Posts by Russell Brown
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Legal Beagle: Q&A: John Banks' judicial review, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Banks isn’t, according to those that know, likely to get more than a fine.
Apparently not. As per previous comment, the judge said it would be at least home detention.
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Legal Beagle: Q&A: John Banks' judicial review, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Not really, because this was an actual criminal trial with the Solicitor General (eventually) acting as the prosecuting authority. Banks faces jail time for this, not just civil damages.
The judge said it would be at least home detention.
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Speaker: Crowding and displacement in Auckland, in reply to Moz,
If the government was proposing to build more appropriate houses instead it would make a certain amount of sense. “move away for a year while we build a 1-bedroom unit here” would be fine. But they’re not even doing that, they’re just going to keep knocking them down and selling them off so they can build fewer houses somewhere else.
I know the level of trust about the future is not high amongst Greys’ Ave HNZ tenants soon to be moved out for renovations.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to Sacha,
That I understand, but raising the road? I’ve never seen drivers struggling with it.
That's the explanation I got. As a cyclist, I wouldn't want steep bridges either, tbh.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to Ken Sparks,
Where’s the problem they are trying to fix, exactly?
In their heads I suspect…
The upgrades are all focused on adding capacity in time for the opening of the tunnel in 2017, and that really is necessary. The widening of the bridge will help mitigate the "stacking" of vehicles trying to turn right onto the motorway west.
But some communications I've seen do underline that the engineers' sole focus is on getting motorised traffic through faster, rather than impact on place (or, really, any consideration of place at all). The engineers want the trees gone so they can put in two left-turning lanes.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to Tim Welch,
As a seasoned cyclist I loathe that St. Lukes Intersection. I routinely bypass it by riding the Motat Tram tracks; they’d make such a good cycleway if it weren’t for the odd tram :-)
You tram-hating monster! ;-)
I have to ride through it all the time, and more particularly I have to turn right to go over the overbridge. I ride hard and look to get to the front of the queue on the other side, but it's not for the faint of heart.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to John Holley,
Is it 3 down to pedestrian crossing (Pt Chev) and 2 lights controlled crossings (city side and MOTAT side)? The graphic isn’t explicit.
That's how it looks to me. One pedestrian crossing (for which cars must stop) and two lights-controlled crossings, down from three pedestrian crossings and two lights-controlled. There's quite a loss of pedestrian rights in it.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to James Green,
And every time you’d hit it, instead of riding over it, it’d track you along its line.
That's just such a dumb thing to do. Road engineers should be made to ride their own cycle lanes.
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Hard News: Two roads lead to the city, in reply to Brent Jackson,
Meola Road hill has been shocking for years. They are currently working on it, but I think it is just to raise the kerbs, and is likely to leave the metre near the kerb in a worse state than ever.
Yes, it's just the kerbs as part of the footpath upgrade and yes, it's rough asphalt patches slapped on a degraded road that's gone unfixed for years. It's just weird.
I always switch onto the footpath just after the Scout Den because the road surface is so uneven.
I do sometimes too, but it's hardly ideal to have to ride on the footpath because a busy road hasn't been repaired for years.
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Hard News: The Digital Natives, in reply to Sacha,
don’t see anything there.
guess ZB talked with someone.
presume someone talked. :)Ryan Boswell of One News got the memo as well, by the looks. Tweeted:
Labour’s refusing to comment about the Greens $29m spend on free GP visits for teens saying it has to do the numbers first
Well, duh. It’s only in the interests of reporters looking to fill bulletins for Labour to comment.
And:
Labour’s refusing to talk about the Greens carbon tax “we don’t talk about other parties policies"
And: Labour must pick a side on carbon tax – commentator:
Labour may risk losing votes if they refuse to take a position on the Green Party’s proposed carbon tax policy, a political commentator says.
In a move seen as unfair to voters, Labour is refusing to say whether they support the policies or not until after the election.
The commentator is Chris Trotter. FFS.