Transport / April 2011
May 2011 | March 2011-
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New Electric Bike Magazine
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Visit http://www.electricbikemag.co.uk/ for free pdf downloads of their first 3 issues starting from Issue 0 They review ebikes and ebike kits. I don’t think the magazine will be free forever, but these first issues are. Worth a bit of a read if you are interested in electric bikes.
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Musical Fences and Xylophone Bridges
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- In the centre of Queensland is the somewhat unique town of Winton.
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We'll be clipping tickets at Woburn and Ava station before you board
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- From Tuesday 3 May and for the next few weeks between 6am and 9am weekdays, if you're boarding the train at Woburn or Ava station, you’ll see extra staff at your platform.
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Why are Labour's councillors doing Steven Joyce's dirty work?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The two Labour councillors on the Wellington City Council, Paul Eagle (Southern Ward) and Leonie Gill (Eastern Ward) enthusiastically got in behind to kowtow to the NZ Transport Agency's demands, and were firm backers of last week's extraordinary Council meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to do one thing, and one thing only - to make sure the Wellington City Council was lined up solidly behind Joyce's roading vision, whilst embarrassing a Mayor who had campaigned on better public transport. Joyce must have had a huge laugh watching these Labour patsies doing his dirty work.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The letter we actually needed
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Now that the NZ Transport Agency has got the letter it wanted from the Wellington City Council supporting the Ngauranga to Airport Corridor Plan, how about they reciprocate and provide the plans they've denying Wellingtonians for the last two years? In fact, if he really wanted to be a champion for the Basin Reserve, pro-roading WCC councillor John Morrison could get nine of his peers to support an extraordinary meeting, where the Council could decide to send a letter to the NZ Transport Agency demanding they release the designs for the Basin Reserve flyover immediately. Now that really would be putting your money where your mouth is! Or is John Morrison only ever a lion when it comes to building roads? read more
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$1m Wellington Light Rail Study Approved
- Auckland Trains
- On the eve of a showdown Wellington council meeting over the capital motorway plans, government finance has been approved for a $1m study on the long term options for a high quality public transport corridor running from Wellington Station to Wellington Regional hospital in Newtown.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wgtn Council Supports NZTA Motorways
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington City Council tonight gave its support for the Ngauranga to Airport Corridor Plan -with the Mayor’s backing.
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Wgtn Mayor Explains Motorway Support
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s Mayor today defended her support for the NZTA motorway proposals – the Ngauranga to Wellington Airport Corridor Plan – and says she remains committed to advancing a light-rail route between the Wellington Railway Station and the Airport.
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How we could actually improve our roads
- The Wellingtonista
- If you’ve ever driven from Newtown to Kilbirnie, you’ll know how godawful the intersection with State Highway One is.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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NZTA vs Wellington Council
- Auckland Trains
- Wednesday sees a fascinating showdown between the NZTA and a more pro-PT Wellington Mayor over the Ngauranga to Wellington Airport Corridor Plan and the city’s proposed State Highway Projects tomorrow night.
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Wednesday’s council meeting
- WCC Watch
- As most of Wellington knows, the majority of the council have forced it to sit for an “extraordinary” meeting, at 5:31pm Wednesday, to deal with the situation of the council’s position to the NZTA proposals, despite Celia’s best efforts to delay the situation.
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Wellington Extend Train Moves
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s measures to try to curb train overcrowding and subsequent loss of fare collections are not just continuing but being extended.
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Nine WCC councillors: lap-dogs of the NZ Transport Agency?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The Dominion Post is reporting that nine self-styled "rebel" Councillors have forced an extraordinary meeting of the Council, in order to drive through acquiescence to the NZ Transport Agency's demands for unqualified Council support for their roading projects - before any designs have been tabled.
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Wellington Motorway Decision Uproar
- Auckland Trains
- The issue of Wellington’s future motorway development is getting hotter. The new Mayor is not a big fan of a flyover near the Basin reserve but a group of her councillors are. Following reports some in the NZTA were getting unsettled about the Mayor’s failure to commit to their plans, the councillors have forced through a special meeting on Wednesday for the council to make a call.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Muri station to close from the 30th April.
- Tranz Metro
- For safety reasons, trains will no longer stop at Muri. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. The nearest station is the Pukerua Bay Station
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Muri Station, Wellington
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Melling Line Bus Replacement Replacement News
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Since the cluster-fluff of extending rail service to Waikanae, retimetabling for overcrowding and not introducing the Matangi trains on time, you all probably know by now that the Melling Line trains have been replaced by rail replacement buses, and are leaving from the dreaded platform 9 at Wellington Station.
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We'll be clipping tickets at Petone station before you board
- Tranz Metro
- From Tuesday 19 April and for the next few weeks between 6am and 9am weekdays, if you're boarding the train at Petone station, you’ll see extra staff at your platform.
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Tranz Metro Feedback
- Tranz Metro
- We are currently experiencing a few technical difficulties with our feedback portal.
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We can’t build our way out of congestion
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- On a day when the NZTA has been accused of bullying it is perhaps time to comment on the NZTA’s call for public comments on the section of State Highway 1 between Aotea Quay and Ngauranga.
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“Bullying” Claims Over Motorway Plans
- Auckland Trains
- A Wellington newspaper report today suggesting a row between NZTA and the new Wellington council over the region’s motorway plans has led to suggestions of NZTA bullying.
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Residents Angry About Motorway Plan
- Auckland Trains
- An interesting community concern among residents in Wellington’s Hataitai that’s worth keeping an eye on as NZTA forces through a plan to spend $45m changing Ruahine Street and Wellington Road into a four-lane highway.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Crazy unicyclists crossing Australia
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Here at the Wellington Region Cycleway blog I can say I am pretty fond of the nutters nice people who decide to cross a continent on a bike, or on foot, or on a pogo stick or whatever.
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A Better Wellington
- Auckland Trains
- In a week in which one MP calls Wellington’s service a shambles and even buses have to replace some peak-time trains because of overcrowding, it’s exciting to peek into the future.
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Standing room only
- Wellington Scoop
- After spending $500m on rail upgrades, they’re now short of trains. Sunday’s extraordinary announcement from the Regional Council makes the admission that there aren’t enough trains to carry peak-hour Wellington commuters on the upgraded lines.
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Missing the bus
- Wellington Scoop
- Fran Wilde said on Friday that real-time information for Go Wellington buses will be “a great milestone” for public transport because it will tell us when our bus is arriving “as opposed to when it’s scheduled to arrive.” I can’t help thinking that a more worthy milestone would be: just make the buses run on time. The region’s real time information system is costing $9.7million, according to Mayor Celia Wade-Brown quoted in the DomPost. It’s going to provide electronic displays on 190 of the region’s 3000 bus stops.
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Snapper for trains?
- WCC Watch
- Very interesting revelation in today’s Dom Post that the GWRC is missing out on about $9,000 in train fares every weekday because the trains are too crowded for ticket collectors to get to the patrons… It was revealed today that Greater Wellington regional council has lost about $260,000 as overcrowding on trains prevents staff from collecting fares.
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Micro-ferries for Porirua Harbour
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- It seems Wellington Region’s public transport system is falling apart, with the GWRC busily working out how to shed hard-earned ridership, when it should be doing the opposite.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Answers to questions about clipping tickets before you board
- Tranz Metro
- There are a number of questions that we have been asked about the checking of tickets before you board the train.
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MP: Wellington Trains “A Shambles”
- Auckland Trains
- A Wellington MP today labelled Wellington’s train services “a total shambles.
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Wellington’s best set of stairs
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- So where provision has actually been made and there is some quality pedestrian infrastructure then it can be celebrated. For instance there is a great set of stairs to get up to Amritsar St in Khandallah.
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Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Overcrowding Brings Wgtn Train Changes
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington readers remarked on AKT recently that they were travelling on commuter trains without being asked to show tickets or pay – because of the overcrowding.
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For a short time you may notice your Melling trains looking suspiciously like buses
- Tranz Metro
- Recently there have been quite a few people riding the train, this means some lines are at their limit. To ensure there’s enough room for everybody, from Tuesday 5 April we’ll be temporarily using buses between 6am and 9am to free up carriages for other lines.
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We'll be clipping tickets at your station before you board
- Tranz Metro
- From Tuesday 5 April and for the next few weeks between 6am and 9am weekdays, if you're boarding between Paremata and Takapu Road stations, you’ll see extra staff at your platform.
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Answers to questions about crowded trains
- Tranz Metro
- There are a number of questions that we have been asked about crowding on some of our peak services.
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No Wairarapa surcharge from Upper Hutt during the morning peak
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 04 April, passengers at Upper Hutt boarding a Wellington bound Wairarapa morning peak service will not be asked to pay the usual $1 supplement.
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