowns. So what is a sneckdown?
It’s a shorter way of saying snowy neckdown and a neckdown is another name for a kerb extension.…
Photo of the day – Lorne St
The section between Victoria St and Wellesley St Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
Thousands pay Voluntary Bus Lane Tax
About 3-4 years ago a herald staff member was caught driving in a bus lane kicking off a campaign enforcement of them. Now at least every year the Herald publishes a story looking at how many have been fined and that appeared in the herald yesterday.…
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