Kent Lundberg
@kentlundberg.bsky.social
Sustainable transport and car optional cities. I lead a small company focused on public transport, urban design, parking reform and investment advice. Auckland, New Zealand.
More Ws emerging. Mercury Lane former car sewer now mostly pedestrianised.
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More Ws emerging. Mercury Lane former car sewer now mostly pedestrianised.
Loads of useful info and Auckland and NZ content 🥳
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Loads of useful info and Auckland and NZ content 🥳
Australia: More Homes, better cities. Letting more people live where they want. (Image of how zoning constrains housing close to the centres of capital cities.) Link grattan.edu.au/wp-content/u...
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Australia: More Homes, better cities. Letting more people live where they want. (Image of how zoning constrains housing close to the centres of capital cities.) Link grattan.edu.au/wp-content/u...
E-bikes as rapid transit. There is a sweet spot, 8-14km from the city centre, where gaps in the mass rapid transit network and slow buses can be filled by e-bikes. Map = 45 minute e-bike travel time.
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
E-bikes as rapid transit. There is a sweet spot, 8-14km from the city centre, where gaps in the mass rapid transit network and slow buses can be filled by e-bikes. Map = 45 minute e-bike travel time.
There are a lot of these in Costa Mesa, CA. In some cases the alley was condemned and removed.
October 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There are a lot of these in Costa Mesa, CA. In some cases the alley was condemned and removed.
Demand for housing in Auckland. knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications...
September 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Demand for housing in Auckland. knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications...
Central Auckland houses condemned after the biblical 2023 flood are starting to be removed
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Central Auckland houses condemned after the biblical 2023 flood are starting to be removed
No mention of overall costs, failed PPP, ongoing construction liabilities, just bEniFitS.
The sorry state of media covering infrastructure in NZ.
The sorry state of media covering infrastructure in NZ.
September 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
No mention of overall costs, failed PPP, ongoing construction liabilities, just bEniFitS.
The sorry state of media covering infrastructure in NZ.
The sorry state of media covering infrastructure in NZ.
Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...
Scoot breaks down the latest Auckland zoning reforms including re-zoning along some of the frequent bus network. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/08/21/i...
August 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Scoot breaks down the latest Auckland zoning reforms including re-zoning along some of the frequent bus network. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/08/21/i...
Yeah, Ponsonby missed out again. Funny that.
August 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Yeah, Ponsonby missed out again. Funny that.
This is a look at the changes around the Western rail line (red) and the frequent bus routes in the central and isthmus. (Blue)
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is a look at the changes around the Western rail line (red) and the frequent bus routes in the central and isthmus. (Blue)
Where IBX and proposed Melbourne SLR sit within international 'ring' lines. (research by: Aaron Fernando1, Graham Currie2)
August 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Where IBX and proposed Melbourne SLR sit within international 'ring' lines. (research by: Aaron Fernando1, Graham Currie2)
The mid-block signals on Queen St have been turned off. Long overdue since cars were mostly removed from this end.
July 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The mid-block signals on Queen St have been turned off. Long overdue since cars were mostly removed from this end.
New era indicator for Auckland. There are now multiple locations with retractable bollards being built and planned.
July 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
New era indicator for Auckland. There are now multiple locations with retractable bollards being built and planned.
Safety ‘rider’ included 😂
June 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Safety ‘rider’ included 😂
June 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“This time next year” - it has been revealed that the City Rail Link will be open. This should make an epic Matariki / winter festival season.
June 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“This time next year” - it has been revealed that the City Rail Link will be open. This should make an epic Matariki / winter festival season.
This is moronic. Starting with “pothole hotline” now road cone hotline. Is there a lab dreaming up ways to trigger receptors in the car brain?
June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is moronic. Starting with “pothole hotline” now road cone hotline. Is there a lab dreaming up ways to trigger receptors in the car brain?
Worth asking why this station was so big once the dust settles.
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Worth asking why this station was so big once the dust settles.
Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud..
June 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud..
Description of traffic circulation plan content in France in the 1970s.
June 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Description of traffic circulation plan content in France in the 1970s.
Here is there summary of techniques, I would probably add transit-only streets to this list.
May 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Here is there summary of techniques, I would probably add transit-only streets to this list.
We say this a lot. A traffic plan is an inexpensive and fast way to harmonise all the modes, otherwise we’d have to put buses underground.
May 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We say this a lot. A traffic plan is an inexpensive and fast way to harmonise all the modes, otherwise we’d have to put buses underground.