Because of the Coronavirus, and because many of our attendees are in the 'At Risk' category (yes grey hairs!), and because Garry himself will be in Quarantine after being in Australia.... We have decided to meet by Zoom - probably a skill we can all helpfully learn for the months to come - … [Read more...]
This Weeks Speaker – Jim Bradley
Jim is a Senior Consultant- Environmental & Public Health Engineer, Stantec New Zealand. One of our regular Tuesday Group members Rod Cameron has arranged for Jim to speak Jim will be joining us on ZOOM - some of us will be at Smash Palace, and others are welcome to join us on Zoom - … [Read more...]
Submissions to CCC and ECan Plans
As Kevin Hague reminded us last week - it is really important to make submissions to annual plans, even if they are simple ones like We need to do more to protect and enhance our biodiversity, to cut our emissions and to prepare for the effects of climate change on our environment and on our … [Read more...]
COVID-19 hygiene advice
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...]
Garry writes 10 March 2020
I have changed the way I travel into town. Mostly I am on my bike, but occasionally I am in a vehicle. The newly constructed road into town supporting the massive growth in Waimakariri is about to disgorge its contents on Christchurch, in a new place. Where traffic engineers have long argued … [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...]
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