Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'll go watch cricket now
I'n not sure that will help, in this case :) #battingcollapse
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to James Butler,
I can count on one hand the number of times anyone's taken exception to that
Good to hear. And thank goodness Shane Warne doesn't live here (for so many reasons).
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Roger,
The converse is true
totally.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Roger,
Most roads in New Zealand are originally built and 100% paid for by land developers
Most roads were built and paid for by government and local bodies, with large inter-generational loans. Developers and users paid back some of that investment, as did the increased tax/rates take from the economic activity that the improved infrastructure allowed.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Bart Janssen,
It is true that if the driver had taken more care exiting his car the death would not have occurred.
Hasn't the judge decided in this case that the driver did take reasonable care?
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Russell Brown,
They use far less space and cause far less wear than car and truck drivers.
I can't remember the relativity for cyclists, but one truck causes as much damage to a road as 8,000 cars. It's pretty clear who the current system is subsidising.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Isaac Freeman,
Christchurch drivers seem to be generally hazy about what a motorway even is.
the government's working on that.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Roger,
This hierarchy made the disabled, pedestrians and cyclists the priority when roads were being redesigned. Without reinstating this hierarchy, the engineers at Transport for London will consistently build roads that favour cars and lorries.
That is a core problem of attitude, yes. New Zealand's national policy and funding system is also hopelessly biased in favour of cars and trucks. The Government in the last few years has switched funding and official policy priorities that bind local transport managers quite deliberately out of public transport infrastructure and local road maintenance into silly new highways to buy provincial votes and keep the trucking and construction lobbies in a generous frame of mind.
There's a limit to how much Councils can put rates up to make up the shortfall, and we can expect fewer cycle lanes and more potholes in local roads all over the country. You'll recall the previous Minister Steven Joyce decreeing that Auckland Transport is to kowtow to national policy settings (roads, roads, roads) and changing the composition of its board to have even more govt appointees to ensure that.
None of which lets the previous Auckland City Council off the hook for failing to listen and act on the well-offered advice of expert cycling advocates. That arrogance is a risk wherever it occurs. There are pockets that have survived the transition into the region-wide Auckland Council, and it lets down all the other people doing good work and understanding the value of engaging well.
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Hard News: Review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born…, in reply to nzlemming,
couldn't possibly expect government agencies to meet basic access standards..
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Hard News: Review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born…, in reply to nzlemming,
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programme, "Hipsters we have known"
hipsters love pdfs
#oldskool