Comments on: Another good reason to live in Wellington http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/ A blog written by Labour MPs Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:29:08 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Luke http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19778 Luke Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:07:35 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19778 I think Wellington and the GWRC are very complacent about PT use in Wgtn. They seem to be lacking a grand vision for changing the way people move around the city. This is most unlike Auckland where starting about 10 years ago the leaders of Auckland realised the city needs to go move in a very different direction and now talk about a 'quantum shift' in PT use. PT use in Auckland is growing very rapidly and will overtake wgtn within a decade. Sure Auckland has a far bigger population but wgtn has amazingly perfect geography to run PT so it is much simpler and easier. All wgtn seems to be doing is getting some new and long overdue emu's, but are only buying enough to retire the oldest existing trains, and do not plan any serious frequency increase. I think Wellington and the GWRC are very complacent about PT use in Wgtn. They seem to be lacking a grand vision for changing the way people move around the city. This is most unlike Auckland where starting about 10 years ago the leaders of Auckland realised the city needs to go move in a very different direction and now talk about a ‘quantum shift’ in PT use. PT use in Auckland is growing very rapidly and will overtake wgtn within a decade. Sure Auckland has a far bigger population but wgtn has amazingly perfect geography to run PT so it is much simpler and easier. All wgtn seems to be doing is getting some new and long overdue emu’s, but are only buying enough to retire the oldest existing trains, and do not plan any serious frequency increase.

]]> By: Spud http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19626 Spud Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:06:28 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19626 I think it's a step in the right direction and they'll refine and improve on the current electric cars. :-D I think it’s a step in the right direction and they’ll refine and improve on the current electric cars. :-D

]]> By: Nathan Mills http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19617 Nathan Mills Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:25:56 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19617 Yeah, giving electric cars the best parking spaces aint gonna make a bit of difference, you'll find DPS cars parked in them all the time! Yeah, giving electric cars the best parking spaces aint gonna make a bit of difference, you’ll find DPS cars parked in them all the time!

]]> By: Jeremy Harris http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19616 Jeremy Harris Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:22:25 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19616 I hope someone tells them that an electric car uses many times its weight of oil to produce, that 40% of a vehicles emissions are during it's construction, that it will do nothing for congestion, that 35% of NZ's electrical production produces emissions and of this the coal plants produce air pollution and finaly that the Rare Earth Metals used in electric cars batteries are already running out, suprise, suprise since they are RARE Earth Metals... I hope Labour and the WCC haven't been sucked in by the electric car rhetoric being used to promote reckless State Highway spending..? I hope someone tells them that an electric car uses many times its weight of oil to produce, that 40% of a vehicles emissions are during it’s construction, that it will do nothing for congestion, that 35% of NZ’s electrical production produces emissions and of this the coal plants produce air pollution and finaly that the Rare Earth Metals used in electric cars batteries are already running out, suprise, suprise since they are RARE Earth Metals…

I hope Labour and the WCC haven’t been sucked in by the electric car rhetoric being used to promote reckless State Highway spending..?

]]> By: Spud http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19611 Spud Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:28:34 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19611 Woo hoo Wellington! Great idea :-D Woo hoo Wellington! Great idea :-D

]]> By: Trevor Mallard http://blog.labour.org.nz/2009/11/28/another-good-reason-to-live-in-wellington/comment-page-1/#comment-19609 Trevor Mallard Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:24:38 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=7808#comment-19609 I hope they work with the Hutt who are not always as quick at these things. I hope they work with the Hutt who are not always as quick at these things.

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