Transport / October 2011
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It shouldn’t be difficult to sort out the Basin roundabout
- Wellington Scoop
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Regional Council gets a second chance to oppose the cheap roading option
- Wellington Scoop
- Tuesday is the day when the Greater Wellington Regional Council has a second chance to oppose the damage that would be caused by building a cheap flyover alongside 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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OK Wellington, Do You Want Light Rail?
- Auckland Trains
- People’s ideas about what a high quality public transport system in central Wellington would look like are being sought as part of a major study being carried out by Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council and the NZ Transport Agency.
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7 bicycles per person per year
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- How would you and every New Zealander like to be given 7 bicycles in the coming year? What would you do with 7 bicycles? Have one for every day of the week? It would be a bit of an extravagance and wouldn’t it be a complete waste of money? Well yes, of course.
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Capital Falls Out of Love With Trains?
- Auckland Trains
- While Auckland’s train travel is at a high and growing fast, Wellington is still struggling to see the same sort of growth in public transport.
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All Blacks Parade - 26 October
- Tranz Metro
- There will be extra capacity on our regular train services on Wednesday 26 October due to the All Blacks Parade.
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Take care on the roads this Labour Weekend
- Wellington District Police
- Police are urging motorists to take it easy on the roads in and around the region this Labour...
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A Mt Cook resident explains why a flyover would be bad for the city
- Wellington Scoop
- I would like to attend the Wellington Regional Council meeting when they discuss the traffic around the Basin Reserve. But I cannot, because it’s being held during a business day. Such meetings should really be held at times when community representatives would be more likely to attend. Though I can’t get to the meeting, I want regional councillors to be aware of my opposition to raised-roading around the Basin Reserve. Neither of the two raised road options will do anything to enhance the Basin environment.
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Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Labour Day - Monday 24 October
- Tranz Metro
- This Labour Day Tranz Metro services will be running to a Sunday timetable.
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Have Your Say On Greater Wellington’s Basin Reserve Flyover Stance
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Wellington City Council has come out against the NZTA’s Basin Reserve flyover plans – but the Economic Committee of Greater Wellington (aka the Wellington Regional Council) voted to support the flyover.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The flyover gets debated again, this time by regional councillors
- Wellington Scoop
- Almost 20 years ago, when Fran Wilde was Mayor, the Wellington City Council allowed a supermarket to be built in a priceless viewshaft at the northern end of Cambridge Terrace. Almost 20 years later, the Wellington Regional Council (with Fran Wilde as chair) has supported a proposal which will cause an equal amount of damage at the opposite end of the wide boulevard.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Rail Record
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s Tranz Metro carried 46,792 passengers last weekend.
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Wairarapa Service Gives Hamilton Clues
- Auckland Trains
- As question marks arise over the proposed Waikato to Auckland train service, the Wairarapa to Wellington train service gives us an insight into how satellite town train travel could be extended elsewhere.
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The consultants who prefer asphalt to a green park
- Wellington Scoop
- Yes, you read that right – Opus could think of only one reason why green space stretching from Government House, in front of local schools and across to the Basin Reserve would be a good idea. But they could think of four reasons why the green space would be a bad idea.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The mayor wins the vote: the council decides to support a tunnel, not a flyover
- Wellington Scoop
- “No one in Mount Victoria wants the flyover,” said Councillor Iona Pannett. “No one.” And no one at yesterday’s meeting of the Wellington City Council dared to disagree with her. Not even seven councillors who kept insisting that the flyover would be a good idea.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Option X is affordable
- Wellington Scoop
- I hope the Wellington City Council doesn’t give up on its efforts to get the roading improvements that are best for the city, in spite of the government’s short-sighted attitude towards tunnels. Even the Transport Agency accepts the benefits of Option X, as councillors discovered at Tuesday’s briefing.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Says No To NZTA Option
- Auckland Trains
- The Government knows best when it comes to this country’s transport needs and what motorways we need.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The dubious transport solution for Wellington: the cheapest option
- Wellington Scoop
- Wellington city councillors were told yesterday that the government will not pay for Option X. What would be best for the city is not acceptable for the politicians. They want the cheapest possible deal. Not that the government delivered this decision directly. The information emerged at a briefing meeting, almost as a throwaway line, in response to a question from a councillor who asked: “In terms of funding for Option X, what are the chances of the government fronting up with the extra money?”
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A postcard from Darwin
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I recently got sent these lovely photos from Darwin.
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Train services to the Toast Martinborough Wine, Food and Music Festival
- Tranz Metro
- On Sunday 20 November, Martinborough is holding its annual Toast Martinborough Wine, Food and Music Festival.
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Basin flyover: Live council decision blog
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Here’s the link to the Live Blog for this morning’s WCC Coucillor’s meeting to decide upon the official WCC position with respect to the NZTA proposed Basin flyovers – courtesy of Dave Burgess of the DomPost. It should be a fairly heated session given the division within the Council on the issue, as reported here. PS: [...]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Basin Reserve flyover: councillors being advised to accept the unacceptable
- Wellington Scoop
- Wellington City Councillors have been told that a flyover alongside the Basin Reserve will have seriously significant negative consequences. Yet they’re being advised to shrug off these problems, and to support the flyover rather than Option X which doesn’t require an elevated road. Councillors should not agree to this bad advice.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Roundabout Rigmarole
- Keith Johnson
- The sauce is still flying as Wellington tries to choke down the meat ball and spaghetti junction that constitutes Wellington's Basin Reserve Road Interchange. In a cold serve from public officials and politicians, the public is (as often) being given scraps served on a dirty plate - but left with an empty feeling and an empty pocket. I’ll try to make some sense of the real issues, just for the record.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Option X
- Eye of the Fish
- Following on from the usual tired old grumpy pro-road editorial in the Dom Post, which came to the conclusion that pursuing Option X would be a waste of time, perhaps it is time for a less jaded eye to look at the arguments for, and against. First up, and to some, most importantly, i guess that we have to address the question of cost. The DomPost identifies that Option X may cost up to $165m, which does sound like a heck of a lot of money, and says that the “agency’s preferred option” would only cost $75m. Well, that’s a slam dunk right there, isn’t it? One option more than twice as much as the other? Those damn pesky architects proposing being profligate with the public purse? Except that, no, i reckon that the Dom Post figures are wrong.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Will they show pride in their city? Or will they vote for a flyover?
- Wellington Scoop
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Shine Falls – a remnant of the NZ walkways
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- If I’m reading history right in the 1970s there was a small movement (amongst Taranaki locals?) for the establishment of an East West Walkway across the North Island from Cape Egmont to East Cape.
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