Tag: NZTA
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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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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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Wind and Hills: Have Traffic Engineers Noticed?
# CommentThere’s a lot of information on the design of cycle lanes about – basic principles that most roads in Wellington contravine. Examples include that they should be continuous, 1.5m wide, conspicuous at road crossing and not abandoned when roads get narrow. I’ve borrowed these words from Cycling England, but other guidelines exist, such as the…
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Naked streets: the Dutch are doing it – why don’t we?
“Naked streets” or “Naked roads” – some even call them (more tamely) “Shared Spaces” – have apparently been around since the 1980s. Credited to Hans Monderman, the Naked street idea is based on a psychological approach which supports designing roads to reflect the different cognitive skills needed in different transport situations. Shared suburban spaces…