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Comment on The architecture of the automobile by Guy

Guy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:35:52 +0000

If you have arrived here, and are looking for the Basin Reserve Movie, then please go to here:
http://architecture.org.nz/2010/07/11/basin-reserve-solution/

Comment on lanes by Larson

Larson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:34:07 +0000

I keep hearing stories about how great the Lanes are in Melbourne - but I haven’t been there for years. Are there any any equivalent lanes anywhere in NZ? Or are you proposing that Wellington develop a network of pedestrian lanes?

Comment on Invercargill leads the way. by Guy

Guy — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:34:29 +0000

Thanks m-d - I hadn’t noticed that one hit the news.
It’s interesting - the quoted “$6.3 million to $7.4 million from Auckland Regional Holdings to develop a 1.5km tram circuit.” works out at only $4.9mill per km, which is a very reasonable sum. Taking that as a possible model for Wellington, and a minimum of about 10km to get to the Airport from the train station, that gives us a total of only $50mill (not including tunnels). Seeing as the Council were talking of $140mill a couple of years ago, that sounds like it could be a bargain !!

Comment on … the beauty of arcades … by simon

simon — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:52:00 +0000

I’ve always loved that building. I think ‘magic’ is close enough - I’ve also thought the feeling when passing through is something special!! I wish i felt that way more when entering a building/space…

Comment on Invercargill leads the way. by m-d

m-d — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:08:52 +0000

For all the smugness that we Wellingtonians like to hold over Aucklanders, it seems they will beat us to Trams/LR - even if their’s is only the very beginnings of a wider network: http://eyeonauckland.blogspot.com/2010/08/infrastructure-trams-set-to-make.html

It’s all happening up there… (they continue building motorways too of course, just like us)…

Comment on Invercargill leads the way. by John B

John B — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:40:11 +0000

I’m never sure quite why it is that NZ gets cyclist so very wrong. It shouldn’t be that hard! And, as they say, now it’s not that hard.

Invercargill just follows the rules laid down from bullock tracks from 100 years ago. What we need to do is follow the Dutch from the last 300 years… pedestrians mixing with dogs, next to cyclist mixing with other cyclists, and then a bloody great line of trees and grass and bollards and things and only then do we have a row of cars, whether parked or moving….

Its also quite common through out Europe for Trams / Light Rail etc to run down the middle of the traffic corridor. Never ever mix bikes with trucks or buses, and hardly ever with cars. Who ever came up with the theory that the smallest and the biggest of the road users should ever share a lane? Certainly not a cyclist, that’s for sure!

Comment on Invercargill leads the way. by Spencer

Spencer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:15:07 +0000

I feel that pedestrians might take more risks than other road users and encouraging them to be in the middle of it might be asking for trouble.
How about having the cycle lanes in the middle of the road? There would need to be some sort of median barrier or kerb, car versus bike is never fun. Priority lights at intersections would allow you to ‘get off’ the centre lanes and take your chances with the traffic. Cycle lanes at the edges of roads will tend to be used and shared by pedestrians and cycling in the gutter really annoys me.

Comment on The City and the City by m-d

m-d — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:58:17 +0000

I haven’t seen Man on the Moon, but have heard that is Carrey being watch-able as well…

Comment on The City and the City by richard

richard — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:31:02 +0000

I completely agree with you re: Carry’s acting - ESotSM and the Truman Show are the only films that give him any credibility. ESotSM is much better than Memento too.

Comment on The City and the City by m-d

m-d — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:34:46 +0000

I just re-watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night - a great movie that plays with what might happen in the mind far better than Inception. The acting was far superior too, and this includes Jim Carry (whose acting, despite his awful comedies, seems to be able to put dear Leonardo to shame with great ease)…