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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 article first appeared at Nick Lovett's blog and is republished with permission. A number of months ago I tweeted a before/after photo of Christchurch’s Oxford Terrace following the An Accessible City street upgrade and the opening of the Riverside farmers market. The intention of the tweet was to illustrate the rosy retrospection that often … Continue reading A story about parking and opportunity cost.
Free public transport is one of those ideas that seems to rear its head every few years. John Minto campaigned on this at the last election (he wasn't elected). Axel Wilke has previously proposed free buses within the 4 Aves. A few other cities/countries around the world have done free public transport, but they are … Continue reading Free Public Transport
TALKING TRANSPORT 