Freeze the fares
This is a guest post from Leroy Beckett, Auckland Director for Generation Zero
Earlier this year, Auckland Transport announced that they would increase public transport fares to comply with NZTA’s farebox recovery policy, which requires 50% of operational costs to be covered by fares.…
64 Comments Reducing Road Fatalities Is Not the Same as Reducing Road Crashes
This is a guest post by Glen Koorey from ViaStrada.
Do you know how many fatal or injury road crashes there were in 2018? No, neither did I, until I looked it up. Turns out there were 11,433 injury crashes, of which 2085 had serious (hospitalising) injuries and 332 had fatalities.…
Scoot, Scoot Me
This is a guest post from Steph Robinson a full time mum, part time worker in Auckland City Centre fringe.
I love my car but there must be a better way…
Goodbye long, long, long school holidays. I’m not bitter about our school having what seems to be an extra week off over other schools.…
Trolls under the bridge
This is a guest post from Nicholas Lee
In October 2018, NZTA closed the pedestrian bridge connecting the shore of Onehunga with the Mangere Bridge. At nearly hundred years old the bridge has deteriorated to the point of being unsafe and has been due for rebuilding or repair since its closure for motor traffic when the first SH20 bridge over it was opened in the 1980s.…
Growing a cycling city from our neighbourhoods
This is a guest post from Nicholas Lee
I began commuting by e-bike, from Onehunga to Wiri, last year, around the time my 8 year daughter started cycling or scooting, to school with a group of neighbourhood friends, children aged 8 to 10, without adult supervision.…
Complaint causes discomfort for engineers
This is a guest post from Bevan Woodward
Recently I lodged a complaint with Engineering NZ relating to the common practice of road engineers who trade-off the safety of pedestrians to avoid minor inconvenience for motorists. I believe that such practice contravenes the Engineering NZ’s Code of Ethical Conduct which requires all members to “take reasonable steps to safeguard the health and safety of people.”
The details of my complaint are here.…
Malaysian Regional Rapid Rail
This is a Guest Post by Nick R.
The Malaysian rail network is remarkably similar to New Zealand’s. So similar in fact they actually run some old New Zealand Rail carriages on a tourist train the length of the country. Much like New Zealand, Malaysian rail was developed by the British in the colonial era using the cheap and cheerful approach to linking the main population, industrial centres and ports together.…
The Economics of Urbanisation – Summer School course in Amsterdam
Introduction: This is a guest post from former blogger, Stuart Donovan, who now spends much of his time caring for his warrior princess, Alexandra, and tending to his voracious worm farm. And doing his PhD. In this post, Stuart summarises a course in urban economics he is giving in Amsterdam later this year.…
Women in Urbanism Survey on Reducing Speed Limits
This is a guest post from Miriam Moore at Women In Urbanism
Road and street networks are so often analysed and assessed regarding their automobile connectivity, that we forget about their function in supporting the street life that surrounds them. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is intensifying.…
Right to the City – Who benefits from the CRL?
This is a Guest Post by Stu Donovan
Imagine you are a policy-maker in a city, such as Auckland, which faces growing travel demands and persistent socioeconomic inequality: How might you apply your transport budget to tackle both problems at once?…
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