The Wrong Side of my Car
A blog about Auckland City, its streets, and culture shock
Actions & words: travelwise
Sometimes you see a travelwise school.
There it is, tucked away behind that driveway. “We are a Travelwise School.”
The case of the missing cross-town bus
Last year the New Network for the North Shore went live. Curiously, something is missing. These are the frequent bus routes on the lower North Shore, overlaid on the Unitary Plan map.
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Unitary plan map *1, with frequent bus routes superimposed. |
Dear New World
Dear New World Birkenhead,
I appreciate your effort to accomodate bicycles. But…
You don’t need a bicycle rack to hold your bike upright. You need it to lock your bicycle. This rack is too close to the wall to properly use a lock.
Christmas parade
I went to the Birkenhead Christmas parade (officially the Birkenhead Rotary Santa Parade).
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Picture from the Rotary Birkenhead Facebook page *1 |
We all know how this works. We sit on the footpath and watch all kinds of floats parade on the street. You get to hear the horn of a fire engine from up close. Santa will wave at you. You’ll get some candy if you’re lucky.
So, let’s find a spot on the kerb to sit down. With a good view.
Urban or suburban?
Some people think apartments in cities are great. Even for families. Kids can play in the park. It is close to everything.
Other people think apartments are slums. Keeping kids in apartments borders on neglect.
And I fully agree with both of them.
Is driving for the rich too?
After creating that cycling mode share map, why not get them for other ways to get around as well? *1
First, walking:
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Walking mode share |
Park or Parking?
One of the more odd features of Hobson Street is the little cluster of businesses on the corner with Victoria Street. A few restaurants and grocery shops, surrounded by large apartment towers. In between we find a handful of parking spaces (with the obligatory collection of tow-away signs).
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Vogel Lane |
But is parking really the best use of that space? Is that really the way to draw in as many customers as possible?
