The Wrong Side of my Car
The blog that wants to go obsolete
Let’s create urban villages, North Shore edition
So, time for the North shore edition. I’ve written about a few opportunities before, and unfortunately here as well, during the life time of this blog, none of those have materialized yet. Takapuna came closest, with some urban redevelopment, but Takapuna town centre has still almost no population.
Driveways: we’re still doing it wrong
A while ago it was time again to complain about footpaths.
So what is it this time? Auckland Transport has rebuilt the footpaths on Birkenhead Avenue. While this is by itself a good idea, they have, on the northbound side, once again gone for the pump track design. So for their effort, they get a significantly less useful path than what they could have gotten for their money.
So what is wrong with it? Are we even supposed to build it like this?
Imagining something else for Birkenhead
After the Harbour Bridge opened in 1959 Onewa Road became the main arterial to the city. To cope with the traffic from Beach Haven and Birkdale (presumably), part of Mokoia Road was bypassed. This presents us now with an opportunity.
Highbury: bypass or not?
Bus line 97 (formerly known as 973 and 974) has an awkward dog-leg via Highbury Corner.
This is so slow. Why not go straight?
The case of the missing cross-town bus
Last year the New Network for the North Shore went live. Curiously, something is missing. These are the frequent bus routes on the lower North Shore, overlaid on the Unitary Plan map.
