https://wellington.gen.nz/the-wellingtonista+transport Items tagged with The Wellingtonista and Transport. https://wellingtonista.com/2025/04/23/ten-years-in-poneke-part-four-throwing-down-the-escooter-gauntlet/ Or, how far can you travel on a Flamingo before it dies on you? A Pōneke Easter Experiment. Do not try this at home. It’s not wholly dangerous, but it is a little foolhardy. Mostly it’s just time consuming and will make your legs ache. I’ve been scooting ever since I was a kid. I […] escooters electric-vehicles transport blogs featured Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2025/04/23/ten-years-in-poneke-part-four-throwing-down-the-escooter-gauntlet/ The Wellingtonista 2025-04-22T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/whos-going-to-drive-you-home-tonight How about you try out a Green Cab? Their all-Prius fleet and commitment to planting trees to offset their carbon, along with their "'ethics first business second" mantra sits happily with the dirty lefty hippies of the Wellingtonista. conservation taxi transport blogs featured Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/whos-going-to-drive-you-home-tonight The Wellingtonista 2007-12-03T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/to-stand-or-not-to-stand-that-is-the-question t's not easy to keep your balance on a trolley bus if you are wearing vertiginous high heels or are weighed down with shopping. It can feel like surfing rather than just riding the bus. But spare a thought for those whose seatlessness is more than just an inconvenience. In recent months, this Wellingtonista has noticed her protruding baby bump doesn't get her a coveted seat on a packed peak hour bus. transport blogs featured Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/to-stand-or-not-to-stand-that-is-the-question The Wellingtonista 2007-11-05T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/trolley-buses-how-do-they-do-it How do trolley buses get their poles to go right or left when they come to a junction? Leave a comment to tell me how ... trolleybus transport blogs featured Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/trolley-buses-how-do-they-do-it The Wellingtonista 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/carnage-on-the-corner Fancy a little accident spotting while you enjoy a nice pizza? Word on the street is that the best seat in town is at Scopa. bypass cubastreet restaurantsbars transport places blogs featured Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/carnage-on-the-corner The Wellingtonista 2007-04-18T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellingtonista.com/bypass-surgery-complete-has-the-patient-survived At last, the final stage of the bypass has been opened, and the decades-long drama is drawing to an end. The DomPost reports... bypass transport blogs featured Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/bypass-surgery-complete-has-the-patient-survived The Wellingtonista 2007-03-25T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/bus-angst-32 Two words: bloody buses. Actually, here's a few more. This particular Wellingtonista had to wait forty minutes last evening for even one bus to turn up on his route. Of course, when one did, it was packed to the gunnels, so it sailed by the stop, as did the next, and the next. transport fares blogs featured Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/bus-angst-32 The Wellingtonista 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/the-cook-strait-rollercoaster-ride Shot by an ex-workmate of Wellingtonistas Tom and Noizy, presumably spread by the magic of email, and now shared to the world thanks to someone in the UK, here's some footage to rival that of our previous YouTube hit 'Classic Landings at Wellington Airport'. This time it's some serious weather doing its thing in Cook Strait, with the captain of the ferry Suilven deciding no gigantic swells were going to stop him from getting his freight and passengers to the South Island. ferry transport blogs featured Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/the-cook-strait-rollercoaster-ride The Wellingtonista 2007-01-16T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel Although we would hate you to think that we had an unnatural love for tunnels, we think it's only fair to warn you that new lights have been installed at either end of the Hataitai/Mt Vic tunnel that are so bright that you'll think you are outside in the sunshine already, even at night. It doesn't make people honk any less though. hataitai transport places blogs featured Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel The Wellingtonista 2006-12-17T00:00:00Z -41.304278 174.7967804 Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellingtonista.com/?q=more-reasons-to-moan-about-the-buses The fares have gone up! Well, for some of us they have. The new zones do make things a little simpler, but one gets the feeling the 2 and 3 stage price hikes will generally outweigh the discounts the more rare 4 stage traveller will be making. transport fares blogs featured Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/?q=more-reasons-to-moan-about-the-buses The Wellingtonista 2006-09-06T00:00:00Z