When we had the talk by Liz Yeaman (by the way an apology for spelling Liz’s name incorrectly last week) there were interesting comments from the floor about electric cars and bikes. One comment came from Gordon Macadam about new ways of addressing transport. Gordon has been thinking since the … [Read more...]
Last week Liz Yeaman on Electric Transport
We started the year with a ripper of a presentation by Liz Yeaman about electric buses. Liz spoke for her entire address without notes and relied only on her overheads, which were excellent. Here is the video of her address https://youtu.be/MBwsz0YDtwI thanks to Aaron Campbell. This address … [Read more...]
This weeks speaker – Elizabeth Yeaman on going Electric
Christchurch only has 4 electric buses in the City. This is bad we need them all to be electric. Have a read at the pathetic document which has been produced on Transportation for greater Christchurch. Here’s a link to it. Quite frankly, it’s a disgrace. It’s bland and unimaginative. Is this … [Read more...]
Axel Wilke’s musings on the Local Elections and Public Transport
I thought I’d share some election musings with you. Obviously, my intention was to join ECan to do something about transport emission dominance in Christchurch. I didn’t manage to get the message across to the voters that there ought to be a transport specialist at the decision making … [Read more...]
Uber bike route alerts
One of the most common types of urban cycle crashes is people getting doored, as in somebody opens their car door carelessly into the path of a person cycling along. When people get thrown into traffic as a result, they may die as a consequence of getting run over. Regular Tuesday Club attendee … [Read more...]
Dutch embassy going car-free
Mira Woldberg is the Netherlands’ Ambassador to New Zealand. She made a stunning announcement earlier this week. As their contribution to reducing emissions and traffic congestion, they will dispose of their embassy car. From now on, local travel within Wellington will be done by e-bike. That’s … [Read more...]
A ride in a Tesla has made me support public transport:
I had a ride in a Tesla recently. It would have to be the most impressive vehicle I have ever ridden in. It has enormous power. It has electric everything, including self-driver. It probably scratches your arse when you need it to. I didn’t ask about that. The car batteries are put on charge each … [Read more...]
Here’s an excellent example of the NZTA institutional memory being poor:
I was a Board member of Land Transport Board. An application came to the Board from Auckland Transport to fund integrated ticketing cards for Auckland Transport. Pam and I had just been in Hong Kong and had used the same sort of card there and it was brilliant. I asked the Board to consider … [Read more...]
More about cycling: Why the Dutch PM rides a bike to work:
Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, chooses to travel into his office by cycling, if the weather allows. While this isn’t far from the famous perception of the Dutch and their love of cycling, there is a lot of context behind their fondness for the mode of transportation. Even … [Read more...]
Zero emissions public transport
I received this press release from Marney Ainsworth this week (she had a big birthday this week, ask her about it). Great to have you back Marney. Zero emission public transport systems will be key in our battle against Global Warming by reducing our carbon output and reliance on … [Read more...]
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