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    Govt celebrates World Statistics Day by ignoring statistics on transport - by frog



    Today is the first ever World Statistics Day, and Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson is celebrating. So how does he explain his colleague Steven Joyce’s determination to proceed with funding roading projects that the statistics show have significantly greater costs than benefits and the statistics show the majority of Aucklanders and Wellingtonians don’t consider priorities? read more
    October 20, 2010 9:39 am - 22 Comments
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    Transit-Oriented Development — By the Numbers - by frog



    The numbers are in. And they show that transit-oriented development really does get people out of their cars. A new study of 17 different transit-oriented developments in four metropolitan areas showed that they generated only about half as many car trips as the standard planning reference guide predicts. It’s research with potential for major impact [...] read more
    February 29, 2008 2:41 pm - 11 Comments
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    More tunnels in which to hide from the new climate - by frog



    Wellington City Council wants to spend $250 million tunnelling through Mt Victoria and extending State Highway One to Wellington Airport.  The Mayor, Kerry Prendergast, seems to think this is going to happen no matter what people think: ‘I think there are some [things] we have to do,’ she told The Dominion Post. …Ms Prendergast said [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 11:49 am - 59 Comments