3 days ago
Drury's Vision for Wellington
Rod Drury lays out his Vision for Wellington: Make Wellington the best city for trails and riding (this is about maintain biking trails) Create a compelling city for people in their 20's The home of GovTech Linking Wellington to global transport innovation
Some of his specifics are:
The Commuter Greenbelt. We have an amazing greenbelt that is underutilised, and in many areas is undermaintained. Make it a full trail for walking, running, and biking. Imagine having a one hour exercise loop that anyone can walk and ride, getting new glimpses of our beautiful city.
Open up new areas close to town like Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill), which could be designed as a stunning multi-use recreational area. And unleash the potential of Mt Victoria as an urban playground.
Sounds great. People will move to live and work here, if it is an urban playground. This isn't saying have commuter cycleways that destroy business carparks. This is about mountain biking and walking trails.
Autonomous driving and robotaxies are starting to trial in US cities, despite their complex layers of regulation. Like we have done for Space and VTOL aircraft, New Zealand's smaller regulatory environment makes Wellington the ideal test lab for small automated transport solutions like autonomous taxis and autonomous network transit systems like Anterra with Lars Herold
We already have a second tunnel through Mount Victoria for buses that could easily accommodate a double out-and-back route for small electric shuttles from the airport. Utilising the existing second tunnel would save billions.
I think the future is autonomous shuttles. Households will give us their private cars if a cheap shuttle can pick you up within five minutes and take you to your destination, for less than the cost of your own car.
