Tag: generated traffic

• Building new roads leads to more new roads

  

  Last month I stumbled across an article from 2006 called Induced traffic. Again. And again. And again. It was first observed early last century that building new roads generates new traffic. So 1925, 1937, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, now 2006: for 80 years, every eight years on average, there has been […]

  Rachel M

  September 8, 2018

  Cycling, Journal

  AWPR, CPRE, cycling, generated traffic, induced demand, 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