Transport / May 2011
June 2011 | April 2011-
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Sandhills Motorway cycleway provisions
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The NZTA has released a video with a fly-through of the proposed Kapiti Expressway/Sandhills Motorway/ Mackays to Peka Peka route: Here are my observations of what I can see in the video with regards to the cycling provisions: The cyclepath seems to follow close to the motorway along the bottom of the Raumati Escarpment north of Mackay’s Crossing.
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Notional Significance: Gorge
- The Wellingtonista
- [See all Notional Significance posts] The stretch of Hutt Rd from Kaiwarawhara to Ngauranga is a long, dry slog through an artificial valley.
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Last Day to Submit: Government Policy Statement On Land Transport Funding 2012/13 – 2021/22
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- From our friends at Save Kapiti: Submissions are due in by 5pm tomorrow the 27th of May 2011 on the.
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Wellywood Sign Is A Joke
- Auckland Trains
- In 2009, the Infratil-run Wellington Airport company began investigating the construction of a monument on an unused piece of land on the Miramar Peninsular to add another high profile attraction to Wellington.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Auck vs Wellington Train Performance
- Auckland Trains
- In April, 90% of Wellington trains were on time to within 5 minutes in April.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Riding like Superman
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Here at Wellington Region Cycleways we love bike technology and there are many different ways to ride a bike or trike.
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Hauraki Rail Trail progress
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- On Auckland Trains is a post with great news about the Hauraki Rail Trail.
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Hobbit annoys Councillors
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- It seems some of the Wellington councillors are annoyed they’re getting a bit of unwanted feedback about their support for Steven Joyce’s (and lets not forget John Key’s) support of the Roads of National Significance.
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Could the Capital Connection run 3 times a day?
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Auckland Trains has been discussing putting rail to Hamilton.
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The sad demise of Valparaíso’s ascensors
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I’ve visited Valparaíso a couple of times, the last time being in 2008, and I made a day of riding all the ascensors, which are, and increasingly were, cable cars for getting up onto the surrounding hills.
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Matangi Rollout Still Slow
- Auckland Trains
- The implementation of Wellington’s new Matangi trains is still slow – a sign of what Auckland may expect when the city’s new electric trains eventually appear.
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New Wellington Train Contract
- Auckland Trains
- The contract Auckland train operator Veolia has with Auckland Transport is being used to help frame a new contract for the provision of Wellington’s passenger train services.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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My other blog is back in business
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Sorry that I’ve been a bit quiet lately.
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Kapiti Alignment Revealed
- Auckland Trains
- Today was the day of reckoning for the north Wellington residents anxious to know what alignment the NZTA had chosen for the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway.
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