A pedestrian unfriendly intersection
Our Waterfront has started to dramatically improve in recent years with the likes of the development at Wynyard and the area has become an attraction in its own right. Like many people I generally access the Wynyard by walking there from the CBD however every time I do I’m struck by how amazingly pedestrian unfriendly this intersection is.…
56 Comments More migrants! Sweet.
Several recent reports and articles have discussed trends in migration and its impacts on New Zealand.
In terms of trends, net migration is at a 10-year high. The recent surge in net migration trends is shown below. The simple reason advanced for the positive net migration trend is that our economy is doing relatively well compared to most of the countries with whom we compete for skilled labour.…
West Harbour ferry gets bigger
Some good news from Auckland Transport that ferry patronage out of West Harbour has increased to the point of needing a larger ferry.
A jump in passenger numbers means a bigger ferry has joined the run to West Harbour operated by Belaire Ferries for Auckland Transport.…
How census mode share has changed over time
On Saturday we finally saw the first glimpses of information on the Journey to Work (JTW) data from the 2013 Census for Auckland (we received the national figures a few months ago). This morning Stu looked at how effective investment in each mode has been since 2006. …
Returns on Government transport investment – A “BOE” calculation
In this recent post Matt mapped census journey to work data across Auckland.
I will now use this data to draw some high-level inferences about returns on Goverment investment in transport infrastructure in Auckland in the period from 2007-13, i.e. between the last two census.…
Teens increasingly choosing not to drive
Young people are still increasingly continuing not to get drivers licences, let alone drive. Growing numbers of teens are refusing to get behind the wheel, because they think cars cost too much, they’re worried they might drive into someone, or they just can’t be bothered sitting their licence.…
Neat advertising using PT
I quite like it when smart advertising is combined with Public Transport. This one is from Stockholm and is to promote hair products and is done by using ultrasonic sensors to detect the arrival of trains. h/t: The Atlantic Cities…
Census Travel to work results
Auckland’s journey to work data from the census was released yesterday by the council on their site www.censusauckland.co.nz. Journey to work is a useful metric but it does have some serious flaws in that as the name implies it’s only recording how people got to work whereas there are generally a lot of other trips at peak times, like to school.…
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