Transport / May 2007
June 2007 | April 2007-
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Westenra, Cross Regain Rogaine
- Wellington Orienteering Association
- Jill Westenra and Al Cross won back the 6hr City Safari urban rogaine title today, ahead of Bill Edwards and Tim Wilson. Amazingly John Robertson and 12-year-old Tim beat 90 other teams in the 3hr category. 370 participants enjoyed winds up to 100kph which prevented the ferry from putting in at Seatoun.
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- transport
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Taxing times
- WellUrban
- I'm not entirely convinced that a regional petrol tax is the way to go: I think a targeted congestion charge for the CBD and major arterials might be a better way of fighting congestion while funding public transport.
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- congestion-charge
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Back on track: catching up
- WellUrban
- It's been a while since I've had the occasion to write a "back on track" post, but there's been a recent spate of good news for public transport users. Most of it has been signalled for a long time, and it's generally just catching up with maintenance that's been deferred for decades, but it's worth celebrating nonetheless.
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Cyclists upset at poor facilities on new Wairarapa trains
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- Regional cycling group Cycle Aware Wellington is unhappy that new rolling stock for the Wairarapa service stock unveiled yesterday does not provide proper facilities for carrying bicycles, despite earlier representations to Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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- cycling
- trains
- wairarapa
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Record Safari Entry
- City Safari
- As of yesterday entries had reached 110 teams totalling 285 people - surpassing last year's figure already! Heaps of families, and at the top, orienteer Bill Edwards who regularly wins 3hr afterwork rogaines which he does for training could challenge last year's winners Andy Foster and Greg Thurlow, and Crazyman top team Al Cross and Jill Westenra.
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- events
- athletics
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Distant hills
- WellUrban
- Some ambiguity and a touch of hyperbole in my post about targeted infill led some commenters to think that I was suggesting all of Karori and Churton Park were "distant hills" with "two buses a day if you're lucky". That's not quite what I meant to say, but I stand by my assertion that the outskirts of these suburbs (and many others) have poor public transport service, and thus poor public transport use, meaning that infill in those places would just result in more people driving to work.
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- transport
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