Expect the roads to be busy
Ahh Boxing day, the day when two of the major NZ pilgrimages occur. Either to the shops or hitting the road to head to beach towns around the country in the lead up to the new year. If you are doing any of these activities then it pays to remember that you’re not the only one so drive safely out there and expect there to be traffic and delays.…
15 Comments Will we achieve the lowest road toll in 60 years?
At 4pm tomorrow afternoon the official Christmas Holiday period starts and if everyone can drive well then we will end up with the lowest annual road toll since 1950. As of this morning the toll was sitting at 247 however as a comparison, at the same time last year the toll was at 300. …
Trouble on the Southern line
Unfortunately rail commuters on the Southern Line in particular are in for a slow trip home tonight as a result of a women being fatally hit by a train in Takanini. Here are a couple of updates from Transdev.
Rail replacement buses have been arranged for Homai, Manurewa, Te Mahia, Takanini and Papakura Stations on Auckland’s Southern Line.…
Are the NZTA really helping us to “Drive Social”?
Earlier this year, the NZTA launched a new social media campaign, called Drive Social. There are some major issues with the campaign, which would have been oh-so-easy to solve.
The NZTA gets frustratingly close to talking about other road users besides car drivers – saying the campaign was centred around the question, “If we stopped thinking ‘cars’ and started thinking ‘people’, would it change the way we drive?”.…
The Politics of Our Incomplete Streets
Here are some shots I took while walking along one side of the River Nervión in Bilbao, Spain, on an autumnal Monday afternoon last month. The banks of the Nervión are Bilbao’s waterfront, but until recently this river had the unenviable reputation of being the most polluted in Europe.…
Using carrots to improve safety
The use of red light cameras are very much a case of using a stick to try and get the right behaviour out of motorists. I think it is generally accepted that more of them are needed, however they only have a limited application as they are restricted to light controlled intersections.…
Red light running campaign starts
Auckland Transport is starting a new campaign against red light running and have the backing of the police. Here is the press release:
Auckland Transport and Police are combining their efforts to make motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians safer at traffic light controlled intersections.…
Stay Safe
In the last few weeks, there have been several tragic transport accidents overseas – including train accidents in Spain, Switzerland and Canada. These serve as a reminder that there is always a risk with heavy objects travelling at high speeds. There’s risk whether you’re talking about trains, or cars, or skateboarding rhinoceri. …
Dealing with cheating drivers
A few months ago, Campbell Live ran a story about drivers that use dodgy and illegal tactics to jump traffic queues. They looked at drivers using Tristram Ave to access the Northern Motorway. The response from that piece has obviously been fairly strong as yesterday they ran another story looking at a few other locations.…
Where are the Red Light Cameras?
Drivers running red lights at intersections seems to be a big problem in Auckland and as a pedestrian in the CBD especially, it doesn’t take long to see it happening. A few years ago a trial of red light cameras was initiated between the former Auckland City Council and the Police was met with stunning success in reducing this from occurring.…
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