tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5932899805685983129..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: A tale of two parties [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-50813745207841265542011-09-14T09:43:49.495+12:002011-09-14T09:43:49.495+12:00Ruth
I've been a rail fan since childhood, bu...Ruth<br /><br />I've been a rail fan since childhood, but what libertarian supports forcing taxpayers to subsidise a local authority run railway?<br /><br />The great railways in the US are the freight ones, all privately run, all the most efficient in the world. The passenger ones are almost always political boondoggles.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-85291597254552618282011-09-13T18:13:19.120+12:002011-09-13T18:13:19.120+12:00No one has yet said that this is proof that the &q...No one has yet said that this is proof that the "Super City" is a failure; as a few of us said it would be on this blog a long time ago. <br /><br />Oh and rail is great. Can't understand the ideological opposition to it. Neither can our rather libertarian house guests from the USA.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-16030992291415433392011-09-13T16:40:38.047+12:002011-09-13T16:40:38.047+12:00be careful of crowd number estimates - http://www....be careful of crowd number estimates - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christmas-in-the-park/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501006&objectid=10693318 <br /><br />I'm not sure that a quarter of the total city population in that small space passes the sniff test.<br /><br />insiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25016073167973343392011-09-13T09:56:08.306+12:002011-09-13T09:56:08.306+12:00I think you've hit the nail squarely on the he...I think you've hit the nail squarely on the head - and very articulately, too. Thank you!Maungakiekiehttp://maungakiekie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-50620826797971160092011-09-13T09:36:27.498+12:002011-09-13T09:36:27.498+12:00This classic “group think” behaviour and decision ...This classic “group think” behaviour and decision making reflects the rail worship documented in “The Mythical Conception of Rail in Los Angeles.”<br />Go here: http://americandreamcoalition.org/transit/mythRail.pdf<br /><br />Rail mythology leads people to believe that rail solves all problems. It is a short trip from Len Brown saying of airport rail links “Build them and they will come” to “use rail and rail can respond”. There is no way a rail system can operate efficiently at one set of volume and then respond immediately to a four fold increase in demand. Trains are not silver bullets that can work miracles at the wave of a want. IT would take years to increase the capacity of the current network fourfold.<br /><br />Any modelling of the convergence of people arriving into Britomart in huge numbers while huge numbers were trying to leave for Eden Park would have revealed that the rail system would fail. But the “mythical concept” is that rail solves all problems, and to admit doubt is a heresy. The Taxis of Auckland carry more public transport trips per year than rail ever will, but they were told they were not needed because rail and buses would cope.<br /><br />Taxis are cars and hence ‘unblessed’.<br />Rail systems are inherently fragile and only seemed reliable were cars and buses weren’t.<br /><br />Visions and Myths are no substitute for sound analysis.<br /><br />The normal pattern is that the actual analysts and engineers etc sound all the warning about the weakness of rail but are over ridden by the “myth makers”.. But when their predictions prove correct the engineers get the blame.Owen McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130002581563595646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-85289916173564407512011-09-13T09:10:53.796+12:002011-09-13T09:10:53.796+12:00A great read Julian.A great read Julian.gregsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786701115887458801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75089623223489713972011-09-12T20:35:20.847+12:002011-09-12T20:35:20.847+12:00""we can count the money. Or lack of it....""we can count the money. Or lack of it.""<br /><br />Haha! THAT will all be behind closed doors and you will never hear a word about it! Find me one public spectacle that has been audited afterwards and carried by the mainstream media! <br /><br />They will put a dollar value on the 'public good' it created to make it look like a profit!<br /><br />Govts should be BANNED putting any money in crap like this... 'public good' sports, arts, pastimes.. they should all be done privately.KPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-44962774702649819222011-09-12T19:34:51.029+12:002011-09-12T19:34:51.029+12:00One small positive effect of Friday night' sha...One small positive effect of Friday night' shambles was to wipe the supercilious smirk off that smug prick Len Brown's face for a short time.Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-56494871173505729492011-09-12T18:08:10.644+12:002011-09-12T18:08:10.644+12:00So, the sleek and glib poohbahs of the great metro...So, the sleek and glib poohbahs of the great metropolis of Duckburg couldn't organise a booze-up in a brewery! Quelle surprise!<br /><br />Meanwhile on the mainland, tourism bookings have fallen through the floor. Reasons? 1/ No All Black games here and 2/ People who planned to visit aside from the Rugby World What stayed away in droves rather than be flensed and rendered by the merchants of Duckburg and their fellow thieves within RWC Ltd.<br /><br />By the time the dust has settled, the bottles have been picked up and the cops have finished bashing the last drunken Scottish tourist we can count the money. Or lack of it. My bet is it will be like the Greek Olympics. Great spectacle but a big loser.<br /><br />Party on!<br /><br /><br />GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86303961671181085282011-09-12T15:41:44.465+12:002011-09-12T15:41:44.465+12:00The magnificence of Dunedin's stadium and plan...The magnificence of Dunedin's stadium and planning (albeit pricey) is beyond question. Some cities do get it right.<br /><br />Chris R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-22633037861307654752011-09-12T12:55:57.456+12:002011-09-12T12:55:57.456+12:00I've been saying for a while - why would anyon...I've been saying for a while - why would anyone want govt or Council to run anything!<br /><br />their blind ra ra for PT is an issue. Really they have to work out a way to "ration" it. only 15,000 can train - and for last 3 weeks that will all be tourists. So you actuallt want locals to drive. Also they don't have enough park and ride eg Ellerslie etcmarknoreply@blogger.com