Wellington Scoop and Transport
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The vanishing trolley buses: cheaper to keep them than scrap them
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- Detailed independent analysis by an experienced Wellington engineer has provided financial evidence which shows that retaining the city’s trolley buses would be more economical than scrapping them, as the Greater Wellington Regional Council is intending.
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Buses, but not so rapidly
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- Will the latest developments in planning a new Wellington bus system provide the rapid transit that was originally promised? Our local bodies (the city council and the regional council, working with the Transport Agency) have chosen “two options” to be investigated for the development of “modern, faster public transport” for Wellington City. But the announcement reads as if they know nothing about the city’s layout. And as for cycleways, it’s obvious that till now these haven’t been given any consideration at all.
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$90million, but only if …..
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- When city councillors this week reconfirmed their decision that the city should pay $90million towards the unknown cost of extending the airport runway into Cook Strait, some pre-conditions had been added. The key one: that an international airline should have committed to using the runway, before the council hands over the money.
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Taking it seriously: the Island Bay cycleway
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Mayors and motorways
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- If you drive north past Mackays Crossing on SH1, you get a reminder of the current roadbuilding overkill – you see that a four lane motorway is being built alongside the existing four-lane motorway.
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Mackays Crossing, State Highway 1, Raumati, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Walking and cycling – the need for more ambitious goals and more spending
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- The type and quality of urban transport networks within an urban area have a large impact on quality of life for residents. For regions such as Wellington, looking to support future sustainable development of the region and a transformation to a low-carbon economy, a critical element is planning to support public transport, walking and cycling networks.
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
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- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
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Overloading the rapid transit buses – potential foul-ups could cost $300m
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- The regional council’s Regional Land Transport Plan is set to approve foul-ups costing nearly $300million, which will ensure that the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system is overloaded.
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