After nearly 10 years of being on a self-hosted platform, Hamilton Urban Blog is moving to Substack! You will get the same great content from Peter, but now with an Industrial Strength webhost. So please consider visiting Hamilton Urban Blog on Substack – hamiltonurbanblog.substack.com There you can sign up to get notifications of any updates, or just click no thanks to enjoy the great content from Peter. We will keep hamiltonurbanblog.co.nz going for a wee bit longer, but eventually will redirect the web address (URL) to substack.   ..read more

The rail network in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty has avoided 397,867 truck trips, saving 32.7million litres of fuel and avoiding the emission of 87,949 tonnes of CO2 (from Image below). The CO2 reduction is equivalent to removing half the current numbers of petrol-fuelled cars from Hamilton’s* streets for a year. KiwiRail recently updated the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (Monday18 September 2023) on the state of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty rail network: KiwiRail now has ‘all bridges on the Auckland – Tauranga route ready for future axle-load increase’, and has planned business cases ..read more

The decision to three-lane Whitiora Bridge was a political decision (link) that has not benefited Hamilton’s transport network. The third car lane is there to give cars a preserved benefit. The actual number of cars crossing would be the same if it still had two standard-width lanes with cycle lanes each side. The narrowing of the west-bound lane on the eastern end reduces the number of cars a lane can move (see ‘hard working lanes’ post). Over the past eight years Whitiora Bridge and Victoria Bridge have had similar motor vehicles per day (vpd) counts. Victoria moves many more people with it ..read more

The Meteor bus service is the latest ‘frequent service’ to get people moving across Hamilton. The route the Meteor takes allows transferring to other services at multiple stops either side of the Victoria Bridge, and it is this river crossing that is going to limit growth. There will now be over 15 buses per hour crossing into Hamilton Central at the morning peak traffic period, which justifies planning for a bridge with a dedicated bus lane (see last paragraph). The latest plan is for a new bridge that links Clyde Street directly across the river to Anglesea Street over the top of Radnor Str ..read more

My notes on Germany 1648 to 1806 , Germany 1800 to 1840s , Waikato the golden age 1840s to 1850s , Waikato 1860s , Gentry & Speculators , The beginning of modern planning:  Water, Sewage, Housing, Transport, City Centre, Markets and Zoning, 1890s: Introduction, Dwellings & Lots, Reason for Zoning, Horses, Cyclists & road deaths, York, City beautiful & genesis of motorways, Garden City, Dresden 1903, Chicago 1909, 1910s: Hamilton, Columbus ..read more

My notes on Germany 1648 to 1806 , Germany 1800 to 1840s , Waikato the golden age 1840s to 1850s , Waikato 1860s , Gentry & Speculators , The beginning of modern planning:  Water, Sewage, Housing, Transport, City Centre, Markets and Zoning, 1890s: Introduction, Dwellings & Lots, Reason for Zoning, Horses, Cyclists & road deaths, York, City beautiful & genesis of motorways, Garden City, Dresden 1903, Chicago 1909, 1910s: Hamilton, Columbus ..read more

My notes on Germany 1648 to 1806 , Germany 1800 to 1840s , Waikato the golden age 1840s to 1850s , Waikato 1860s , Gentry & Speculators , The beginning of modern planning:  Water, Sewage, Housing, Transport, City Centre, Markets and Zoning, 1890s: Introduction, Dwellings & Lots, Reason for Zoning, Horses, Cyclists & road deaths, York, City beautiful & genesis of motorways, Garden City, Dresden 1903, Chicago 1909, 1910s: Hamilton, Columbus ..read more

My notes on Germany 1648 to 1806 , Germany 1800 to 1840s , Waikato the golden age 1840s to 1850s , Waikato 1860s , Gentry & Speculators , The beginning of modern planning:  Water, Sewage, Housing, Transport, City Centre, Markets and Zoning, 1890s: Introduction, Dwellings & Lots, Reason for Zoning, Horses, Cyclists & road deaths, York, City beautiful & genesis of motorways, Garden City, Dresden 1903, Chicago 1909, 1910s: Hamilton, Columbus ..read more

My notes on Germany 1648 to 1806 , Germany 1800 to 1840s , Waikato the golden age 1840s to 1850s , Waikato 1860s , Gentry & Speculators , The beginning of modern planning:  Water, Sewage, Housing, Transport, City Centre, Markets and Zoning, 1890s: Introduction, Dwellings & Lots, Reason for Zoning, Horses, Cyclists & road deaths, York, City beautiful & genesis of motorways, Garden City, Dresden 1903, Chicago 1909, 1910s: Hamilton, Columbus ..read more

Hamilton has a Vision Zero goal for road safety. We don’t believe any loss of life on our city’s roads is acceptable. With more and more people using our roads, we need to make sure they’re as safe as they can be – Please support – Feedback closes 5 July 2023 – Link  Draft – 2024 Speed Management Plan Version 3, June 2023 for consultation – page 9 ..read more