Victoria University and Transport
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Metlink Still Doesn't Like Ōwhiro Bay (or te reo)
- Salient
- While Metlink reports an overall 79% satisfaction with its public transport service, public transport advocacy group Better Buses Ōwhiro Bay (BBŌW) argues their suburb is being left behind. Mimicking the questions Metlink uses during its satisfaction survey, BBŌW’s own survey found 84% of Ōwhiro Bay residents were dissatisfied with the coverage the suburb receives. Comparatively, only 10% of Metlink’s region-wide survey recipients expressed dissatisfaction.
- Accepted from Salient 2024 by tonytw1
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Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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City Bus Service Blindspots: Ōwhiro Bay Residents Develop Killer Calves
- Salient
- Ōwhiro Bay has been abandoned by the bus network, according to a new report. During off-peak times, it takes two buses and over 45 minutes to get from Ōwhiro Bay to the city centre. The suburb is disproportionately affected by bus cancellations. Its residents are fed up. Now, they’ve taken matters into their own hands, writing a twenty-thousand-word report to prove their own experience. Jack Graham and Arunan Noble are both Ōwhiro Bay residents and, in the spirit of full disclosure, friends of the author. They both live with their parents while studying at VUW. After many years of being disappointed by the bus system, hope was initially raised when Metlink announced incoming improvements at the start of 2024.
- Accepted from Salient 2024 by tonytw1
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Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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More Pedestrians on Cuba St Will Destroy Business, Say Campaigners
- Salient
- A coalition of business owners on Cuba St are petitioning the Council to reconsider its plan to remove 20 car parks along the stretch of road between Ghuznee and Vivian. Organised by (unsuccessful) Lambton Ward candidate and famed Kaffee Eis creamslinger, Karl Tiefenbacher, the “Park It” campaign hinges itself on business owners arguing that losing the 20 car parks will make a significant impact on their profit margins. “The thing to remember is that a lot of people walk here, obviously, and I get stupid statements like, ‘cars don’t spend money, people do’, but cars don’t drive themselves either, so every car brings an extra person to Cuba St,” he told Salient. “You know, we’re selling a low cost product, and we need a lot of turnover, so if we lose something like 10% of our business [by having no car parks], that’s enough to send us under.”
- Accepted from Salient 2024 by tonytw1
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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How your electric car could help power your neighbourhood
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Harnessing community energy resources can deliver both economic and environmental benefits, Professor Alan Brent explains.
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Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense—for people and the climate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- To cut transport emissions in our larger cities, we need to 're-imagine' car ownership as an option rather than a necessity, write Robert McLachlan and Paul Callister.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington backs public transport campaign
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has joined dozens of organisations, becoming the first university to join the Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity to support the Free Fares campaign.
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New Zealand’s slow-moving transport problem
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In the light of COP26 in Glasgow, what’s the story behind New Zealand’s faltering approach to emissions reductions? And what’s the link to the slow-moving transport debate in Wellington and suburban expansion in Auckland? Ralph Chapman explains.
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The environmental footprint of electric vs fossil cars
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington PhD candidate Md Arif Hasan and Associate Professor Ralph Chapman discuss the impact of electric vs. fossil-fuel powered vehicles on the environment.
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