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Ben van Bruggen

@cityshaper.bsky.social
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Urbanist. Founder & CEO The Urban Room Bringing people together to find creative solutions to tricky city issues.

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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We need better leadership in our cities if they’re going to thrive. So says Simon Wilson. We also needs some mavericks with big bold ideas. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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Simon Wilson: Wayne Brown, Andrew Little and the mayoral leadership NZ's cities are missing
Good mayors can make a real difference to their community but two of ours fail to inspire.
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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We need better leadership in our cities if they’re going to thrive. So says Simon Wilson. We also needs some mavericks with big bold ideas. www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
nzherald.co.nz
Simon Wilson: Wayne Brown, Andrew Little and the mayoral leadership NZ's cities are missing
Good mayors can make a real difference to their community but two of ours fail to inspire.
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Akl City Centre Residents' Group @ccrg.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
St Patrick square pedestrian mall taken over by the new hotel.
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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Hacked pedestrian crossings play fake messages from Musk and Zuckerberg
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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...
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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
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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.
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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...
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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
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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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Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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...
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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.
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Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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...
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Urban policy reforms in New Zealand
Where are we now and where might we head next?
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Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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.
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Ben van Bruggen @cityshaper.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
How many design mistakes can you spot? This is a new building and a reinstated street. Laziness. We can do better.
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