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Newtown / December 2012

January 2013 | November 2012
    • The new Newtown Countdown
      • So the new Countdown opened today in Newtown. Have you been there yet? Looks pretty fancy. It’s the reason cycling through Newtown has been even more like a video game than usual. I thought I’d check it out on my way home, as I needed a loaf of bread anyway. Luckily, I was in my car today, as the new Countdown doesn’t seem to cater for cyclists. I know it’s been discussed amongst many in the neighbourhood and the cycling community, what a nuisance the roadworks have been, how they’ve endangered pedestrians and cyclists, how they don’t seem to have thought much about congestion, etc. etc. I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised once it opened. I was not.
      • Accepted from Cycling in Wellington posts
      • Tagged as:
      • newtown
      • retail
      • John Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand


    • Reactivating a bus stop
      • Bus stop 7918 was closed during the construction of the Countdown store in Newtown. I don’t remember how long it was down for, but it was a significant length of time. With the store opening today, I’d asked Metlink when the stop would be reopening. I think we were both surprised by the answer: Also today. Encouraged by this, I went down to the stop this morning and caught the next bus coming along. The driver insisted that the stop wasn’t open yet. The paint is down and the sign is up, but the bus stop isn’t really a bus stop. She let us on anyway.
      • Accepted from Sustainable Wellington Transport posts
      • Tagged as:
      • newtown
      • buses
      • John Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand


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