Ben van Bruggen
@cityshaper.bsky.social
Urbanist. Founder & CEO The Urban Room
Bringing people together to find creative solutions to tricky city issues.
Bringing people together to find creative solutions to tricky city issues.
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St Patrick square pedestrian mall taken over by the new hotel.
August 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
St Patrick square pedestrian mall taken over by the new hotel.
Hacked pedestrian crossings play fake messages from Musk and Zuckerberg
April 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Hacked pedestrian crossings play fake messages from Musk and Zuckerberg
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We (@greaterauckland.bsky.social) have written an open letter to AT asking to reverse their last minute changes to the Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project.
Find the letter here with our contact details if you would like to sign onto it:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/14/o...
Find the letter here with our contact details if you would like to sign onto it:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/14/o...
Open Letter to Auckland Transport about Project K - Greater Auckland
This is a letter we will be sending to Auckland Transport to ask they return to the original consulted and endorsed plans on the join our circle of supporters here, or support us
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We (@greaterauckland.bsky.social) have written an open letter to AT asking to reverse their last minute changes to the Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project.
Find the letter here with our contact details if you would like to sign onto it:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/14/o...
Find the letter here with our contact details if you would like to sign onto it:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/14/o...
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Decided to film a bit of a walking tour to show what Auckland Transport has decided to do last minute around CRL for Project K.
First up - Cross Street.
First up - Cross Street.
April 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Decided to film a bit of a walking tour to show what Auckland Transport has decided to do last minute around CRL for Project K.
First up - Cross Street.
First up - Cross Street.
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Why is there ANY debate? 🤦♀️
20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year.
“There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year.
“There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Why is there ANY debate? 🤦♀️
20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year.
“There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year.
“There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Same thing as yesterday concerned business owners
"One car is one shopper. A bus of shoppers is a business" - Former Deputy Mayor of Auckland Bill Cashmore
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"One car is one shopper. A bus of shoppers is a business" - Former Deputy Mayor of Auckland Bill Cashmore
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Shop owner says idea to remove parking on busy Auckland street ‘like a nightmare’
A businessman on Onewa Rd said he took over a liquor store a couple of years ago and had no idea there was a plan to make the road a clearway.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Same thing as yesterday concerned business owners
"One car is one shopper. A bus of shoppers is a business" - Former Deputy Mayor of Auckland Bill Cashmore
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"One car is one shopper. A bus of shoppers is a business" - Former Deputy Mayor of Auckland Bill Cashmore
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
Cities are never fixed and require constant attention. Jean Patten Place in Auckland’s central city was almost a car free space but it has gone from road to a people space, but back to car space. The fortunes of the retail has matched it.
March 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cities are never fixed and require constant attention. Jean Patten Place in Auckland’s central city was almost a car free space but it has gone from road to a people space, but back to car space. The fortunes of the retail has matched it.
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Second, from 5.30-7.30pm I'm contributing to a panel event titled "Auckland 2050: Building the Future City" at the Auckland University of Technology, where I'll be making the case for a bigger and better Auckland.
You can register for this event here:
tpf.org.nz/auckland-205...
You can register for this event here:
tpf.org.nz/auckland-205...
Auckland 2050 - Building the Future City 2 April 2025 | Property Foundation
Our expert panel explored the relevant tech and it’s applications, how to integrate AI into your business and highlighted important legal aspects.
tpf.org.nz
March 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Second, from 5.30-7.30pm I'm contributing to a panel event titled "Auckland 2050: Building the Future City" at the Auckland University of Technology, where I'll be making the case for a bigger and better Auckland.
You can register for this event here:
tpf.org.nz/auckland-205...
You can register for this event here:
tpf.org.nz/auckland-205...
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First, from 10.30-11.30am I'll be giving a talk on urban policy reforms in New Zealand at the University of Auckland. Notwithstanding a decade of progress, I'm going to make the case for wider and deeper reforms.
You can register for this event here:
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/urban-poli...
You can register for this event here:
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/urban-poli...
Urban policy reforms in New Zealand
Where are we now and where might we head next?
www.eventbrite.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
First, from 10.30-11.30am I'll be giving a talk on urban policy reforms in New Zealand at the University of Auckland. Notwithstanding a decade of progress, I'm going to make the case for wider and deeper reforms.
You can register for this event here:
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/urban-poli...
You can register for this event here:
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/urban-poli...
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To my dear friends in my beloved Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand -- I'm pleased to be visiting your verdant shores on *2 April* for two public events that some of you might be interested in coming along to.
Find links to details + register below.
Find links to details + register below.
March 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
To my dear friends in my beloved Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand -- I'm pleased to be visiting your verdant shores on *2 April* for two public events that some of you might be interested in coming along to.
Find links to details + register below.
Find links to details + register below.
How many design mistakes can you spot? This is a new building and a reinstated street. Laziness. We can do better.
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How many design mistakes can you spot? This is a new building and a reinstated street. Laziness. We can do better.