Tag: congestion

• Roads, traffic and Braess’s paradox

  I understand that we all have differing ideas about what we find beautiful and pleasing to the eye, but is there anyone who would choose the first photograph below over the second? The two photos are before and after pics from the Cheonggyecheon Stream restoration project in Seoul, South Korea. The concrete highways were built […]

  Rachel M

  March 31, 2014

  Auckland, Travel

  Auckland, Braess’s paradox, cars, Cheonggyecheon, congestion, roads, traffic

• Parking for five cars

  There’s an article in the NZ Herald this week, Auckland house prices vs world’s, which compares the median house price in Auckland – a whopping $670,000 – with other similarly priced homes around the world. The house chosen for comparison in Auckland, is a $675,000 five-bedroom, three-bathroom house in the suburb of New Windsor. New […]

  Rachel M

  May 9, 2013

  Auckland, Urban sprawl

  Auckland, congestion, generated traffic, housing, motorways, public transport, quality of life, roads, traffic, transport

• Bicycle versus helicopter

  Now that I no longer have a child under the age of three, I find myself re-engaging with popular culture after a six-year hiatus. So please forgive me for writing about an event from September, 2009. Back then, I was heavily pregnant and deeply buried in dirty nappies. Back in 2009, a challenge was presented […]

  Rachel M

  April 21, 2013

  Urban sprawl

  congestion, Curitiba, cycling, intermodal competition, Jaime Lerner, public transport, sao paulo, traffic, urban design, urban sprawl, walking