2013: A year in review – Part 4
In the final part of my year in review – and which counts as the last post of the year I’m going to look back on the blog.
I think it’s fair to say that this has been a massive year for the blog from pretty much any measure you look at (and plenty of things that can’t be measured).…
15 Comments 2013: A year in review – Part 3
For part 3 of my 2013 year in review I’m going to look at some of the non-transport issues that we’ve covered.
Unitary Plan
By far the biggest non-transport issue this year has been the Unitary Plan – in fact we ended up writing more posts about the Unitary Plan than any other individual topic in 2013.…
2013: A year in review – Part 2
In Part 2 of my 2013 year in review I’m going to look at transport other than PT so that includes walking/cycling and roads.
Walking/Cycling
2013 has been a bit of a mix when it comes to active modes. There have been some good things happen however in my opinion simply not enough has been done and from what I’ve heard (but haven’t confirmed) Auckland Transport spent well less than they had in the budget for cycling which is extremely disappointing.…
2013: A year in review – Part 1
Over the next few days I’ll be doing a series of posts recapping the year before beginning the new year by looking at what we can expect in the year ahead. For me when it comes to transport, 2013 was always going to be a bit of an “in progress” year.…
Wellington property prices, and suburban vs CBD lifestyles
The Dominion Post had some great coverage on Wellington’s growth patterns in June this year. They put together an interactive site, which seems to be having some clunkiness issues (as most of them do) but has some really interesting information.
Firstly, property price trends in Wellington since the 2007 peak.…
Right on Queue
Right on queue we get a full page spread from the Herald about traffic queues. Wet weather, a serious crash and the post-Christmas rush combined to bring bumper-to-bumper congestion on long sections of highways and travel misery to holidaymakers.
Police described some traffic as a “rolling carpark” and urged calm as queues of up to 20km yesterday greeted motorists escaping Auckland, in the holiday hot-spot of the Coromandel Peninsula and north of Wellington.…
Big solutions are not always best
This great video from Santiago shows that when dealing with issues the best solution doesn’t always have to be something massive and expensive but that sometimes quick, cheap and often counter-intuitive solutions can solve the problem. It’s pretty impressive that blocking people a single gate on one platform (along with a person to operate it) can improve the passenger capacity of a station by 15% and enable increased train frequencies.…
Economic benefits of sustainable streets
Courtesy of Atlantic Cities, it’s explained how New York City’s Department of Transportation has done some pretty detailed analysis of the economic impacts of many of the changes they’ve been making to the layout of streets over the past few years.…
The Waterfront in 1982
The other day TV1 played a fascinating video from 1982 – 31 years ago – looking at what the potential future of the Auckland Waterfront was. What surprised me was just how similar it was to either what has happened or is in current plans.…
Expect the roads to be busy
Ahh Boxing day, the day when two of the major NZ pilgrimages occur. Either to the shops or hitting the road to head to beach towns around the country in the lead up to the new year. If you are doing any of these activities then it pays to remember that you’re not the only one so drive safely out there and expect there to be traffic and delays.…
Processing...