Transport Planning as Freedom Planning – Auckland – 22 November 2018

What

What if we planned public transport with a goal of personal freedom? Join us at Auckland Conversations as we explore this idea with Jarrett Walker, one of the original designers of Auckland’s new bus network.

5:00pm: Networking & refreshments
5:30pm: Start
7:00pm: Finish

The challenge of public transit today is not just having good ideas but being able to explain them.  It’s crucial to integrate the task of planning with the tasks of explanation and of creating leading innovative processes that engage and empower the public. The goal is managing behaviour change in a positive way – changing the way people travel and the positive outcomes that can produce for Auckland.

Jarrett Walker, a popular speaker and author of the popular book Human Transit, is one of the field’s great explainers.  His worldwide transit consulting practice is all about helping communities see their options, and think about their goals, so that they make great decisions for themselves.

We aim to start a conversation here about how transit works, what choices it presents, and how we can use it to create a better Auckland with some real-life examples of change that’s about to reshape the way we use the CBD and beyond.

Eddie Tuiavii, Senior Hearings Advisor at Auckland Council will MC the night. Jarret will also be joined by a panel of industry experts including:

  • Jessica Rose, Albert Eden Local Board member and representative for Women in Urbanism Auckland
  • Daniel Newcombe, Manager Strategic Projects, Central, North & West, Auckland Transport
  • Ludo Campbell-Reid, Design Champion and General Manager Auckland Design Office, Auckland Council

When and Where

5pm – 7pm
Thursday 22 November 2018

Grand Millennium Hotel
71 Mayoral Dr,
Auckland CBD

How Much

Free

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eBike Expo – Aucland – 10-11 November 2018

What

This the only New Zealand expo dedicated to electric bikes that brings retailers, distributors and infrastructure enablers together under one roof. It will provide you with the opportunity to connect with all the experts in one place. Which in turn will help you complete your research, take test rides, make purchase decisions and have your e-bike built and fitted for you.

The focus of this event is promotion of e-bikes. So whether you want to learn to ride an e-bike, get to know the Auckland cycleways on an e-bike, or simply shop around, this expo is able to provide you with the activity that you need.

The expo is a two day event with a range of distributors, retailers and all things e-bike.

We will show you that there is an e-bike for you! 

When and Where

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November 2018
9am – 4:30pm

The Cloud
Queen’s Wharf
CBD
Auckland

How Much

$5 per Adult/Child
$15 per Family

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eBike Expo website

Transforming public transport with Auckland’s new network – Auckland – 18 July 2018

What

Auckland has made enormous strides in public transport in the last two decades. Since its foundation in 2010, Auckland Transport has achieved major public transport transformation.

Some highlights include: integrated ticketing and fares, electric trains, making real time information more real, much improved public transport interchanges and more reliable public transport services. But the workhorse of the public transport system is the humble city bus, carrying over 70% of all public transport trips. Even with City Rail Link and Light Rail, the bus will still be the dominant public transport mode into the future.

For City Rail Link and light rail to do their thing, they need a great bus network to support and feed them. This is where the new network comes in, as a first-principles review of the entire bus system that had been only incrementally changed since the late 1970s. This is being implemented in stages, with delivery to be complete in September this year.

Anthony Cross, the Manager Network Development under the new Auckland public transport brand AT Metro, has been the architect, champion and spearhead of the new network. Anthony will share Auckland’s journey from public transport backwater, to a bus system redesign widely regarded internationally as being best in class.

This Street Talks event is brought to you by the Auckland Design Office at Auckland Council and MRCagney Ltd.

When and Where

5:30 – 8pm
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Doors open 5:30pm with light refreshments and networking in the atrium area adjacent to the Whare Wānanga. The event itself kicks off at 6pm

Central City Library
44-46 Lorne St
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Event on Library Website