Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
how do you find these things?
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Keir Leslie,
biggest risk on footpaths would be driveways, wouldn't it?
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The Standard notes another graph about peak oil implications from the Ministerial briefing document.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Chris Waugh,
And sorry Auckland, but you're just going to have to adapt to a lot more high density housing.
Land use planning is tightly tied to transport, hence several govt departments advising during the Supercity transition against splitting transport into a separate organisation - which this govt is making even less well integrated and more answerable to central priorities.
Sadly those are the glorious 1950s with endless quarter acre sections sprawling over productive land and serviced by gleaming ribbons of asphalt/oil with happy streamlined automobiles.
Yesterday's men, unopposed. -
Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Seems at least partly relevant to the discussion
That's the Herald's version of the Transport Blog article I linked earlier. If we spend most govt funding on building more highways, there isn't enough money left for building more and better public transport. This is not accidental.
Auckland was expected to account for 60 per cent of the country's population growth to 2030, and freight growth would be concentrated in Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions.
So let's prioritise a highway to Northland..
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to izogi,
The government believes in what they are doing, and it's consistent with their ideology. No amount of 'information' will change that, only sustained and coordinated political opposition that includes helping the public see viable alternatives.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to George Darroch,
I reckon they know exactly what they're doing - just not being called on it.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to George Darroch,
Particularly in comparison to the ideologically driven nightmare that is current transport spending. This single graph says everything.
Discussion on that at Transport Blog.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Chris Waugh,
buy Steven Joyce a plane ticket
one way
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Hard News: Review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born…, in reply to JacksonP,
that vocal phrasing sure sounds similar