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Auckland’s low PT use is not a “natural” outcome
At the talk I gave on public transport in Auckland on Tuesday night, I took a look back at Auckland’s transport history – in particular how in the mid 20th century we went from having some of the...
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The problem with obsessing over congestion
I have recently got hold of (for the second time) Paul Mees’s first book: A Very Public Solution. While it has many similarities with his most recent book, Transport for Suburbia, there are early parts...
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Smart Transport conference in Wellington this week
While government transport policies over the past few years have been nothing short of utterly depressing, what has been a lot more promising has been the thought opposition parties have put into...
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I went to see Australian transport academic Paul Mees talk on Friday night about transport policy issues, in particular focusing on debunking the various arguments used against Auckland having a better...
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As I noted last week, there was a “Smart Transport Conference” held at parliament jointly by the Green and Labour parties. Below are three videos showing talks from that conference. Green Party MP...
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The complexity of density
You would think that calculating, and analysing, the density of a city would be a fairly perfunctory mathematical task, and would tell us useful information about the nature of that city. As I noted in...
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Dr Paul Mees 1961 – 2013
It was with great sadness that we learned today that prominent Australian transport academic and public transport advocate Paul Mees has died following a 15 month battle with cancer. Paul was an...
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Read This: Transport for Suburbia – Beyond the Automobile Age
This is a guest post from reader Warren S Back on 7 January Kent Lundberg posted a comprehensive review of Jeff Speck’s ‘Walkable City’ a most companionable book which manages to be highly informative...
View ArticleWas Auckland’s motorway network built on “strategic misrepresentations”?
Last week, I took an empirical look at construction cost overruns for recent road projects in New Zealand, concluding that NZTA and regional transport agencies systematically underestimated the costs...
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Is New Zealand getting public transport right?
Increasingly, the answer is yes – although we certainly can’t rest on our laurels yet. Read on if you want to know how and why… I recently read Paul Mees’ excellent book Transport for Suburbia, which...
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Auckland’s low PT use is not a “natural” outcome
At the talk I gave on public transport in Auckland on Tuesday night, I took a look back at Auckland’s transport history – in particular how in the mid 20th century we went from having some of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The problem with obsessing over congestion
I have recently got hold of (for the second time) Paul Mees’s first book: A Very Public Solution. While it has many similarities with his most recent book, Transport for Suburbia, there are early parts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smart Transport conference in Wellington this week
While government transport policies over the past few years have been nothing short of utterly depressing, what has been a lot more promising has been the thought opposition parties have put into...
View ArticleMees on Auckland
I went to see Australian transport academic Paul Mees talk on Friday night about transport policy issues, in particular focusing on debunking the various arguments used against Auckland having a better...
View ArticleSmart Transport Conference videos
As I noted last week, there was a “Smart Transport Conference” held at parliament jointly by the Green and Labour parties. Below are three videos showing talks from that conference. Green Party MP...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The complexity of density
You would think that calculating, and analysing, the density of a city would be a fairly perfunctory mathematical task, and would tell us useful information about the nature of that city. As I noted in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dr Paul Mees 1961 – 2013
It was with great sadness that we learned today that prominent Australian transport academic and public transport advocate Paul Mees has died following a 15 month battle with cancer. Paul was an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Read This: Transport for Suburbia – Beyond the Automobile Age
This is a guest post from reader Warren S Back on 7 January Kent Lundberg posted a comprehensive review of Jeff Speck’s ‘Walkable City’ a most companionable book which manages to be highly informative...
View ArticleWas Auckland’s motorway network built on “strategic misrepresentations”?
Last week, I took an empirical look at construction cost overruns for recent road projects in New Zealand, concluding that NZTA and regional transport agencies systematically underestimated the costs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is New Zealand getting public transport right?
Increasingly, the answer is yes – although we certainly can’t rest on our laurels yet. Read on if you want to know how and why… I recently read Paul Mees’ excellent book Transport for Suburbia, which...
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