Month: <span>October 2021</span>

Published 26 Oct 2021

The Golden Mile Project is already a Failure

  • Wellington is growing and committed to increased use of public transport
  • But the Golden Mile Project will not improve bus capacity so how will the 13,000 future bus commuters get to work?
  • It’s not that LGWM failed to increase bus capacity along the Golden Mile, it’s that they did not even try …

LGWM Golden Mile Project is a Fail

Wellington will greatly increase its bus usage

Wellington faces serious peak time congestion mainly because we so much employment based in our CBD. … Read more ...

Public Transport

Bus Capacity LGWM Wellington Bus

Published 12 Oct 2021

Wellington’s Huge Commuter Tide

  • Wellington is an unusual city due to a huge portion of jobs being in the CBD
  • We experience serious “tidal” congestion due to the huge morning inflow of commuters into the CBD and then out from CBD in the evening
  • The peak time pressure on the Golden Mile is huge but otherwise Wellington is quite an accessible city

One could rightly say that every city is different but, on the spectrum of city characteristics, Wellington City is unusual in a number of ways.… Read more ...

Public Transport

Bus Capacity LGWM Wellington Bus