NZ In Tranzit

In God we trust; all others bring data  - W.Edwards Deming Nothing in life is ever what it seems. Look at all parts, not just the obvious. This has long become my rule of thumb.  An interesting example just appeared in a leading United Kingdom newspaper.  According to The Guardian ; a report launched last week has revealed that the cycle industry in the United Kingdom is worth three times more than the steel industry and employs twice as many people.  According to this report cycling-related businesses generate, at least 5.5 billion pounds in the UK economy and sustain 64,000 jobs. Some of these are in bike shops (and presumably manufacture) but most of these are in cycle tourism, of one sort or another.

A diesel hybrid train in Japan - but under Christchurch city? There IS an option.... This essay   © David Welch 2022  [updated from orignial published on this site ©  2018 ]  "Christchurch Railway Station is too far away from  the centre of the business and commercial area".  Historic al  rese a rch  reveals that  this w a s  a complaint  a s f ar   b ack   a s   1863!  Strong criticism w a s expressed even before the city's first station opened on "South Belt" (now  "Moorhouse Avenue"). Calls were made for horses to be used to pull the detached railway carriages ( arriving from Heathcote  wh arf ) up into the central business area.   As researching old newspaper sites will reveal, the distance of the railway station  from the centre of the city it has been constant Canterbury grievance for 159 years.  In 199 3, and the then privatisation of rail, the city's “central”...