Applying the ‘network effect’ on the North Shore
Like Jeremy and the Admin I am a big fan of Paul Mees’s writings on the network effect, particularly his latest book ‘Transport for Suburbia’. I recently studied a transport planning paper with him which basically followed the same flavour of the book: through the use of a network and transfers you can gain the go-anywhere convenience of the car while keeping the move-lots-of-people-in-the-same vehicle efficiency of public transport.…
7 Comments The “Network Effect” comes to NZ
Both Jeremy and myself have written quite a few posts on Paul Mees and his book Transport for Suburbia. In particular, we have focused a lot on the huge benefits of creating a transport system that is a true “network”, rather than a number of independent lines between suburbs and the CBD – which is what we most commonly find in current public transport systems – particularly in Auckland.…
The Network Effect: An Auckland Example
I’m reading Admin’s copy of Transport For Suburbia by Paul Mees and it is a cracking read full of information and examples about Auckland and the rest of the world. The book makes a few points that it goes into in detail: While density can help make the provision of public transport easier, it is by no means the most important factor.…
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