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Peter H wrote a new post, Bryant – Hybrid Oriented Development (HOD) part 1 3 days, 18 hours ago
You will find some of the best cafés in Hamilton within a walking distance of Bryant Rd and the Sunshine Ave/Te Rapa intersection. During the day, there are plenty of people visiting them.
Historically, […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Te Rapa – Transit Oriented Development (TOD) part 1 1 week, 3 days ago
Te Rapa village has the makings of a diverse TOD, encompassing both dwellings and places of employment. Presently there are 16 buses per hour travelling through Te Rapa Rd/Garnett Ave – Vardon Rd cross roads […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Hamilton is to get Dutch Roundabout – example from Germany 2 weeks, 3 days ago
An image of the proposed Hamilton roundabout is included at the end of this post.
Before this post moves to take a look at Germany, we start with ‘Pedestrian crossing survey in Europe’ from the UK AA, which sco […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Beerescourt – Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Part 1 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Beerescourt village has the makings of a diverse and very highly urbanised TOD. Presently there are 20 buses per hour travelling north and south through/past Beerescourt Village (Buses #1, #21, #C, and #24, which […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Diversity – Transit Oriented Development (TOD) 1 month ago
The diversity resulting from TOD comes from allowing it! The outcome is that traffic is not tidal. It may be easier to explain what this kind of diversity is not. It is not a dormitory suburb that is empty during […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Introduction to Hybrid Oriented Development (HOD) for Hamilton 1 month, 1 week ago
According to Wikipedia, ‘The densest areas of a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) are normally located within a radius of ¼ to ½ mile (400 to 800 m) around the central transit stop’. When it comes to train stati […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Introduction to Transit Oriented Development (TOD) for Hamilton 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Transit Orientated Development (TOD) can be best characterized in terms of the 5Ds: Density, Diversity, Design, Destination, accessibility and Distance (p8*). The majority of this post is quoting from The […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Innovating Streets – Rostrevor Street: Success 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The biggest success from the Innovating Streets project came from council staff getting a very diverse group of people into the same room, asking them to suggest anything, then collecting ideas and representing […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) Eastern pathways Vs 4 lane roads 1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) is the tool Waka Kotahi (NZTA) uses to measure how its investments will achieve value for money. This means that a BCR of 2.4 for the Eastern Pathways (p62) that costs, say $50 […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Innovating Streets – Ward Street 2 months ago
The Ward Street Innovating Streets project is the fifth time in the past two decades that HCC has spent money on a proposal to have a ‘Better experience for people in motion: safer and more pleasant walking, w […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Photo of the Day: Te Huia at the Strand 2 months, 1 week ago
Excited passengers young and old arriving at the Strand Station on Te Huia’s maiden journey into downtown Auckland
photo by Ryan Bos
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Peter H wrote a new post, University to City Link – Grey to River crossing 2 months, 2 weeks ago
This is the fourth post on the ‘City to University business case’, which plans to improve safety, access and to increase the number of people using public transport by 20% (p322). Starting with safety, Grey St […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, University to City Link – Grey to Peachgrove 2 months, 3 weeks ago
In the 1980s, of the 586 students at Hamilton Boys’ High School (HBHS), 7% (Link to source) of students who biked accessed the school from Beale St and Kelvin St. Today that would equal about 150 HBHS students ( […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, University to City Link – Wairere to Peachgrove 3 months ago
There is a lot on offer in the neighbourhood from the Wairere Drive greenbelt to Peachgrove Rd. This post will start with the Peachgrove shopping centre on the corner of Clyde St, end with a comment on the […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, University to City Link – Knighton to Wairere – Stage One 3 months, 1 week ago
The University to City Centre route has always been given a high priority in Hamilton’s bike planning. In a 2005 report , ‘the CBD/ University Sector – the highest priority focus in terms of cycling numbers – had […]
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Peter H wrote a new post, Fifth Ave: the future of slower traffic 3 months, 2 weeks ago
A 2005 future prediction of traffic on Fifth Avenue predicted it to exceed 18,000 vehicles per day (vpd) by 2046 (see image end of post) and 13,900 vpd in 2021. The graph below shows Wairere Drive’s ‘ […]
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