The Wrong Side of my Car
The blog that wants to go obsolete
All posts
2024
- 09 Mar: Is ornamentation really a crime?
- 05 Feb: The scale on maps is… quite fluid
2023
- 17 Aug: Child raising BS: holding hands
- 25 Jun: What’s the deal with those backyards?
- 02 Apr: Te Hā Noa: it is actually happening
- 03 Mar: Who Is To Blame for that cyclist’s death?
- 26 Feb: The consequences of stupid greenwashing
2022
- 02 Nov: How much do we get out of that 8th lane?
- 01 Nov: The case for and against Skypath
- 07 Oct: There are tiers below Painted Bike Lanes
- 26 Jul: Car brain
- 26 May: Coming of age in our Car society
- 25 May: Children in the city
- 10 May: A walk to the park
- 12 Mar: The isthmus buses really are better
- 09 Mar: Living in parallel universes
- 23 Feb: Riding the bicycle from Birkenhead to Takapuna
- 23 Feb: Eliminating barriers to cycling
- 16 Jan: Cycling Hill Misery Index
- 10 Jan: Some thoughts on using the Kaiser Baas X600
2021
- 12 Dec: Are hills more difficult than flat terrain for cyclists?
- 04 Nov: Protected bike lanes: what they do, and don’t
- 25 Oct: Apartment living: disadvantages only
- 04 Oct: Safe School Street in Birkdale
- 17 Sep: So should we ride a bicycle on the footpath then?
- 12 Sep: Armchair expert
- 07 Sep: Best practice or nothing
- 05 Sep: Cycling deadlock
- 25 Aug: The scale of Auckland
- 17 Aug: 3 years later, pedestrians (and cyclists) did not gain right of passage across Cook Street
- 08 Jun: Is cycling still for the rich?
- 20 May: …and they’re open to cars again
- 11 May: What do street name suffixes like “street” or “avenue” mean?
- 20 Mar: They’ve actually closed some streets for cars
- 09 Mar: A Note about Sale Street
- 09 Mar: That Epic Victoria Quarter Rant
- 27 Feb: Driveways: we’re Doing it Wrong
- 22 Feb: Pedestrian give way rules: “We’re thinking about it”, year 4
- 04 Jan: Imagining something else for Birkenhead
2020
- 01 Dec: Backyards
- 22 Oct: Decarbonising Te Atatū
- 14 Oct: Nicholas Street
- 12 Oct: Decarbonising St Heliers
- 07 Oct: Decarbonising transport
- 20 May: The cycling dot map
- 18 Apr: Census 2018 mode shares
2019
- 03 Nov: Census 2018: population density
- 28 Oct: Riding the Northwestern Cycleway
- 30 Sep: Loitering around in Northcote Point
- 16 Aug: Riding the Northcote Safe Cycle Route
- 12 Aug: Two ways home from Wynyard Quarter
- 03 Aug: Wynyard Quarter, the new hipster paradise
- 30 Jul: The most embarrassing missing pedestrian leg, continued
- 21 Jul: Sugartree Lane
- 20 Jul: The slum of Hobson Street — or not?
- 22 Apr: Bold façade
- 06 Apr: My kid almost died on Ponsonby Road
- 27 Mar: Highbury: bypass or not?
- 06 Feb: Actions & words: travelwise
- 22 Jan: The case of the missing cross-town bus
- 20 Jan: Christmas parade
- 20 Jan: Dear New World
2018
- 22 Dec: Urban or suburban?
- 11 Dec: Is driving for the rich too?
- 25 Nov: Park or Parking?
- 21 Oct: Is cycling for the rich?
- 12 Oct: A peek outside my bubble: property speculator whining group
- 23 Sep: Learning how to ride a bicycle in an apartment.
- 26 Jul: What's wrong with Aotea Square?
- 07 Jul: Wsomc’s handy old network to new network translator
- 16 Jun: Pedestrians (and cyclists) also to gain right of passage across Cook Street
- 11 Jun: Pedestrians to gain right of passage across Hobson Street
- 27 Apr: The far side of the windshield
- 13 Apr: The Lantern Festival: how do you get to huge events in Auckland?
- 06 Apr: Making the relief map: the base
- 26 Mar: Why do we hate cycle lanes and bus stops so much?
2017
- 09 Aug: 1m DEM
- 08 May: I made a map: relief in Auckland
- 21 Apr: Wsomc’s guide to the Midtown bus route consultation.
- 21 Mar: Up or out?
- 17 Mar: Can we upgrade “living in the CBD” to a proper living arrangement?
- 07 Mar: Pedestrian give way rules: “We’re thinking about it”
- 29 Jan: AT’s response to the Northcote Point consultation
2016
- 16 Nov: What’s so special about those Link Buses?
- 10 Nov: Terrible craftsmanship: Queen Street, Northcote Point
- 07 Aug: Why is walking in Auckland so awkward?
- 30 Jul: Residential areas in Auckland, New Zealand versus Leuven, Belgium
- 02 Jul: Cottage for sale
- 26 Jun: Let’s explore aerial photography: Auckland
- 14 Jun: Let’s explore aerial photography: Belgium
- 01 Jun: Pedestrian improvements in ponsonby — Not too much please
- 30 May: That’s not funny.
- 10 May: Terrible craftsmanship I: the most embarrassing missing pedestrian leg
- 01 May: Cycling revolution: bike shopping
- 16 Feb: Auckland’s ghost cycle lanes
- 14 Feb: Cycling revolution: cycle lanes
- 08 Feb: The Big Reason™ why Auckland is Unfit for Bicycling
- 23 Jan: Noise pollution, Auckland edition
- 10 Jan: Reflections on living in an apartment for a year.
2015
- 12 Dec: The big traffic choker contest
- 06 Dec: The pink path
- 05 Dec: Oh there’s an advertisement for— wait, what?
- 02 Dec: The unavoidable traffic infarct conjecture
- 23 Nov: So, to “Auckland 2040” and other NIMBYs…
- 05 Nov: The Tow-Away sign, the measure of success in Auckland
- 03 Nov: Figuring out again how a bicycle works
- 18 Oct: Just a minimal bit of courtesy
- 04 Oct: A collision of speed limits and politics
- 28 Sep: The suburb called Hageland
- 26 Sep: Bicycling in Auckland: the big no-no
- 25 Sep: Who gives a damn at the Hobson ridge?
- 20 Sep: A stroll on Hobson and Nelson Street
- 15 Sep: Life on the wrong side of my car