Tag: Basin Reserve
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Local insight toward a refined proposal
So says Rod James, of the 1900 or so submissions received by NZTA on their recently closed public consultation on the preferred options for roading improvements near the Basin Reserve
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Vote X
The Friday 26 August deadline for submissions to NZTA regarding the Wellington inner-city transport projects is getting closer.
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Option X: FAQs
Thanks again for all your questions. We’ll up date this page to address questions as they come in, and supply new drawings etc. to explain things as needed. Here’s an initial batch of questions and answers to start with. PUBLIC TRANSPORT The dedicated public transport lanes (buses or light rail) are in the middle…
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Option X: plus
Thanks for all the comments so far. Here are a couple more images which might answer some questions and may create some more. The first image is looking from the North-east side towards the Carillon, which shows conceptually how the levels work. This corner will need more design (obviously) especially regarding the structures underneath, but…
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The Public needs a real choice: Option X
The NZTA have proposed options for redeveloping the roading of the Basin Reserve. But these are not really options.
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Overpass: Dream or reality?
I love a beautiful and well considered bridge! Indeed, the designers amongst us imagine them as streamlined and un-cluttered, perhaps with translucent edge zones, no barriers or signs, no streetlights, slender support structures that simply branch out of the ground…
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Does the NZTA scheme measure up?
We’ve already begun discussing issues relevant to the Basin, particularly through blog posts …
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Peak Oil, Peak Car, and Resilient Cities…
Sure it was ‘only’ an aspirational vision, but way back in 2007, there was this idea that we might become the first carbon neutral capital in the world – big promises to be sure, but just how are we doing…
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Basin Checklist
We’re keen to evaluate the Basin Reserve, and have produced a Check List of items that we believe it needs to be evaluated against – as should any other possible Basin scheme as well. We’ll be posting a critique of the official NZTA proposals next week – but first,
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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.