Yay, the submission period for the Unitary plan is now over and we now have a long weekend so it’s time to relax. With over 14,000 submissions, I’m guessing that the council staff who have to read through them all be needing to relax as much as possible right now. So it is time for something a bit lighter.
One thing that is interesting about public transport is that it can concentrate a lot of people in an area, especially around train or busway stations. A lot of people in an area can present interesting opportunities. In Auckland we have already started to see one of the side effects of this with Britomart frequently being used by companies promoting products or charities looking for donations. PT can also provide a stage which individuals or groups can use to entertain passengers or passers-by. With that in mind, here are some great videos of flash mobs or performances involving PT.
A nice soothing way to start the day?
I wonder what the staff at Britomart would do about this?
Do we need to start doing this here? would you join in?
There can even be a bit of love involved
And lastly a bit of sound of music
Have a good weekend and if your travelling out of the city then please be safe.
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No one north of Mt Wellington is leaving the city with that prang on the Southern Motorway 😛
But yes I shall relax now too – good work to ATB and Gen-0 for keeping a level head and bringing balance back into the UP debate. Also shout out to Russell Brown at Public Address for exposing 2040 for what they were…
Don’t you mean ‘No one north of Mt Wellington IN A CAR is leaving the city….’
Well there are no trains that are going out of the city carrying passengers and unless you plan to fly or use State Highway 20 – NO one is leaving the city fast 😛 even in an Intercity Bus
What do you mean no trains? Weekend closure started already?
City – being Auckland Patrick – not the just the CBD 😛
don’t underestimate the speed of a ninja commuter cyclist! fastest thing under these conditions
On long weekends “No one north of Mt Wellington is leaving the city ” and “No one north of Mt Wellington IN A CAR is leaving the city….” are effectively the same thing.Three days is too short to comfortably cycle to Ruapehu or Whitianga, tourist trains haven’t really existed since the Edwardian era, and a three day shopping holiday in Melbourne is possibly more environmentally damaging than driving to Taupo towing a jetski.
Having experienced these holiday weekend traffic jams over the Bombays in the early 1980s the question I have is whether the holiday weekend traffic counts have increased in line with general traffic growth or whether the growth has only been proportional to growth in the number of families, since schools are really the only activity where long weekends are restricted to statutory holidays.
yup, got mine in, now relaxing with a beer and the early evening Seek trolling for work!
What I’d like to know is how on earth do you hide a bassoon or ‘cello before you flashmob on a commuter train? Maybe the NZSO should do something similar to promote their next concert series? Ride of the Valkyries across Orakei Basin anyone?
And of course you can’t bet my favorite:
Another one I forgot to add
http://youtu.be/2BDZFPpLMRU
Underwear on trains? It’s been done, here – by none other than Generation Zero!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7006213/Underwear-protest-on-Wellington-trains
Yes I know, I included the NY one because it is an annual event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NcGISguFB8 <- Video from the Gen Zero Wellington underwear flashmob. Would love to See Auckland do one!