18 October 2011 – 9:36 am
Also posted in NZ policy issues and research and urban design
Angus Hulme -Moir – Thesis
Minimum Parking requirements (MPRs) mandate that each new development provides enough parking to ensure ample provision at the time of peak demand. This approach tends to oversupply parking above the optimal level, and by bundling parking into the development costs, ensures that parking is free to the user. As a result, land-use and transport decisions are distorted. A case study of Porirua central business district (CBD) was undertaken to investigate the use of MPRs in the New ZEaland context, and to assess their impacts on transport and land-use patterns. Findings indicate that MPRs tend to oversupply parking relative to weekly mean and peak occupancies. Land use mapping found that 24 percent of CBD land is allocated to car parking and MPRs were shown to contribute to dispersed development patterns. Stand choice data and a cost recovery model for car parking highlight how free and ample car parking provision favours car driving and has distortionary impacts on travel decisions.
Angus Hulme-Moir
10 October 2011 – 10:47 am
Also posted in NZ policy issues and research
Car use is engrained in our culture. Changing behaviour towards using more sustainable travel modes such as public transport is notoriously difficult, despite the increasing awareness of environmental problems caused by car use. Integrated ticketing is a policy measure more recently used in strategies towards achieving integrated and sustainable transport systems. It allows a passenger to travel with one public transport ticket throughout a region. This research uses a mixed method approach to assess how integrated ticketing may affect public transport use in Greater Wellington. The psychological constructs determining decisions to use public transport are tested using an integrated environmental behaviour model proposed by Bamberg and Möser (2007). The results support the integrated modelling approach. Intentions to use public transport are indirectly affected by awareness of environmental problems caused by car use mediated through social norms, guilt, perceived behavioural control and attitude. The intention to use public transport explains 56% of the variance in public transport behaviour. Integrated ticketing presents an opportunity to increase the ease and convenience of travel, shown to be important in the model. The majority of survey respondents perceived that they would use integrated ticketing in Greater Wellington and that it was important both on a regional and national scale. Achieving an effective integrated ticketing system in Greater Wellington will be conditional on firstly improving public transport service reliability and stakeholder communication. Integrating fares across the region and across modes will also be crucial to the system’s success.
C Morley Thesis (2)
27 September 2011 – 10:40 am
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This paper addresses the issue of pedestrian over-run protection for buses and whether something similar to the degress of protection afforded by trams can also be achieved with buses. The benefits to pedestrians in this context also extend to cyclists and motorcyclists, who are also frequently put at risk of being run over by collision with buses.
Microsoft Word – Bus Pedestrian OverRun from Problem to Solution
27 September 2011 – 10:37 am
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Pedestrians and public transport go together, especially in the central city. And yet, in Wellington, one of New Zealand’s most walkabale cities – much more so than Auckland- there has been a spate of pedestrian accidents involving buses, which have the potential to cause serious injury and death even at low speeds.
Microsoft Word – Bus Frontal Conspicuity from Problem to Solution
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The New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities and Landcare Research is pleased to post this, Wn ChCh Regeneration Book 11
This evidence-based report draws on the collective expertise of over 100 urban researchers, scientists and policy advisors who attended a sustainability workshop in Christchurch in April.
A limited number of printed copies will be available on request
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Themes and streams
1. A vision for the future of public health: for projects or work that suggest new ways of working in public health or successful models of intervention.
2. Sustainable communities and environments: for projects or work that suggest ways of sustaining strong communities and safe environments.
3. Diversity: for projects or activities that reflect health development issues for specific communities or groups of people.
More details available on the website
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Last night’s episode of ‘Hindsight’ on TV 7 explored the The Super City: A look at the never-ending expansion of Auckland over the years.
