Transport / September 2010
October 2010 | August 2010-
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2 Wellington Trains Crash – Update
- Auckland Trains
- Fortunately there have been no fatalities after two Tranz Metro Wellington passenger trains collided near Plimmerton just north of Wellington just before rush hour.
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Bad Friday For Wellington Trains
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington rail commuters are in for a tough morning.
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‘Cautious” Approach To Wgtn Services
- Auckland Trains
- KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn says they are taking “an understandably cautious approach to running trains around Wellington,” following bad weather yesterday and overnight.
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Matangi Software Glitch
- Auckland Trains
- A software configuration issue has hit the first Matangi train during testing.
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Otaki To Levin Tenders Called
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s SH1 giant northern coastal expressway project took another big step today, while a vigorous debate about it continues on a local level during the local body elections.
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All Wired Up but Going Nowhere Fast
- Keith Johnson
- I have been wittering on the while about the constant de-wiring of trolley buses just down from our house at the Reef Street turning circle on the No 1 Route from the Railway Station to Island Bay.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Jenny Brash – after 12 years, where next?
- Wellington Scoop
- She has also been an active (and vocal) supporter of the demolition of loan sharks in Porirua, telling a local newspaper “I hate them” and they are “an absolute exploitation”. Also during her time, she has helped start the clean-up the harbour, campaigned for Transmission Gully, and supported and initiated the harbour strategy. So where to from here?
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Snapper Added To Taxis
- Auckland Trains
- The Snapper card can now be used in Wellington taxis as well as buses.
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Crucial Transmission Gully Step
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s contentious Transmission Gully has moved a step closer today with Environment Minister Nick Smith referring a vital plan change to an independent Board of Inquiry.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wgtn Traffic Bigger Issue Than Auck?
- Auckland Trains
- One has to remain open-minded about surveys but if we believe this one, Wellingtonians are more worried about traffic congestion in their city than Auckland.
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Transport questions
- Mark Greening
- As I promised, I will be posting answers to questions that have been asked of me when they are published.
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How will the new train fares affect you?
- Tranz Metro
- Train fares are set to rise in October. Click on the link below to find out what you need to know before you buy your next ticket.
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How to Vote in Kapiti
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This is how to vote in the local elections if you happen to live in Kapiti.
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Wellington Resolves Parking Debate
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington council finally sorted out what to do about Sunday parking in the CBD.
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Electric Bikes are Gangsta
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The last few weeks I’ve been commuting by electric bike to a local school where I’ve been doing what’s known as a practicum (since I’m retraining as a science teacher – you know midlife crisis or something similar).
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New Train Great For Disabled
- Auckland Trains
- The acting Minister for Disability Issues Pansy Wong has praised Wellington’s new Matangi trains for being designed to be accessible to and make life easier for people with a disability.
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Pics: Crowds Welcome Matangi
- Auckland Trains
- Every person and their dog wants to look through them.
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Joyce: Matangi ‘No Silver Bullet”
- Auckland Trains
- Transport Minister Steven Joyce says Wellington’s new Matangi trains will help ease commuters’ frustrations but warned they’re no “silver bullet.
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Willis Street complete? Not, actually
- Wellington Scoop
- "Willis Street complete" is one of the headlines in the Wellington City Council’s effusive display advertisement in the DomPost today. But the headline isn’t accurate. Only part of the job has been completed. Though it’s true that “the paving is complete” on this part of the new bus route, the council doesn’t mention that another stage of the project is yet to begin – on Thursday, linesmen will start the complicated task of rearranging the network of overhead wires for trolley buses.
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- Architectural Centre Inc
- As the streets and traffic lanes are changed to make way for the new bus route along Manners Street, footpaths are blocked, familiar traffic islands have disappeared and pedestrians are forced to reconsider how they navigate the city.
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Go the train - to the Italian Festival
- Tranz Metro
- This year, for the first time, Wellington's Italian Festival is at Westpac Stadium. That makes the train the ideal way to get there and to get home afterwards.
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Bad news out of Palmie
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- It seems Palmylink is on the political backburner and may not be going ahead.
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Its about our buses
- Mark Greening
- Recently we have heard a lot about light rail, as part of a long term public transport vision.
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