Transport / January 2010
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Architecture Centre gets its thinking cap on
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Fresh from its consideration of the shape of the city in 2040, the Architecture Centre has taken a look at the Basin Reserve and come up with some innovative approaches.
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- basin-reserve-flyover
Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cup Day Track Conditions
- Tranz Metro
- If you’re planning to take the train on Wellington Cup Day, remember it’s going to be busy! The trains will be very popular, especially with the AC/DC concert in Wellington the same night, so make sure you plan ahead and allow extra time.
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WCC traffic resolutions – additional motorcycle parks
- Scoot NZ
- WCC have put forward a number of traffic resolutions, submissions close 5th Feb 2010. Several include additional motorcycle parking. Link here Posted in Legislation & Bylaws, Local Govt Tagged: parking, Wellington, Wellington City Council
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- motorcycling
- consultation
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Basins
- Eye of the Fish
- In other news, keep an eye out on this website from NZTA regarding the long-awaited ‘options’ for the flyover in the Basin Reserve.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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DomPost: Engineer shortage will hit infrastructure projects
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The DominionPost is reporting that shortages of engineers are likely to drive up the costs and delay the completion of infrastructure projects across the country: New Zealand will suffer a shortage of engineers and technical professionals as it embarks on multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects over the next decade, industry sources say.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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wellington.scoop asks: why is NZTA so unpopular?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Over on wellington.scoop Lindsay Shelton is asking how the NZ Transport Agency has become the object of so much contempt from local communities. He notes that even columnist Karl du Fresne at the Dominion Post is increasingly skeptical about the performance of this agency: read more
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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We respond to NZTA's disinformation
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The NZ Transport Agency has created a few web pages about the Basin Reserve flyover, and it's pretty apparent they are trying to hide their real intentions behind some slick PR spin. Having looked at their Frequently Asked Questions and Orwellian answers, we thought it might be useful to provide the real responses to the questions.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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FAQs: The Real Answers
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The NZ Transport Agency has provided some FAQs about the Basin Reserve flyover, which are an exceptional display of Orwellian double-speak - so we thought we'd boil off the weasel-words and provide the actual answers to the questions, as well as some questions (and answers) that NZTA would prefer weren't asked.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Taking the train to the AC/DC concert
- Tranz Metro
- Taking the train is the easy way to get to and from AC/DC. Whether you're going to the concert on 28 Jan or 30 Jan, Tranz Metro are beefing up their operation to cope.
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The NZTA consultation process
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Before Christmas the NZ Transport Agency began an "engagement process" with groups who are regarded as stakeholders in the Basin Reserve project. (This is euphemistically referred to as the "Basin Reserve Traffic Improvements", rather than being called a flyover. George Orwell would be proud.) In a series of meetings - which included the Save The Basin Reserve Campaign - NZTA outlined the next stages of the consultation process.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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You Win with Snapper!
- Snapper card
- We’ve had our first two winners in our Reading Cinemas Promotion. Both Grace Rogers and Yoomi Clarkson have won two tickets to the Gold Lounge at Courtenay Central over the holidays. How can you be a winner? Simply spend with your registered Snapper card at the candy bar at Reading and go in the [...]
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Capital Connection Under Threat?
- Auckland Trains
- The daily commuter service between Palmerston North and Wellington, TranzScenic’s Capital Connection is under threat.
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Wellington Rail Work Progresses Despite Bad Weather
- Good progress on Wellington’s rail upgrade was made, despite some dreadful weather, according to Wellington region’s rail programme director, David Gordon.
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