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Christchurch City Council is undertaking a survey of resident's views on climate change, which will inform its new Climate Change Strategy currently being prepared. Council Head of Strategic Policy Emma Davis says: “Climate change has major implications for the health and well-being of current and future residents and for the planning and nature of urban … Continue reading Council Climate Change Survey
On Monday night we had Canterbury Passenger Rail Workshop #3. It really was just a workshop for the hardcore - it unfortunately coincided with extreme weather conditions, so kudos to the 25 or so hardy souls still willing/able to come out. We began with Glen presenting us an Avengers:Endgame inspired roadmap showing what material we … Continue reading Canterbury Passenger Rail Workshop #3 – Rundown
I was recently having a look through some of the public transport statistics on the Ministry of Transport website. I found some of them fascinating and help clarify what we're looking at in Christchurch, so thought I'd share some of the more interesting stats. A lot of them are based on the household travel surveys … Continue reading Stat-attack on Christchurch Public Transport
This article first appeared at TraNZport and is republished with permission. Recently, new light rail projects have opened in smaller Australian cities. I find this rather curious as in New Zealand we still debate the suitability of funding large public transport projects, even in our largest city. Investment in public transport has long been a … Continue reading Smaller Australian Cities Implementing Rapid Transit
A reminder that our third workshop on Canterbury passenger rail and housing is on Monday night - keep your diaries free!Our second workshop was a rather exciting affair. It was great to get some insights from Phil Twyford himself. There were a good few people in the audience who weren't aware of many of the … Continue reading Canterbury passenger rail & housing: Workshop 3
I always enjoy seeing Greater Auckland publish monthly patronage data up there. I've shamelessly copied their format ("Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness" and all that), and present to you the monthly public transport patronage data for Greater Christchurch. I'm keen to do this regularly, but it probably … Continue reading Public Transport Patronage
Something that has been going on for a while now is that the Christchurch City Council (CCC) has been attempting to get the Local Government Act (the Act) changed to enable the transference of public transport management and administrative responsibility from the Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) to themselves. The legislation currently stops this from happening. … Continue reading Christchurch City Council or ECan? Who should manage public transport?
