Postcard from Gothenburg, Hanover, and Hamburg
This is a Guest Post by regular reader Warren Sanderson
Gothenburg, Hanover, and Hamburg
What do these three cities have in common? In my view a real “sense of place”.
Very efficient public transport systems
They all had my wife and me as visitors in the month of July.…
22 Comments The impact of rail service-based inversion in Japan and what it can teach us ‘Downunder’
This is a guest Post by Rob Mayo
My background is in marketing, advertising and customer experience development. Since the 80s, with an MA in Japanese under my belt, I have lived and worked in the Tokyo/Yokohama area as well as in a number of cities in the Asia region.…
A look at the SMART Approach Trial
This is a guest post from Tony Cooper
There’s going to be a new jet thrill ride in Queenstown – flying through tight mountainous terrain at night to the airport. Using new award-winning technology introduced by Airways New Zealand pilots will be able to dodge and weave among the mountains in the dark and even in cloud.…
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.…
Read This: Transport for Suburbia – Beyond the Automobile Age
This is a guest post from reader Warren S
Back on 7 January Kent Lundberg posted a comprehensive review of Jeff Speck’s ‘Walkable City’ a most companionable book which manages to be highly informative and highly entertaining at the same time.…
Car Parks vs. Human Life: for AT it’s a no-brainer
This is a guest post from NCD
Cyclist safety is topical at the moment. That’s good. I like being alive.
In mid-April the Expert Panel charged with reviewing cycling safety was convened. We know they’re going to produce a report with a lot of useful, practical, life-saving recommendations.…
Guest Post: Petone to Grenada Link Road with 11th hour surprises
This is a guest post from Michael Dickens
The concept of Wellington’s Transmission Gully Road and a Petone to Grenada Link Road has been around for decades.
Suddenly though we’re blindsided by major new motorway options ‘tacked on’ with haste to the proposed Petone to Grenada Link Road (P2G) in February this year.…
Why we like heritage areas, and how this could help the rest of Auckland
This is a guest post from reader Liz
I have to start by saying that I grew up in Ponsonby/Grey Lynn, a ‘heritage’ area, and count myself as very lucky to have had this chance. I have stayed involved in the area even since moving to other, less expensive, parts of Auckland.…
The revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles – Part 2
This guest post is the second in a two part series from Darren Davis who is a Principal Transport Planner for Auckland Transport looking at the revival and future of rapid transit in Los Angeles. The first part which looks at the revival is here.…
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