Metro is the “VanMag” of Auckland, and every year they do a “Best of … edition. Like this:
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So once past the pics of sexiest man and woman, there was this:
3 GREAT TALKS CONNECTING AUCKLAND TO THE WORLD
1. Canadian planner/politician Gordon Price told a packed Auckland Conversations seminar in October that urban congestion has not been solved by building more roads anywhere in the world, and went on to show how Vancouver has transformed itself through the alignment of public transport and property development.
“We overestimate what we can do in a year, but underestimate what we can do in a decade,” he said.
Auckland Conversations is a council-organised series of regular events with visiting international speakers.
Sweet. Maybe they’ll invite the winners to the celebration party and we’ll see if I get confused for Karl Urban.
I agree with this award! As an Aucklander, I really enjoyed your talk Gordon and am a regular reader of this blog. I am keen advocate for sustainable and liveable cities and Auckland can learn a lot from Vancouver. I hope you’ll come back sometime for another talk.
Reblogged this on Louis' Outlook and commented:
Gordon Price’s talk has theMetro’s award for Best talk in Auckland. I definitely I agree, it was a very good and interesting talk.
Gordon, congradulations on the award. Maybe someday the people in the USA will finally understand the words.