Posts by Rich of Observationz
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We should get a monorail like the one on Sydney. It's futuristic, reliable and has revolutionised public transport. Not to mention the whole voyeur/exhibitionist thing with third floor apartments
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If you're discussing litigating politicians for their decisions, shouldn't the people that voted for them also be liable?
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Incidentally, does anyone know the reason why port bound trucks, rather than using the expensive motorway built for them, tend to drive up symonds St.
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I was in Prague this time last year and the public transport is pretty good, with the exception of there being no rail to the airport. Excellent and quick tramby service. The key difference with trams against buses is the way no joker thinks they can block the
tram lane for "just 60 yards"
If you try, your car is likely to wind up as scrap metal.I understand Uncle Joe built the Prague metro using Tories as slave labour. O that we could follow suit..
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The CBD?
Albany may be "Auckland's silicon valley" but only in the sense of being an unsustainable, car
dependent, suburban sprawl.All those outer suburbs will evolve into Sydney style edge slums as the price of petrol increases and economic travel to work areas shrink.
People need to accept that sustainable living in the 21st century is going to mean urban living. not endless quarter acre subdivision. .
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My ideal would include:
$20 daily congestion charge for the AK CBD.
Free and frequent public transport
Pedestrian priority in downtown
All port freight moved by rail
Limited numbers of driving licenses, allocated by a competitive test
Demolition of Flatbush, Dannemora and Albany -
I've heard the term 'loser cruiser'.
I've also seen ads placed by MoJ suggesting that bus travel was what happened to people who didn't pay their fines. I guess that's what they call joined-up government?
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any
emissions policy can be put on hold until the
courts have decided the truth.It certainly doesn't have to. Parliament has passed the ETS legislation, for instance, and it wouldn't lose effect even if the assumptions behind it were wrong. Which they aren't.
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I guess anyone can sue anyone for anything, as the Mad Chalker of Manners Mall frequently demonstrates.
ISTR some mechanism where the underlying funders of legal action can be held liable for costs??
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any theories on why this kind of
policy has been uncontroversial in other
countries - - and yet allegedly brought down a
government here ?
Larger quota of retards?