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Shared Spaces Working
Auckland Transport has issued figures showing pedestrians are using Auckland’s new Shared Spaces and the concept is working. The Space concept has been introduced...
Aucklanders Seize Queen St!
After all the debate about whether Queen St should be pedestrianised, hundreds of Aucklanders celebrating the opening of the Rugby World Cup in their town simply...
Council gets Serious About Urban Design
Auckland Council is increasing the emphasis on urban design. After decades of councils allowing dodgy looking apartment blocks , it’s about time and part of...
Motorists Need Re-educating
Some Auckland motorists will need some re-educating with trams heading across streets in the Wynyard Quarter - and the new Shared Spaces being open around...
I Fort The Cars & The Cars Won
Auckland motorists will face a real challenge with the Shared Space concept when stage one of Fort St opens shortly. Watching the cars travel down there as the work...
Shared Spaces Are Halfway Houses
The more I look at the Shared Spaces being developed around Auckland’s CBD, the more I am convinced the only way they will work effectively is if vehicles...
Lorne, Kitchener Sts Next
Lorne and Kitchener streets are the next in the CBD to get more improvements to make them more pedestrian focused and better spaces in the CBD. Work is about to...
The Queen St We Deserve
I am sitting in Queen St, enjoying the friendly pedestrian space. This is not our Queen St - but the namesake in Brisbane where not only cars are banned, but...
Shared Space Update
With Aotea square re-opening in a few weeks, someone was asking what had happened to Auckland City’s much welcomed share space projects around the city. Auckland...
Lorne St Changes Approved
Library area now I’m a big fan of Auckland City’s Shared Space project and it’s awesome to see the final tick off now given for the final concept...
$23m Fort St Shared Space - Final Concept Approved
The final concept design for the $23m Fort St shared space upgrade project has been approved, with some changes but some areas still being debated. Changes agreed...
City Businesses To Fight Shared Space Idea
Some Auckland city retailers are gearing up for a fight over the Auckland City Council’s groundbreaking plans to create “shared spaces” in a number of inner-city...
