Comments on: Rudman on Pedestrians http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/11/27/rudman-on-pedestrians/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Graham Browne http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/11/27/rudman-on-pedestrians/#comment-4692 Graham Browne Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:55:23 +0000 http://transportblog.co.nz/?p=2353#comment-4692 Returning to live in Auckland following seven years in Seattle it was incredibly disappointing to find the disdain that pedestrians are treated with here in Auckland in comparison. It seems a sad indictment that the US makes New Zealand look regressive with respect to the ability to walk around our cities. Does Auckland City Council have a dedicated staff member who has responsibility for maintaining and improving pedestrian access within the city? If not, why not? Surely this would be (as noted above) relatively cheap and high payoff - the 'low hanging fruit' of traffic planning in the city? Returning to live in Auckland following seven years in Seattle it was incredibly disappointing to find the disdain that pedestrians are treated with here in Auckland in comparison. It seems a sad indictment that the US makes New Zealand look regressive with respect to the ability to walk around our cities.

Does Auckland City Council have a dedicated staff member who has responsibility for maintaining and improving pedestrian access within the city? If not, why not? Surely this would be (as noted above) relatively cheap and high payoff – the ‘low hanging fruit’ of traffic planning in the city?

]]> By: Jeremy Harris http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/11/27/rudman-on-pedestrians/#comment-4662 Jeremy Harris Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:35:36 +0000 http://transportblog.co.nz/?p=2353#comment-4662 It simple, cheap and would massively add to the attractiveness of the CBD... So of course we don't do it... Ha Ha... It simple, cheap and would massively add to the attractiveness of the CBD… So of course we don’t do it… Ha Ha…

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