Sustainable Wellington Transport and Places
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Painting for pedestrians
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Lower Cuba Street is a pet peeve of mine.
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- architecture
- transport
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Cycling Framework and Priorities
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Since my post yesterday regarding the cycling framework, there has been a fair bit of discussion around project priorities and, specifically, what this means for the Island Bay Cycleway.
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- island-bay-cycle-way
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Traveller impressions of Porirua
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- My French is incredibly rusty, but I did manage to get a strong sense out of this French travellers’ blog post before looking up a translation.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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When Road Cycling is Illegal
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Following my recent post on fixing cyclist infrastructure, I received a reply that questioned the rationale of pushing cyclists into pedestrian space: @sustwelltrans Lets make roads that work for all vehicles - Arras underpass should have bikes ok - leave #footpaths for #pedetrians — Ellen Blake (@Windynell) April 05, 2015 Since I didn’t know how or why cyclist restrictions happen, I emailed WCC to ask. Cyclists can use all roads except for motorways, lanes reserved for Buses Only, pedestrian malls, and some tunnels. Cyclists are banned from these places due to safety concerns which derive from conflicts very high volumes of other users who have been formally given exclusive priority. Cyclists may use all normal Bus Lanes, but not Bus Only lanes. Motorways in Wellington City area are: State Highway 1 from the Karo/Willis intersection to Ngauranga State Highway 1 from Johnsonville to Porirua Bus Only lanes are: Throndon Quay southbound centre lane into Lambton Interchange Lambton Quay from Bunny St to Whitmore St (Lambton Interchange site) Lambton Quay southbound from Brandon St to Featherston St Hunter St-Customhouse Quay-Willis St southbound from Featherston St to Manners St Manners St from Willis St to Cuba St both directions Pedestrian Malls are: Cuba St from Ghuznee St to Manners St Tunnels where cyclists are banned are: Arras Tunnel (State Highway 1) Mt Victoria Tunnel road lanes (State Highway 1) Hataitai Bus Tunnel. I’m sure that there are plenty of points that could be contested within that list, but I’ll only touch on a couple. For the road tunnels, the conditions of the road are identical to normal urban roads, with the exception of ventilation and lighting. It’s not clear how or why the Arras and Mt Victoria tunnels would create an actual safety risk beyond that of normal urban cycling. If there is some exceptional risk, wouldn’t it be better to educate the motorists that cause the risk? The decisions are the responsibility of the appropriate Road Controlling Authority. For all urban roads Wellington City Council is the RCA, for the entire state highway network it is the New Zealand Transport Agency. The timing of decisions result from safety and management reviews on an as required basis. Both tunnels are part of SH1 and fall under NZTA’s authority. I’ve just sent an OIA request for justification of the exclusion. They have until May 15 to respond.
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- hataitai
- porirua
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mana/Newlands Smartcard Expiry
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- This service note from Metlink caught my eye today: If you have a Mana/Newlands smartcard that was purchased in 2006 it will expire this year and will no longer be able to be used.
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Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Easy Bits: Unique Eastbourne Destination Names
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- If you scan through the list of routes around the region, you’ll find a few names pop up over and over again.
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Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Reactivating a bus stop
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- 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.
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John Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand
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Transmission Gully – knight in shining armour or Trojan horse?
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- I have a friend who lives at Paekakariki. When he bought his house it was a small, quiet seaside town. Now it is a small seaside town, but not quiet. The main road traffic roars past day and night, ruining his peace. And there are many people in Pukerua Bay, Plimmerton, Mana, and Paremata telling the same story. It is these people who have been pushing for the Transmission Gully Motorway (TGM) – the knight in shining armour that will rescue them from the traffic baddie.
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- kapiti
- transmission-gully
- paremata
Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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March on Parliament 6 July: Rail Against The Expressway
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- This is our chance to tell John Key, Steven Joyce and their mates what we think of the planned Kapiti Expressway and the other “Roads of National Significance” aka massive and horribly expensive white elephants. For more information, contact Bianca Begovich, ph: 021 641 123, or visit the Save Kapiti website.
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Last Day to Submit: Government Policy Statement On Land Transport Funding 2012/13 – 2021/22
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- From our friends at Save Kapiti: Submissions are due in by 5pm tomorrow the 27th of May 2011 on the.
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Electrification to Waikanae – the importance of trains
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Note: The opening of the Waikanae Railway Station was the scene for a major protest about the proposed Kapiti Expressway – those involved say that the Dominion Post has underestimated the number of protesters.
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