Tagged: bus

Parking is too cheap! - The Dismal Science

Bill Kaye-Blake • Sep 10, 2013 •

• bus,
• economics,
• mass transit,
• parking

Now that I have your attention — it may be that we aren’t paying enough for parking in Wellington. This is NOT the message of the downtown retailers, of course, and the Dominion Post doesn’t explain the issues, but let’s run through the economics. Say you are the mayor of Harbourside City. Your city has […] … Read More

In defence of market transactions - The Dismal Science

Bill Kaye-Blake • Oct 17, 2012 •

• bus,
• economics,
• epistemic closure,
• markets,
• Sciblogs

My last post was about switching from buses to the car for getting to work. It has generated discussion (and thanks, everyone, for stopping by and contributing) and given me food for thought. Specifically, how do we know that a bus service is good or bad? One perspective is that I (well, we, really — [...] … Read More

Of bikes and buses - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Oct 16, 2012 •

• bus,
• costs,
• culture,
• General,
• motorbike,
• public transport,
• Wellington

Bill’s post today on Wellington buses, and why he chooses to drive his car instead, is a timely one. While his post looks primarily at the time he saves by not using public transport, I thought I’d focus on something… Read more › … Read More

I give up on Wellington buses - The Dismal Science

Bill Kaye-Blake • Oct 15, 2012 •

• bus,
• economics,
• Sciblogs,
• Wellington

I drove to work today. I parked in my new dedicated parking space. My Snapper card did not leave the wallet. Why did I not bus to work? Because I’ve given up on Wellington buses. I have calculated that it takes me an average of 40 minutes to get from home to work (or the [...] … Read More

Animating Auckland’s public transport network – Take Two - Seeing Data

Chris McDowall • Aug 04, 2011 •

• Animation,
• Auckland,
• bus,
• Data,
• ferry,
• train,
• urban,
• visualisation

In late January I created an animation of Auckland’s public transport network with data from the MAXX Auckland transport Google transit feed. As I noted in the post, there were several issues with the video. I carved out a little time this week to revise the animation and I am happy with the progress. The new video … Read More

An animated map of Auckland’s public transport network - Seeing Data

Chris McDowall • Jan 20, 2011 •

• Animation,
• Auckland,
• bus,
• ferry,
• maps,
• nz,
• public transport,
• urban,
• visualisation

I grew up in Auckland and spent many years using the city’s public transport system to get from place to place. While sitting on a bus, I sometimes wondered what the transportation network would look like if we could see the movements of the individual vehicles from the air. I would try to visualise the aggregate trajectories as each vehicle … Read More