WiFi coming to train stations
Waiting at a train station is about to get less boring with Auckland Transport launching WiFi at them next week.
AT HOP WiFi launches at train stations 26 May
Following the introduction of Auckland’s new electric trains, free WiFi internet access will be launched at train stations on 26 May.…
31 Comments US Travel Diary – New Orleans
This is the fifth of a series of posts by economist Peter Nunns from his travels earlier this year in the US
I often argue that Auckland can learn the most not from long-established, highly livable European cities but from North American cities.…
Proximity and Integration (The Metropolitan Revolution)
Our open, innovative economy increasingly craves proximity and extols integration, which allows knowledge to be transferred easily between, within, and across clusters, firms, workers and supporting institutions, thereby enabling the creation of new ideas that fuel even greater economic activity and growth.…
Teenagers not active enough
In yesterday’s Herald there was an article about kids not being as active as they should be as they get older.
New Zealand youngsters struggle to stay active in their teen years despite being more sporty than children in many other parts of the world, new research shows.…
US Travel Diary – Houston
This is the fourth of a series of posts by economist Peter Nunns from his travels earlier this year in the US
I often argue that Auckland can learn the most not from long-established, highly livable European cities but from North American cities.…
Throwing Down A Half-Nelson
This is a guest post [as promised!] by CAA‘s Max Robitzsch As shown in the previous photo blog, NZTA and the Auckland Motorways Alliance (thanks!) recently allowed Cycle Action and Transport Blog the chance to walk over a surplus part of our motorway building boom.…
New York’s transformative transport commissioner comes to town
This is a guest post Christina Bellis from Frocks on Bikes
It’s not often you hear “transportation bureaucrat” and “celebrity” in one phrase, but Janette Sadik-Khan has shaken up one of the world’s most famous cities – and most famously dense – and started it flowing again.…
US Travel Diary – Amtrak
This is the third of a series of posts by economist Peter Nunns from his travels earlier this year in the US
I often argue that Auckland can learn the most not from long-established, highly livable European cities but from North American cities.…
Parcel Pod
If you’ve caught a train recently you might have seen this advertising on the windows for NZ Posts Parcel Pod service. My reaction when I first saw it was to be surprised that wasn’t a a full carriage wrap like Auckland Transport have bizarrely allowed to happen some times.…
Photo of the day: Fuel Subsidies
Spotted at my local Pak’n Save. I wonder what food prices would be if they weren’t being used to subsidise petrol.…
Processing...