The most important way to stop COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) from spreading is to follow some basic hygiene advice: hand hygiene – wash regularly and for at least 30 seconds (the jury is still out on hand sanitiser although as of 15 March, this is still listed as an option on the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]
Zone 0
At the Transportation Conference, I presented on "Zone 0", the proposal to make buses free within the Four Avenues for Metrocard holders. This caused quite some debate, with a lot of one-on-one follow up. My peers can see that this makes a lot more sense than reinstating the Shuttle. Zone 0 … [Read more...]
Axel writes 17 March 2020
Garry's away; Axel's having a crack at putting a newsletter together This week, we had the 2020 Transportation Conference in Christchurch. It's the premier event for the industry and it's been going for a few decades. A good 200 people came together for a three-day gathering in our town hall. The … [Read more...]
Pumped hydro
Guest post by Brendon Harré. Something that I have been following for a while now is pumped hydro. The idea is to build high altitude storage lakes so that water can be pumped up to them when there is a surplus of generation capacity and electricity prices are low. Then when electricity is in … [Read more...]
Last Week: Tim Taylor
Here’s Aaron Campbell’s video https://youtu.be/rYAZjYrjpW0 Last week’s speaker, Tim Taylor, spoke to us about planning models which are being experimented with in selected Cities in Europe. I especially liked his analogy of when America said that it would have a man on the Moon by the end of … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker is Kevin Hague, CEO of Forest and Bird.
Kevin is in Christchurch to discuss the opportunity to restore our natural world this election year. Forest and Bird argues that while the challenges ahead are great, we can vote with nature in mind, mitigate climate change, and create a better future. I know many of those who attend the … [Read more...]
A challenge by Axel Wilke:
Axel Wilke, transport planner - now walking fit again What’s my outlook for the 2020s? I predict the overriding experience will be effects brought about by climate change. Will it get too hot for us? Nope. Will the weather get too wild? Maybe. What about wildfires? Maybe, but nothing at the scale … [Read more...]
Is our city up to implementing “smart city” growth
Here’s the summary of an article sent to me by Nigel Colenso. When I read it, I kept saying “yes” as when I reflect on the City Plan which was imposed on this City it is a potential disaster. I also thought about Jim Lunday’s talk a few weeks ago and wondered what Jim would make of this. This … [Read more...]
Transport accessibility and acknowledging John Brown:
The photo features former disability advocate and journalist the late John Robert Brown attempting to go by wheelchair from his rest home to Barrington Mall. Photo taken in 2019. Clearly the city's town planners never thought about such difficulties when introducing the wheelie bin rubbish … [Read more...]
The canaries in the mine, a Canterbury water study:
Rex Gibson supplied this article: The Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc. (NZFFA) has long believed that one of the major factors in the dramatic demise of the trout populations across the Canterbury Plains has been increasing nitrate levels in those streams and rivers that remained after … [Read more...]
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