Category: Transport
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Traffic Congestion, Part 1: why are the DomPost being such d1cks?
I’m sorry for the slightly profane character of the title to this post, but really, the Dominion Post editorial: Time for roading talk to go up a gear has raised my ire.
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The common ‘sense of place’.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done
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Overground? underground? … wombling free?
While the Wombles spent their lives underground and overground, they never really had to negotiate the politics of overpasses.
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Flyovers: residual spaces, community severance…
…or, sculptural celebrations of inspired engineering and urban design? Kind of just a gallery post this one, and timely to consider against whatever NZTA might deliver in tomorrow’s big release of the proposals for Transportation Improvements Near the Basin Reserve.
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Let’s not get pwned by the RoNSter
Save the Basin and Save Kapiti are organising a “Rail Against the Road/Expressway” rally at Parliament on Wednesday July 6th.
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The great flyover teardown…
Those good folk over at the Congress for the New Urbanism run an initiative called “Highways to Boulevards,” seeking to reclaim urban environments and revitalise cities by campaigning for highway teardowns. They pay particular attention to elevated highways, yep, the good old flyover.
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The power of paint
As any cyclist is aware, paint on a road can be a life saver, very scarey or simply humorous – as those travelling the shortest cycle lane in Britain would know.