Park(ing) Day 2015
It has been a busy morning across the city centre with the opening of the Beach Road cycle lane extension and the annual celebration of Park(ing) Day. This year most of the park(ing) day activity has been focused on High Street/Lorne Street.…
16 Comments Public transport and congestion in Wellington
Last week, I took a look at some new research from the Netherlands that estimated the benefits of public transport for car travel times based on data from 13 “natural experiments” – public transport strikes. The Dutch researchers found that PT provided significant congestion reduction benefits – around €95 million per annum, equal to 47% of PT fare subsidies.…
IPENZ Transportation Careers Evening
This is from our friends at IPENZ
Are you passionate about cities? Interested in transport? Want to find out about potential pathways to the transport industry?
Then come along to the IPENZ Transportation Careers evening. Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Lib109-B28, University of Auckland General Library (Alfred Street)
Come listen to speakers from a broad range of backgrounds talk about how they fell into a career in transport.…
Briefing Papers 5: “Rental standards”
AUT’s Briefing Papers initiative has kindly allowed us to syndicate their recent series on housing. The fifth paper is by Philippa Howden-Chapman, professor of public health at University of Otago: Every year people die prematurely in winter in New Zealand, a phenomenon unheard of in the coldest parts of Europe and North America, where houses are built and heated to protect people from winter cold.…
Measuring the state of cycling in Auckland
Auckland Transport sent me some interesting research that has been conducted for them recently looking into walking and cycling and what can be done to get more people using active modes. The research includes an online quantitative survey conducted by over 1,600 people said to be representative of the Auckland population as well as use of the census data – which as we know is limited to only those who are travelling to work.…
Notes from Sydney: The Centre City
The Sydney city centre is fantastic. It’s vibrant, varied, exciting: And, like all successful cities, full of people. So how do they all get there? Of course some are there already, the City of Sydney has some 200,00 residents, but many journey in each day from the suburbs.…
Movie Night: Wadjda
NOTE: post updated, the correct price is $25 or $15 for GA members.
We’re pleased to announce the third TransportBlog/ Greater Auckland movie night, on Thursday 1st October. The film is Wadjda. Once again, we’ll be enjoying the show from Capitol Cinema on Dominion Rd, with doors opening at 7:30 pm and the film starting at 8:30.…
Rail costs in Auckland and Wellington
Is Auckland getting ripped off when it comes to the cost of running rail services? Councillor Mike Lee has long thought so and has frequently raised the issue by way of comparing the costs of running the Auckland and Wellington rail networks – $125.6 million vs $85 million in the financial year to 30 June 2014.…
Briefing papers 4: “Where’s the plan?
AUT’s Briefing Papers initiative has kindly allowed us to syndicate their recent series on housing. The fourth paper is by Alison Cadmon, head of Dwell Housing Trust, a community housing provider in Wellington:
I remember the event but can’t quite remember where it took place.…
Congestion Charging in Wellington
Auckland may be the most prominent voice when it comes to discussing congestion charging in New Zealand but it appears other cities are keen to join in. Last week it emerged that Wellington are also wanting to look at congestion charging however unlike Auckland where it is being talked about primarily as another revenue source, Wellington say they need it to deal with the after effects of building new motorways.…
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