11 September 2009 – 11:40 am
Posted in news & events and urban design
The powerpoints from Wednesday night’s seminar are here They make fascinating reading.
11 September 2009 – 10:10 am
Posted in news & events and Uncategorized and urban governance
As requested by attendees at the Public Health Association Conference, we will follow the progress of the Review of the Local Government Act and keep you up to date with any papers and consultations. The review is currently underway and the deadline has been extended until later this month. You can see the orginal cabinet [...]
11 September 2009 – 10:04 am
Posted in news & events and research and transport
IBM last week published their second report measuring CPI in the US. It’s a quick but interesting 12 page read, reporting the results of a survey of 4,000 US commuters.
9 September 2009 – 2:26 pm
Posted in news & events and research and Uncategorized and urban design
Here are some links to recent research and an interesting video lecture: The National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board calculated the greenhouse gas savings if new housing was more compact and put homes close to jobs and other amenities. A report requested by Congress and published last week, determined that 57 million US homes will [...]
8 September 2009 – 4:27 pm
Posted in NZ policy issues and urban design
In case you missed it – the Government released their National Infrastructure Plan yesterday The National Infrastructure Plan will be developed by early 2010 and will be updated every three years. “The 20-year plan will present a high-level view of the state of New Zealand’s infrastructure and include a stock-take of existing infrastructure and anticipated [...]
