Transport / July 2020
August 2020 | June 2020-
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Councils urge Kiwirail to focus on kiwis and reinvent Northern Explorer trains
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Councillors from Greater Wellington appeared at Parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee today, representing 16 regional, district and city councils along the Northern Explorer route, calling on KiwiRail to reopen and refocus the service on connecting regions as well as tourism.
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More time to give feedback on Golden Mile concepts
- Let's Get Wellington Moving
- A big thank you to the more than 1,000 Wellingtonians who’ve already told us what they think of the three different concepts for the Golden Mile. We’ve heard that some people would like a bit more time to provide feedback, so we’re extending the public engagement for another two weeks.
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Metlink drivers and cyclists share wheels for a day
- Metlink
- A Greater Wellington Regional Council Road User Workshop, that encourages cyclists and bus drivers to share their perspectives with the aim of improving road safety, began with smiles and laughter.
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Buses upgrade programme brings fleet in line with Metlink standards for customers
- Metlink
- Over the next six months NZ Bus will be upgrading 34 of its buses to give customers a more consistent experience across the network by bringing them in line with the Metlink brand and internal layout standards.
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Choosing a Golden Mile option
- Wellington Scoop
- How many of us have read through the hundreds of pages released last month by LGWM in the latest stage of its seemingly endless saga to improve conditions on the Golden Mile. (The short version alone was 170 pages.)
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Celebrity puppy rides Plimmerton train to become a guide dog
- Metlink
- This week, a train from Plimmerton to Mana station featured a Blind and Low Vision NZ guide dog puppy from the popular program Dog Squad: Puppy School.
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Transform by Friday
- Eye of the Fish
- I hadn’t realised that time is moving so fast, but LGWM wants feedback on their proposals by Friday.
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New audio/visual equipment at Wellington Station
- Metlink
- On Monday 1 June 2020, Metlink unveiled a range of audio and visual improvements at Wellington Railway Station aimed to better inform passengers about their journeys and safety.
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Wellington Railway Station, Wellington Station Walkway, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The LGWM MasterPlan
- Eye of the Fish
- Here at The Eye of the Fish World HeadQuarters tower building, we overlook our sweet wee metropolis and purvey the scene daily.
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Carriage A 1328 added to fleet
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- Carriage A 1328 added to fleet Hugh McCracken Fri, 17 Jul 2020 - 16:20
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Transmission Gully: PPPs, infrastructure and mythical sagas
- Talk Wellington
- Some great journalism’s been unpicking the myth, machinations and money of the megaproject.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington CBD speed limits change to 30km/h on Sunday 19 July
- Let's Get Wellington Moving
- From this Sunday (19 July), the speed limit on most of Wellington’s central city streets will change from 50km/h to 30km/h (main roads will remain at 50km/h).
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More EV chargers driving the switch to electric
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is heading in the right direction in reducing transport emissions, with 28 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations now installed across the capital’s suburbs.
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30km/h in the central city from July
- Let's Get Wellington Moving
- From the end of July speed limits on most central city streets will change from 50km to 30km - making our central city more more pleasant and appealing for everyone, especially for people walking and riding bikes. The final decision was made unanimously by Councillors at Wellington City Council on Thursday.
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Golden Mile – LGWM Presentation
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving representatives Selwyn and Seb presented the three Golden Mile options to Cycle Wellington at our meeting on 7th July.
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3 options
- Eye of the Fish
- Like you, I’ve been sitting down reading all the millions of pages of information provided by LGWM in their first major release of proposals for Wellington.
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Lets Get Wellington Moving – Central City Consultation
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- The Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) team is seeking feedback on the Golden Mile – with a 26 July deadline.
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Parking for sensible cities: webinar 2
- Talk Wellington
- Equity, residents’ parking, behaviour change, and some myths busted – by popular demand, expert insights on parking plus some Wellington changemaking Following our much-viewed first webinar (check it out here), TUI Climate Community and Millions of Mothers with the Wellington Urbanerds are proud to have brought you transport and economics expert Stuart Donovan on everyone’s favourite topic! This one was a bit different: in addition to Stuart speaking on some particularly hot topics of parking, we heard about one area ripe for change. Check out the webinar video courtesy of Millions of Mothers:Parking: how we behave, fairness, and price Stuart’s presentation focussed on a few key aspects including the longer-run interesting questions like how people change our behaviour in response to parking prices, and the equity effects of pricing parking (inspired by questions from councillors concerned about the effects of the proposed new Parking Policy on poorer people). Stu’s slides are here [PDF 2.7 MB]Residents’ parking: what’s with that? Following Stu, we heard from Wellingtonian Oliver Bruce (of Urbanerds fame). He highlighted a particularly amazing feature of the current system: massive subsidies (underpricing) for residents’ parking. They’re skewing people’s choices in our transport system, in a generally bad way, but since the last webinar Oliver and Connect Wellington have a path forward… Oliver’s slides are here [611KB PDF]. So many questionsWhen it was time for questions, we summarised the areas of interest in the chat and Isabella fired the questions to Stuart and Oliver. There was lots of interest in equity, and the ethics of charging for access to publicly owned space. There was a hunger for case-studies of cities that had successfully communicated to their citizenry the good news that managing parking well is overall progressive (i.e. reduces inequality). The catch-22 of on-street vs off-street parking was a big topic, as people like residents’ associations and councillors react to the current (poorly managed) on-street parking, and feel resistant to good developments that don’t provide many carparks. There was also discussion of the opportunity cost of space, and the extent to which home buyers factor in transport options to their purchase price decisions (or assume they’ll get free street parking and grizzle once they’ve moved in with their car/s). (There’s also a good little discussion on Stuart’s Twitter feed, worth a look)Help Wellington do parking better There was a lot of interest from our audience in helping improve parking management in Wellington, reflecting its huge importance to our city’s transport system and its influence on affordable housing. It’s a complicated space and good comprehensive change will take years – see here for more. But the good news is that all kinds of contributions can make a difference. There’s something for everyone! And the process of change will take years, as observed We’re also keen to have more learning and discussion type initiatives, with more local voices and insight. If you’ve got suggestions for events, speakers, stunts or nifty schemes, or are just interested in finding out more about how you could help, drop us a line. Meantime, make sure you’re on the Urbanerds signup list so we can alert you to the next in-person gatherings and the next webinars! Image credits: Banner – Wellington City CouncilParking lot – Steven Davis
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