Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Friday Music: Auckland…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
New riders of the purple sagacity…
I do hope Look Blue Go Purple are getting at least some acknowledgement (if not cash) for the stage named after their big hit!Well, it looks like they're getting respect from Dunedin City Council.
Hold music ahoy!
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A do-and-don't advisory from Laneway, including after-party details for the young and energetic.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Auckland…, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
Thx for the update Russell – this Laneway virgin is heading north for the first time. Can’t wait!
My feeling is that the changes to Cactus Cat are going to have a very positive impact. More space and a flown PA should really improve the experience.
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The Privacy Commissioner has taken up the Friday Music concept and done a blog post of his favourite songs about privacy. Contains Shihad.
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Hard News: We can make things better here, in reply to BenWilson,
The other route has 7 sets of lights. I’d think that if 2 cars left simultaneously on the alternate routes, then by the time the motorway seeker was actually on the motorway by St Lukes Rd, the other car would have already crossed New North Rd. Then it’s a race for the motorway car to cross 5km in the time it takes the other car to go 2km along Richardson, Stoddard and Maioro.
The Great North Road lights are very quick. Otoh, you're sometimes looking at three phases to get over New North Road. And it's much worse coming back after 3pm.
For access from Avondale, Maioro Road is being widened to feed the interchange there.
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Hard News: We can make things better here, in reply to Richard Stewart,
Na the journey to the airport from Pt Chev via Maioro is a nightmare at any time through the day. A 2 minute backtrack to the St Lukes interchange could easily save 20 minutes.
Yep. It's a fraction of the actual distance to/from the airport but depending on time of day can easily account for 50% of the travel time.
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Hard News: We can make things better here, in reply to Sacha,
Easy solution seems to be removing one of the three citybound lanes if it is really essential to have two turning lanes passing the trees.
They've already started painting the new lanes, and it's confusing.
Also: temporarily taking away a citybound lane reduces the temptation to use Point Chev as a thoroughfare.
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Auckland Transport's story from last night has completely fallen apart.
MOTAT never objected to the alternative cycle/walk path (behind the trees): it was never even canvassed with them. They did express a preference for maintaining local parking, but that's not the same thing.
The Waitemata local board was also not presented with the option of the alternative route.
"Lies" is a strong word, but this certainly appears to be what we're getting here. It's shocking.
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Generation Zero's Sudhvir Singh made some interesting observations to me in an email about another matter. He's a bit busy doing, y'know, surgery and stuff rfight now, but he said I could quote him:
Congratulations on the mention in the Herald editorial. Some of the cycleway developments out your way look great.
It is unfortunate that Paul Little has confused Waterview with the St Lukes interchange.
We're actually quite pro-Waterview for a number of reasons, in addition to the airport time savings:
- It genuinely does complete the motorway network - now let's invest in the other modes!
- By bypassing SH1 and the harbour bridge, it makes an alternative harbour road crossing largely redundant.
- The Congestion Free Network is designed for a post-Waterview world, not competing for the funds for Waterview (which would be redundant as it's happening!) -
Hard News: We can make things better here, in reply to nzlemming,
In government terms, we call that a spanking.
I believe the young folk would refer to it as a "sick burn".
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