We’re keen to evaluate the Basin Reserve, and have produced a Check List of items that we believe it needs to be evaluated against – as should any other possible Basin scheme as well.

We’ll be posting a critique of the official NZTA proposals next week – but first, More »

Apparently that isn’t the question – according to our NZTA experts, yet I can’t help but wonder why the latter option (not to build), hasn’t been a part of NZTA investigations. More »

I’m sorry for the slightly profane character of the title to this post, but really, the Dominion Post editorial: Time for roading talk to go up a gear has raised my ire. More »

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done More »

While the Wombles spent their lives underground and overground, they never really had to negotiate the politics of overpasses. More »

…or, sculptural celebrations of inspired engineering and urban design?

Kind of just a gallery post this one, and timely to consider against whatever NZTA might deliver in tomorrow’s big release of the proposals for Transportation Improvements Near the Basin Reserve. More »

Down on the waterfront between Shed 11 and Foxglove the construction of the ‘lobster loos’ has quietly started behind a discrete plywood hoarding.  No doubt these will be ready in time for revellers at the rugby world cup. More »