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I recently participated in a workshop all about how to communicate complex ideas in ways that are useful to the general public. There was a lot to take in (notes here for anyone interested). One point that stood out to me was that you need to make sure you're "selling the cake, not the ingredients". … Continue reading The Christchurch Transport Cake
A couple of weeks ago I posted an article with maps showing results from the 2018 census. These included the two maps below. The first shows the percentage of people who normally ride the bus to work, organised by where they live. And this second map shows the same thing but organised by where they … Continue reading Census 2018 – More Bus Maps
Public Transport Expenditure - why is Christchurch so pathetic?
Yesterday I ventured out after 8 weeks of isolation. I worked from home all through Alert Levels 2 and 3 so haven't caught any buses, but yesterday I needed to catch the bus into the office, so thought I'd share what it's like now. Buses are running to their regular timetables again now, they have … Continue reading Catching the Bus in Alert Level 2
With the move from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 tomorrow, lockdown is officially over. In most ways that's great; people able to get back to work and businesses humming again. But there are some downsides; pollution for one. Another thing I'll be sad about is my children losing the use of the streets … Continue reading Bye-Bye Lockdown
My last blog looked at census 2018 travel to work data. I made an offhand statement that in Christchurch, there is a positive correlation between deprivation and public transport use. The lay-term translation is that "buses are only for poor people". I also stated this wasn't the case in Wellington and Auckland, cities where everyone … Continue reading Deprivation versus Public Transport Use
A couple of months ago Statistics NZ released the 2018 travel to work data (here). Greater Auckland did a post here. I've expanded on the Christchurch data here. The question changed slightly this year from previous years. See if you can spot the difference: 2013 question: "On Tuesday 5 March, what was the one main … Continue reading Census 2018 Travel to Work
When the lockdown was announced I went and bought some books to read with all the supposed free time I was going to have. As it turns out, due to the wonders of technology, I haven't actually had as much of that as I'd hoped, but I have still managed to get through one book: … Continue reading Lockdown Book Review: Better Buses Better Cities
A friend who works in healthcare put me onto this podcast about a study on benefits of cycling recently published in the British Medical Journal (only 20 minutes so not too onerous). The authors discuss a piece of research they've just completed which aims to answer the question: "do the health benefits of cycling outweigh … Continue reading Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Danger?
This post first appeared at TraNZport blog and is republished with permission. Right now we are in interesting times. I’ve had a draft post I’ve been tinkering with, exploring in-depth the likely economic response to the corona-virus lockdown and how that might impact on wider transport policy settings, but events simply kept moving too fast … Continue reading Transport projects as economic stimulus post-lockdown
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