Transport / October 2013
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Thursday 31st October, Johnsonville Line Disruption
- Tranz Metro
- A special timetable will be in operation this afternoon on the Johnsonville Line, services will be operating on a half hourly basis.
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Ab745 arrives at Maymorn
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- After five long days of effort by Trust volunteers, steam locomotive Ab745 arrived at Maymorn on Wednesday 30 October.
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Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Tuesday 29 October, Johnsonville Line Disruption
- Tranz Metro
- Due to an unforeseen extension to this weekend's track maintenance, Johnsonville Line services will run half hourly and are bus replaced.
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Transport Spine Study – a continuing story
- Newtown Residents' Association
- During September the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities hald a seminar on the Spine study. This included some interesting challenges to the options evaluation that had previously been published. You can check out the powerpoints presetned at the seminar here. While the official study came down clearly in favour of bus rapid transit over […]
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Gareth Morgan Calls For An Urgent Review Of Wellington Region Roading Policy
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- If you read one article online today, make it this one: Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons: An urgent review of …Continue reading »
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Blow, Wind! Come, Wrack! NZTA’s Flyover Planners Ought To Get The Sack
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- When William Shakespeare wrote the lines above, he was thinking of a certain unpopular Scottish king rather than NZTA (and …Continue reading »
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The Low Hanging Fruit of the Kapiti Coast
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I had to go do something at Coastlands and it was a nice day for a ride so I thought I’d ride down and take some photos of the new bike lanes around Rimu Road. I started from Waikanae Beach and crossed the bridge to Otaihanga, which now a sign says it is ok for […]
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Wairarapa service disruption – Tuesday 15 October
- Tranz Metro
- Due to adverse weather conditions, buses will replace trains on the Wairarapa Line tomorrow morning.
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The Low Hanging Fruit of the Kapiti Coast
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- I had to go do something at Coastlands and it was a nice day for a ride so I thought I’d ride down and take some photos of the new bike lanes around Rimu Road. I started from Waikanae Beach and crossed the bridge to Otaihanga, which now a sign says it is ok for […]
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Positive Signs Around The Council Table
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- It looks as though the outcome of the local body elections is, for the most part, good news for opponents …Continue reading »
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Some good election results for cycling
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- There are some good results for cycling in the region with Celia Wade-Brown re-elected as Mayor in Wellington. This term is hopefully going to be more productive than the last since there are some fresh faces on council including new Greens councillors Sarah Free and David Lee. Well done to them all. Cr. Paul Bruce […]
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Some good election results for cycling
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- There are some good results for cycling in the region with Celia Wade-Brown re-elected as Mayor in Wellington. This term is hopefully going to be more productive than the last since there are some fresh faces on council including new Greens councillors Sarah Free and David Lee. Well done to them all. Cr. Paul Bruce […]
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The small engine menace and what we can do about it
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This is a cross post with my other blog – Clean Air New Zealand. The ideas in this post have been kicking around in my brain for a while, but the thing that is spurring me into action is this post at Crikey’s Urbanist Blog by Alan Davies “Can scooters make our cities work better?” […]
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The small engine menace and what we can do about it
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This is a cross post with my other blog – Clean Air New Zealand. The ideas in this post have been kicking around in my brain for a while, but the thing that is spurring me into action is this post at Crikey’s Urbanist Blog by Alan Davies “Can scooters make our cities work better?” […]
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Basin Flyover Board Of Inquiry Member Resigns Over Alleged Conflict Of Interest
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- We’ve just received word that one of the members of the Basin “Bridge” Board of Inquiry has resigned. Here is …Continue reading »
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tranz Metro services for Monday 7 October
- Tranz Metro
- There will be a half hourly timetable put in place for this evening’s peak services, reduced seating and some bus replacement.
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Circling in a holding pattern- the car parking experience at Wellington airport
- Sarah Free
- On Tuesday, I went to the airport to collect my aunt, visiting from Seattle in the US. I spent a totally frustrating (and dangerous) 10 minutes circling narrow laneways, fruitlessly looking for a car park, witnessing near collisions as cars tried to turn into blind corners, and finally finding a car park at the remotest […]
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Getting Stewart Duff Drive back
- Sarah Free
- I recently received via email some questions about the proposed runway extension from a concerned Miramar resident. I’ve reprinted the questions and my answers below: 1.Do you personally support the plans for the runway extension at Wellington airport? I cannot support an airport extension at this stage. I think there is a lot that needs […]
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hawkes Bay Rides
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- A few moons ago I did a little ride up Hawkes Bay way from Havelock North to Napier, and in the years since they’ve spent a bit of money and improved cycle infrastructure considerably. Hastings has made a considerable effort in improving on-road cycling around the town. Here’s a map of most of the rides. […]
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Blast from the past – Morrison’s pledge not to vote for a Basin flyover
- WCC Watch
- The good thing about the internet is that comments are hard to hide or make disappear. Just like this clanger from the 2010 debate around the Basin Reserve flyover: Not […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Councillor Morrison and the Basin Reserve
- Wellington Scoop
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hawkes Bay Rides
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- A few moons ago I did a little ride up Hawkes Bay way from Havelock North to Napier, and in the years since they’ve spent a bit of money and improved cycle infrastructure considerably. Hastings has made a considerable effort in improving on-road cycling around the town. Here’s a map of most of the rides. […]
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Too many buses, too many queues
- Wellington Scoop
- Bus Rapid Transit was to run between three interchanges, at the Railway Station, Wellington Regional Hospital and Kilbirnie. Now it looks too light for the job, which probably means light rail.
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Basin Flyover Board Of Inquiry Issues Revised Hearing Timetable
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The Board of Inquiry convened to run the hearing process on the proposed Basin Reserve flyover held a Pre-Hearing Conference …Continue reading »
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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