Dwelling on dwell-times — Estimating the economic benefits of speeding up Auckland’s trains
Introduction
If you’ve been reading TransportBlog for a while, then you may have noticed that the term “dwell-times” crops up relatively frequently. The term describes the average time that trains are stopped at stations. In several previous posts, we’ve discussed how average dwell-times on Auckland’s new electric trains are approximately 50-60 seconds per stop.…
49 Comments Auckland’s New Network — What comes next?
Right now Auckland Transport is in the process of implementing the New Network (NN). The NN is already operational in the south, and is being readied for implementation in other sub-regions as per the following timetable: West Auckland: mid 2017
Isthmus: mid-late 2017
East Auckland: late 2017
North Shore: early 2018 You can view the latest networks for each sub-region by clicking on the links provided at the beginning of this post.…
Wanderlust: One week in Bordeaux makes a hard man crumble
Wanderlust: Strong longing for or impluse toward wandering (source)
Imagine you own a house in the French countryside, where you live with your dogs and horses. Now imagine that you want to spend Christmas with your family in the U.K.
Such situations are exactly what the website Trusted Housesitter sets out to resolve.…
Wheely suitcase in Europe #8: Santiago de Compostela to Lisbon — Where dwell-times are short
Earlier this year I undertook a rather long and splendid journey starting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and ending in Lisbon, Portugal. In seven previous posts I document our progress as follows: Amsterdam to Annecy
Annecy to Cassis
Cassis to Llanca
Llanca to Zaragoza
Zaragoza to San Sebastian
San Sebastian to Gijon
Gijon to Santiago de Compostela The routes we took are also illustrated in the map below.…
Geographic dimensions of Trumpism
Donald Trump’s unexpected presidential victory has already prompted a considerable body of political analysis, which will no doubt be extended and elaborated over the coming years as we all get to grips with the forces that propelled him to victory (or, conversely, which consigned Clinton to defeat).…
Do Government Powers of Compulsory Purchase Help or Hinder Urban Development?
Preface
How do legal institutions interact with economic outcomes? I think it’s fair to say that legal institutions often don’t register on economists’ radars, mainly because life is simpler when you assume the law is exogenously determined by factors beyond your control. …
Confessions of an Auckland voter: Why I voted for Chlöe
Introduction
Greetings from Amsterdam. A couple of issues relating to Auckland’s local government elections have exercised my mind of late, specifically: Candidates for councillor in the Waitemata ward; and
Why I voted Chlöe Swarbrick for Mayor of Auckland. Before I get started, I’d like to make a simple statement about democracy.…
A wheely suitcase in Europe #7: Gijon to Santiago de Compostela.
We left Gijon and drove our rental westward on the A8 highway. Our destination? Santiago de Compostela. Our route? Illustrated below (source). Asturias is a beautiful part of Spain that mixes coastline and mountains to create a potent visual cocktail. Numerous impressive viaducts on the A8 highway provides splendid views on all sides, while a couple of tunnels smooth out the topographical ebb and flow.…
A wheely suitcase in Europe #6: San Sebastian to Gijon
After four nights in San Sebastian, Basque we journeyed further west to Gijon, Asturias. Again we decided to use BlaBlaCar, mainly because the alternative rail and bus journeys were slower and more expensive respectively. The route we took is illustrated below, which as you can see we primarily hugged the coastline.…
A wheely suitcase in Europe #5: Zaragoza to San Sebastian (plus some musings on high speed rail and one-way streets)
On leg five of our journey we meandered from Zaragoza to San Sebastian (Donostia in the local lingo, which I respect even if I revert to San Sebastian for the remainder of this post). For this particular leg we took the bus (ww.alsa.es), mainly because it was about the same travel-time as the train (3.5 hours) and cost only half the price.…
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