Transport / November 2011
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Te Araroa Trail to finally be opened
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- At Shorland Park in Island Bay this Saturday at 10am the Governor-General, Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae will declare open Te Araroa, the Long Pathway.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Bikes on Buses in the draft GWRC Long Term Plan
- Cycling in Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council has included the implementation of bike racks on buses in its draft Long Term Plan, to be investigated and implemented where practical starting in 2017. It has been included in the ‘out years’ of the plan in order that high priority (and costly) upgrades to the rail commuter network may be completed in the short term. It is hoped that the provision of bike racks on buses will encourage cycle commuting by providing a safe, fall-back option for cyclists who are caught out by bad weather, failing light or mechanical problems.
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Preparation work started in a tunnel on the NIMT
- Tranz Metro
- Work is being done at Tunnel 2 on the North Island Main Trunk now in preparation for an intensive burst of work during a two-week period at Christmas when trains will not run.
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Wellington PT Fare Structure Review
- Auckland Trains
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is about to begin a review of how bus, train and harbour ferry fares are calculated. Peter Glensor, Chair of Greater Wellington’s Economic Wellbeing Committee, says the review will look at how fares are calculated now and will explore changes and alternatives.
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Platform changes for trains departing Wellington Station
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 28 November 2011, more Matangi trains are being introduced into passenger service. This means some train services will be departing Wellington Station from different platforms than before.
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More Matangi In Service
- Auckland Trains
- Today, Matangi services more than doubled on the Kapiti and Hutt Valley lines – increasing from the current 14 daily return trips to more than 30 return trips every weekday. Tranz Metro Manager Scott Brooks, calls it great news for commuters “who we know have felt the impact of service disruptions over the last couple of weeks, and we are very pleased to be able to bring them some good news.”
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Still under mediocrity rule
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- 50% of people are below average by definition, and tonight nearly all of them voted National.
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For a richer New Zealand
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Spotted in Levin tonight. For a richer New Zealand. Back with bicycle related posts after tomorrow’s kerfuffle.
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Palmie Chic
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- You may or may not be aware of the cycle chic movement – and here are some examples – such as Copenhagen Cycle Chic, or closer to home Auckland Cycle Chic.
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The obligatory election commentary
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- On Saturday this site has to go off-line for the day so to stay within the electoral laws (I don’t understand why, and it seems pretty dumb to me) and I hope you all turn the voting experience into a positive activity, by walking or cycling to your nearest booth and casting your ballots.
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Save the Basin – Today!
- Cycling in Wellington
- This just in: Save the Basin – Public Protest Thursday 24 November 5.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dealing with Wgtn traffic on a wing and a prayer
- Architectural Centre Inc
- I’ve been re-thinking. What if, concerning the whole Basin/Option X thing, we went right back to the fundamentals of the situation and began from there? Forget flyovers and tunnels, Options A, B, X, X+, and KY(!); forget Sussex Street, Memorial Park, and even the Basin itself. What are the fundamental issues?
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Two Things You Should Do This Week
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Thing One… Come to the Basin Reserve this Thursday, 24 November, from 5.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mandatory helmets, cycling policies and who to vote for.
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The good people at Helmet Freedom have taken perhaps the inevitable step of subtitling the Fall of Berlin movie, noting the failure of the Melbourne and Brisbane helmet schemes especially in regards to mandatory bike helmets.
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Save The Basin public protest -Thursday 24 November, 5:30-6pm
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- With elections coming up, let's make sure that our voices are heard on saving the Basin and opposing the roading plans.
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Group proposes reinstating steam train to Manhattan’s High Line
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- If you haven’t noticed there’s been a bit of an interesting (and sometimes ugly) debate about the Rimutaka Incline Railway group who want to destroy the Rimutaka Rail Trail for cyclists and their upcoming proposal to the GWRC Cultural and Social Wellbeing Committee.
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Getting it as right as we can
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the interesting aspects of Wellington.Scoop’s ‘getting it right’ debate about local government reform for the Wellington region is that the choices are not clear cut, whatever the values that dominate one’s approach.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Good advice to the Regional Council: withdraw your support for the flyover
- Wellington Scoop
- The Wellington Civic Trust has told the Wellington Regional Council to think again. It has asked the council to withdraw its support for the flyover alongside the Basin Reserve, and the other roading plans being pushed on to Wellington by the NZ Transport Agency.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New look for planned disruption posters
- Tranz Metro
- We have a new improved format for planned disruption posters. They are designed to be easier to read, and are colour coded by train line.
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Transmission Gully – knight in shining armour or Trojan horse?
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- I have a friend who lives at Paekakariki. When he bought his house it was a small, quiet seaside town. Now it is a small seaside town, but not quiet. The main road traffic roars past day and night, ruining his peace. And there are many people in Pukerua Bay, Plimmerton, Mana, and Paremata telling the same story. It is these people who have been pushing for the Transmission Gully Motorway (TGM) – the knight in shining armour that will rescue them from the traffic baddie.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Shame on the Regional Council – it supports the flyover, but seems unhappy with its decision
- Wellington Scoop
- After a process that didn’t seem to satisfy anyone except Fran Wilde, the Regional Council will tell the NZ Transport Agency that it supports a 380-metre concrete bridge from the Mt Victoria Tunnel alongside the Basin Reserve to the Tory Street traffic lights.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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