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Proposed ORC Bus Hub, Great King St – concept image [supplied]
CALL FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS
DIS-2017-1 – Central City Bus Hub
Open for submissions. Closes 5pm 18 August 2017
Public notice of requirement for a designation
Sections 168 and 169 of the Resource Management Act 1991
The Dunedin City Council has received notice of a requirement for a new designation from the Otago Regional Council.
Notice of Requirement No: DIS-2017-1
The requirement is for: A Central City Bus Hub for Dunedin's transport network, and includes all buildings, structures and associated facilities and activities for the carrying out of the public transport system by the Otago Regional Council. With the exception of no public parking, the designation will not prevent the use of Great King Street, between Moray Place and St Andrew Street, being used as a public road.
The designation is to provide for the establishment, operation, maintenance and upgrading of the Central City Bus Hub for Dunedin public transport service purposes and will provide public transport services described in the Otago Regional Council's Public Transport Plan, and to provide for any site works, buildings or structures, integral and ancillary to the Dunedin public transport system, including but not limited to: Bus shelters and seating; timetable and information displays; bus stops; public amenities, including toilets; landscaping including structures; pedestrian footpaths and accessways; drainage; technology; lighting; security; vehicle priority; signage; passenger comfort initiatives and facilities; passenger information facilities; and all other structures and facilities associated with, or incidental to, a comprehensive facility for the performances of functions of the Central City Bus Hub and support of the Dunedin Public Transport Network for the Otago Regional Council.
The nature of the functions is that these activities will initially occur from approximately 05:30am to 12:30am, 7 days a week, year-round.
The sites to which the requirement applies are as follows:
● Great King Street Road Reserve, between Moray Place and St Andrew Street, Dunedin;
● Moray Place Road Reserve (part of);
● 12.4m² (approx.) within 157 St Andrew Street, legally described as Lot 1 DP 486801;
● Two areas within the Countdown car park adjoining Great King Street – one comprising 58.8m² and the second comprising 50.4m² (approx.) legally described as Lots 2 and 3, DP 6552 and Section 29, Town of Dunedin.
● 19.5m² (approx.) within the Countdown car park adjoining Moray Place, legally described as part Sections 27 and 28, Block XVI, Town Survey District;
● 63m² (approx.) within the Community House car park at 301 Moray Place, legally described as part Town Section 26, Block XVI, Town of Dunedin; and
● 60.8m² (approx.) within the Wilsons car park at 30-36 Great King Street, legally described as Lot 2 DP 338932.
The Notice of Requirement, plans showing the extent of the requirement, and the assessment of environmental effects may be inspected at the following locations:
● City Planning Enquiries, Customer Services Centre, Ground Floor, Civic Centre, 50 The Octagon, Dunedin
● The Dunedin Central Public Library
● The Mosgiel Service Centre
Please contact Paul Freeland on 477 4000 if you have any questions about the Notice of Requirement.
█ Go to this DCC webpage for all the information pertaining to the Notice of Requirement (NoR):
Closing date for submissions: Friday 18 August 2017 at 5pm.
http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council/district-plan/district-plan-changes/dis-2017-1-central-city-bus-hub
█ Supplementary Reading
From the 'RMA Quality Planning Resource' (NZ):
Notices of requirement and requiring authorities
To begin the process of designating land, a requiring authority must serve a notice of requirement on the relevant territorial authority (s168 of the RMA) or lodge it with the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) (s145(3)). A notice of requirement is a proposal for a designation.
The notice of requirement has an interim effect, in that it protects the land for the designated purpose until the designation is confirmed and included in an operative district plan (s178). If the designation is confirmed it overrides the provisions of the district plan so the project or the works may be implemented by the requiring authority in accordance with that designation and any conditions attached to it. However, the underlying plan provisions continue to apply if the land is used for a purpose other than the designated purpose.
When processing a notice of requirement Part 8 of the RMA requires the territorial authority to consider the requirement and any submissions received (if the requirement was notified), and then make a recommendation to the requiring authority. The territorial authority is only able to make a recommendation to the requiring authority and the requiring authority has the final decision on the matter. Refer to the flowchart for steps in the new designation process.
An alternative process is available under Part 6AA of the RMA for notices of requirement that are for proposals of national significance. Sections 198A – 198M of the RMA also provide for the direct referral of notices of requirement to the Environment Court for a decision. The direct referral provisions under the RMA allow for requiring authorities to request that notified notices of requirement be directly referred to the Environment Court for a decision, instead of a recommendation by a territorial authority and a decision by a requiring authority.
The designation provides for the long-term 'approval' of the work. Because details of the work may not be known at the time of lodging the notice of requirement, s176A provides for further detail or subsequent changes and updates to the work through an outline plan. An outline plan is required to be submitted to the territorial authority, showing details of the work or project to be constructed on the designated land.
As for the notice of requirement process, the territorial authority only has a recommendation role for outline plans. The territorial authority is only able to request changes of the requiring authority and cannot turn down an outline plan.
A notice of requirement and an outline plan describing the works proposed can be served/submitted at the same time. This approach can be helpful to allow the territorial authority to understand the designation, and can speed up the overall process allowing works to begin sooner. Alternatively, the requirement for an outline plan can be waived by the territorial authority if sufficient information was submitted with the notice of requirement.
Read more: http://www.qualityplanning.org.nz/index.php/plan-development-components/designations/overview/notices-of-requirements
All we want is …. [possibly?]
No highly coloured tarseal or paving materials not in keeping with Dunedin's built environment.
NO Bus Hub in Great King St.
smaller more frequent shuttle buses, suburban areas properly serviced with well-spaced bus stops and shelters, easy transfer cards, on-board EFTPOS card top-ups ($5 minimum), digital readouts for next bus at all stops, wifi buses, direct pick-up drop-off in George and Princes streets, well serviced peak hours and school runs, bus inspectors, highly trained drivers, mechanically well serviced buses, plenty of mobility access for all comers.
Or to just call an affordable version of Uber or Lyft.
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Tagged as Apps, BAD transport design, Black car service, BRIGHT COLOURS, Bus hub, Buses, Central City Plan, DCC, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin City District Plan, Electric vehicles, Fewer bus stops (en route), Great King St, Hail apps, Heritage City, Hybrid vehicles, Intersections, Lack of convenience, Lack of fit, Notice of Requirement, ORC Bus Hub, Otago Regional Council, Passengers, Pooling, Public transport, Regulation, Requirement for a desigation, Ride hailing apps, Rides, Second generation district plan (2GP), Self-drive vehicles, Smartphones, Technology, Traffic congestion, Transfer system, Transport operators, Transportation, Travel, Turning issues
Electric fleet vehicles NZ #cleanenergy
Renault Kangoo ZE Van [cleantechnica.com]
### NZ Herald Thu, 19 Jan 2017
Electric vehicles get $3.5m boost
The Government has agreed to pay $3.5 million towards electric vehicle projects around the country to promote the greener form of transport. Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins announced today that 15 projects would be conditionally funded, as the Government seeks to meet its target of 64,000 electric vehicles on New Zealand's roads by 2021. The projects include Foodstuffs using 28 all-electric delivery vans at its supermarkets; supporting Tranzit Group and Auckland Transport introducting electric buses and charging infrastructure; and Waste Management NZ converting three rubbish trucks to run on electricity.
Foodstuffs (NZ)
Minister of Energy and Resources Judith Collins announces New World and PAK'nSAVE electric delivery van trial
The Honourable Judith Collins has today announced that the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) will be providing funding to support Foodstuffs trial of electric delivery vans across its New World and PAK'nSAVE supermarkets in 2017.
"This is the first time a commercial electric vehicle fleet of this size has been trialled in New Zealand," says Chris Quin, CEO, Foodstuffs North Island Ltd. "The funding will go towards the implementation of 28 zero emission electric delivery vans at New World and PAK'nSAVE stores across the North and South Island."
According to Quin when the project was put to the business initial interest from stores was incredibly positive. "Our owners recognise and support Foodstuffs' commitment to be more sustainable and at the leading edge of new technology. Our business practices are continually evolving to be more sustainable, this is demonstrated through our work on recyclable packaging, food donation, natural refrigeration systems and energy efficiency and ensures the business will be well placed over the coming years."
Quin adds, "It fits in perfectly with Foodstuffs drive to reduce environmental impacts and support brand NZ. Electric vehicles offer the potential to both reduce the business' dependence on imported fuels whilst at the same time reducing road based transport emissions by 100%."
"Add to this the fact the electricity powering the vehicles is 100% locally generated and over 80% renewably generated through hydro, wind and geothermal sources – meaning we are investing in both New Zealand's economy and its environment."
The Nissan e-NV 200 delivery vans will be imported over the next year from Europe where they are manufactured. Once charged they are capable of travelling up to 150 kilometres at a time without generating either noise or emissions.
Foodstuffs is in discussion with EECA about the potential installation of separate public electric vehicle charging points at key New World and PAK'nSAVE store locations throughout the country.
"The idea is that the provision of easily accessible charging facilities will encourage the public to gradually transition away from petrol and diesel cars to sustainable electric vehicles. You will be able to charge your car whilst grabbing your groceries," says Quin.
Foodstuffs Link
### ODT Online Mon, 30 Jan 2017
Benefits of electric delivery vehicle adding up
For Mark Dickson, the future is already here following the purchase of an electric delivery vehicle for his Taste Nature business in Dunedin. Mr Dickson and his wife and business partner, Rayna Dickson, had talked about an electric vehicle two years ago as part of an extension to their organic food business. When the couple realised they needed a newer vehicle, the electric delivery van seemed a natural extension to the business, Mr Dickson said. A month ago, he and Mrs Dickson bought a Nissan e-NV200 delivery vehicle, the same kind as grocery chain Foodstuffs and other businesses recently received government funding for in order to trial the vehicles.
### ecotricity.co.nz Sat, 30 Apr 2016
Electric Buses and Driverless Shuttles are about to solve Auckland's Traffic Woes
By Al Yates
The recent announcement of the electrification of the NZ Bus fleet is a massive boost for completing the electrification of New Zealands public transport fleet. But it goes well beyond buses as it also proves that transport electrification is now economic across a growing number of sectors. In this article we discuss two key components of how Auckland's traffic woes are about to be alleviated in the short to medium term with the stroke of two technological changes, Electrification of the Bus Fleet, and Driverless Shuttles.
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Tagged as Battery electric vehicles, Central government, Clean energy technology, Electric fleet vehicles, Electric vehicle projects, Electricity, Energy efficiency, Fleet vehicles, Government targets, New Zealand, Public transport, Transport emission reduction, Transportation
by Elizabeth | December 8, 2016 · 10:54 pm
Our loss-making public bus system, as for the colours *spew
Inner city Dunedin is NOT a freaking circus or Disneyland.
Obviously, the bozos at ORC/DCC think differently.
Here is something CHEAP-NASTY-like:
Troughing consultants, transportation planners and those who purport to be 'urban design' from both councils appear to be barely out of grade school —my god, it shows (see video).
Colouring in, by non-learned non-contextualists —who manage do it so very BADLY. This is absolute proof that Landscape Architecture at Dunedin is DEAD, BANKRUPT and bloody SMELLY. My cardboard box of pet maggots could design "the interchange" better. They could: swiftly, cleanly, without the disease that is 'the carnival-scathed' at local government.
Junior short-term work experience only, no proven local body management expertise or 'factory floor' experience whatsoever, now make for 'team leader' placements at Dunedin. That's how tragic the workpool is. Low shoulder-tapping at the tertiary institution is no substitute for a smart council workforce, not that we have a hope in hell of attracting one.
Business leaders need to Take Dunedin!
By Storm, from the doughbrains at local government.
But Business leaders, Entrepreneurs and Investors now have the Largest, most IMMENSE PROBLEM.
At this un-populous sinking town :
At the productive, growth-generating Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes :
THERE IS NO AFFORDABLY SAFE AND SECURE POWER SUPPLY
None! This is All down to leaders, councillors, directors and executives at DCC, DCHL, Delta and Aurora.
And ORC/DCC think the sorry ratepayers and residents can afford an improved, convenient and efficient bus system. Ho. Ho. Ho.
Apart from or because of the buses making losses….
Clearly, the proposed changes to the bus system are NOT designed to embrace the Accessible Journey —to enhance the experience of city travel for mobility impaired citizens.
The Regional Public Transport Plan 2014 and the Dunedin City Integrated Transport Strategy 2013 DO NOT anticipate the growth of Uber, new technology or 'other' vehicular modes of travel, or indeed anything that is the future of transport at (Our Place) Dunedin.
The proposed changes are NOT subject to ANY ECONOMIC STUDIES to safeguard businesses, vehicle users, and the users of public transport, city-wide. None! So Predictable. So Deficient. So Grossly Negligent.
Coloured road markings, a Fun Distraction when there's a MASSIVE POWER BLACKOUT at Dunedin.
*Note: DCC does not have a spare ONE BILLION DOLLARS in the bank to right Aurora/Delta's wrongs.
The Otago Regional Council says:
Dunedin Bus Interchange (hub)
Dunedin's public transport is changing. Since the adoption of the Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) in 2014, Otago Regional Council (ORC) has been rolling out network wide changes to create an affordable and connected public transport system in Dunedin. While many of these changes focus on implementing direct and stable bus routes with regular frequencies, we are also looking to improve the accessibility of the bus services, information, and infrastructure. As part of these changes we are providing a bus interchange (hub) in the city centre to make your bus journey better.
█ To find out more and how to make submissions, go to http://www.orc.govt.nz/Information-and-Services/Buses/Bushub/
There are several things the ORC can do immediately to signal its serious intent in improving services to its ratepayers. (ODT)
### ODT Online Wed, 7 Dec 2016
Editorial: Bus hub challenges
OPINION Public transport is essential in any major centre and now Dunedin faces its own challenges with the release of the long-awaited central-city bus hub plans. The Otago Regional Council is seeking community feedback on the hub planned for Great King St, near the central police station. It includes five parking bays on each side of the street. […] The idea of a Great King St hub cannot be taken seriously if people are going to be forced off one bus and on to another in quick time. […] Dunedin's central area is the Octagon and the regional council needs to recognise the need to keep buses flowing through the Octagon.
Bus hub part of $3million transport project, including "super stops". 38 car parks lost from Great King St between Moray Pl and St Andrew St.
### ODT Online Mon, 5 Dec 2016
Dunedin bus hub details released
By John Gibb
The Otago Regional Council has unveiled its long-awaited central Dunedin bus hub plans and is seeking community feedback. The bus hub, also termed the "bus interchange", is, as previously signalled, in Great King St, near the central police station. It includes five parking bays on each side of the street. […] The size and style of bus shelters are partly dependent on public feedback, and also on any negotiations required with owners of nearby land, to be undertaken early next year. It is also proposed to use paints or other coloured materials, including on part of the street, to give the hub area a more lively appearance.
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Tagged as 'team leaders', Accountability, Aurora Energy Ltd, Bus hub, Bus interchange, Buses, Car park LOSS, Central City Plan, Dangerous network, DCC, DCHL, Degraded network, Delta Utility Services Ltd, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin City Holdings Ltd, Dunedin City Integrated Transport Strategy 2013, Electricity, FAILED academics, Gerard Collings, Landscape Architecture, New Zealand Transport Agency, Newbies, NZTA, ORC, Otago Regional Council, Poor management, Power supply, Public consultation, Public transport, Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP) 2014, Routes, Transparency, Transportation planning, Urban design
Dunedin Buses – Route planners don't consider effects on local business
[buswatchnz.blogspot.co.nz]
With a new central city bus hub proposed for Great King St and further route changes planned, how extensive has council consultation been with local businesses and retailers? We suspect 'minimal' if not at all.
Don't mention car parking.
In the absence of sound economic modelling carried out in public domain – the collective study of cause and effect – 'top-down' imposed route changes are the death knell to small business operators and their livelihoods, wrecking the local retail economy, slaying the fabric, busyness and potential diversity of our town centres. Improper unconsulted changes to the bus system problematise or completely sever established movement patterns between our points of congregation. Affordable options for transit and visitation across the city are smashed and disappear. Everybody loses.
█ How much more harm can Otago Regional Council and Dunedin City Council inflict upon the Community of South Dunedin?
Less foot traffic in South Dunedin since changes to bus services.
### ODT Online Sun, 20 Nov 2016
New routes hurting business: retailers
By Greta Yeoman – The Star
Changes to Dunedin's southern bus routes are affecting business in South Dunedin, shop owners say. The changes to the Mosgiel-Taieri bus routes in June last year led to buses from Green Island being rerouted to travel along the Southern Motorway into the Octagon rather than through South Dunedin. Grey Power Otago president Jo Miller said the new routes meant it was more difficult for customers to get to South Dunedin. […] Other updates to the bus service in August this year had also affected southern bus users. The Ross Creek to Ocean Grove service now travelled directly down Andersons Bay Rd instead of King Edward St. […] When approached by The Star for comment about businesses being affected by the bus routes, Otago Regional Council support services manager Gerard Collings said "that matter hasn't been raised with us directly".
● Gerard Collings [LinkedIn] is the multifarious 'go-to' at Otago Regional Council. Mr Collings is experienced in local body administration and community board representation. His profile shows no tertiary qualifications or accredited work experience in urban economics, business development or placemaking.
The Council has provided Mr Collings with a 'management' role for public transport planning and operations. He is a national certificate holder (NZTA approved proposal evaluator) – refer to NZTA Procurement Manual, sections 10.19 Qualifications of proposal evaluators and 11.2 Performance measurement and monitoring framework.
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Tagged as Bus hub, Bus services, Buses, Convenience travel, Customers, Dunedin, Economic pitfalls, Foot traffic, Inadequate research, Micro-economics, ORC, Otago Regional Council, Public transport, Shopping, South Dunedin retail, South Dunedin Retail Strategy, Suburban shopping centres, Transportation routes, Urban frameworks
DCC acuity: 'Let's shift Octagon taxi ranks, Again —near dire drinking holes #whatswrongwiththispicture
Octagon taxi rank [dunedin.govt.nz] – orange overlay by whatifdunedin (drinking holes / hospitality)
New trial site for evening taxi rank
This item was published on 22 Aug 2016
A new location for the evening taxi rank in the Octagon will be trialled for three months. From tomorrow, the evening taxi rank will move from outside the Municipal Chambers and Civic Centre to the central lane of the Octagon, where tour bus parking has been provided. The rank will operate from 7pm to 7am, Monday to Sunday. During the day time, the taxi rank will operate from the current location outside the Municipal Chambers and Civic Centre. Dunedin City Council Acting Group Manager Transport Richard Saunders says the covered walkway will provide shelter for people waiting for taxis. There will also be a sign to show where the taxi stand is and the area is monitored by CCTV.
"This proposal has been discussed with taxi companies, local businesses and the Police, and there is a lot of support for the trial. The trial site has several advantages over the current site and we expect it to be popular with the public too." –Saunders
DCC staff have talked with the mobile traders who use that space during the day and the trial will not affect their use of the area. Mr Saunders says at the end of the trial, staff will discuss the results with taxi companies, the Police and local businesses before deciding whether to make it a permanent move.
Contact Richard Saunders, Acting Group Manager Transport on 03 477 4000.
█ 22.8.16 ODT: Taxi rank trial in Octagon
Previously published comment (2.5.16):
C E N T R A L ● C I T Y ● V I O L E N C E
Mon, 2 May 2016
ODT: Stabbing: 'What is this place coming to?'
The stabbing of a 21-year-old man in central Dunedin early yesterday has left the man who rushed to his aid questioning the state of his city. Detective Sergeant Chris Henderson said the victim was taken to Dunedin Hospital after being stabbed in the neck and back outside the The Bottle-O store on the corner of Princes St and Moray Pl about 3.30am.
DUNEDIN IS UP THERE (2015 statistics)
### newshub.co.nz Mon, 2 May 2016 at 4:45 p.m.
NZ's most violent city spots revealed
By Lisa Owen
A Newshub investigation has revealed Auckland neighbourhoods dominate a leaderboard of the most violent city hot spots in the country. Statistics New Zealand has mapped 2015 police crime data, released to Newshub under the Official Information Act, to show the areas with the highest number of assaults, sexual assaults and robberies in public places. The crimes include anything from rape to being beaten up or being robbed of your cellphone at knife-point. Three of the five most violent city areas (precincts where there are more than 3000 residents) are in Auckland's CBD. […] *By overlaying population data in the zones where crime has occurred, Statistics NZ has been able to work out the national average for incidents of public place violence. *Article uses 2015 statistics of victimisations by assault, sexual assault and robbery in public places.
█ Dunedin = No. 7 on New Zealand's top ten most violent city hot spots
The only South Island hotspot, the area running north from the Octagon.
█ For more, enter the term *octagon* in the search box at right.
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Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust —Update, July 2016
Thursday, 28 July 2016 at 7pm
South Dunedin Presbyterian Hall (at back)
The Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust will hold a public meeting to update the community on its progress and announce the formation of the High Street Cable Car Society Inc, which will take over much of the work of the trust.
Mornington Trailer No. 111 [ODT files]
ODT Online Thu, 7 Jul 2016
Cable car group seeks funds to build
The group behind a bid to re-establish High St's cable car route hopes to open its temporary display museum by Christmas. The Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust is applying for funding and building consent for its temporary 72sq m display museum after securing a lease in Mornington Park from the Dunedin City Council last month. The museum would house a trailer and two grip cars in a bid to raise funds for a proposed $2.5million future facility, trust member Neville Jemmett said. "This is what we are calling our elephant step, because it's the first time we have got a foot on the ground. Everything has been in folders and papers before now," he said. The museum would comprise a three-door steel garage with a track for Mornington trailer No111 to be rolled in and out to allow for access and to display it. "It's only temporary, that's why it's not a fancy building. It's to basically show people that we mean business."
Mon, 11 July 2016 at 12:27 p.m.
Received from Neville Jemmett, Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust
█ July 2016 DHLRT Heritage newsletter (PDF, 8.17 MB)
[cover page]
27.5.15 Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust Newsletters 2015
4.11.14 Phillip George (Phil) Cole, RIP
5.6.14 DCC Transport Strategy and Riccarton Road
28.7.13 Dunedin Cable Car Trust – Public Meetings Sunday 28 July
14.2.13 Phil Cole on the High Street Cable Car
15.1.13 Return of High Street cable car
23.12.11 High Street cable car update
29.11.10 Phillip Cole on Dunedin buses
16.9.10 Pre-election opinions on public transport and the stadium
26.11.09 The Chronicles of Yarnia
19.10.09 Cable Car Meeting @Dunedin
27.8.10 Invitation to ALL #High St Cable Car
23.11.09 High Street Cable Car a possibility
9.7.09 Designing public transport for repeat use
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Octagon: What?! DCC pointy heads actually care about small businesses?
So they should.
The following report will be tabled at the Council meeting to be held on Monday 3 November 2014 at 2:00pm (Council Chamber, Municipal Chambers).
█ Report – Council – 03/11/2014 (PDF, 1023.1 KB)
Options to Trial Pedestrianisation in Lower Octagon and Lower Stuart Street
Octagon to Steamer Basin, cherry stains by whatifdunedin
█ Octagon Webcam
█ [Agenda and Other Reports, including Financial for Monday]
The "do minimum" option – one of five options councillors will consider – has the support of lower Octagon and lower Stuart St business owners and retailers, who have banded together to oppose any road closures.
### ODT Online Fri, 31 Oct 2014
Council cools on Octagon trial
The Dunedin City Council may back away from trialling any ban or restriction on vehicles in the lower Octagon and lower Stuart St. Council staff are concerned rushing any "pedestrianisation" trial in the area could be costly and potentially have negative effects if it goes ahead without proper investigation.
19.10.14 Dunedin: Randoms from inside warehouse precinct 18.10.14
● 3.10.14 DCC: Octagon entrée to more spending
● 28.9.14 "DCC entitlement" about to ramrod change at CBD #manipulation
24.9.14 Dunedin old boys, councillors & staff collude on 5-star accommodation
● 5.8.14 DCC staff-led CBD projects that impact ratepayers…
4.8.14 Cr Wilson's integrity 'in tatters'
23.6.14 DCC Annual Plan 2014/15 + Rugby and Rates
● 22.6.14 Vogel Street Heritage Precinct (TH13)
22.5.14 DCC Transportation Planning —ANOTHER consultation disaster
7.5.14 DCC Draft Annual Plan 2014/15 hearings
6.5.14 Roading network screwed by council staff
● 30.4.14 Octagon mud
1.4.14 HOTEL Town Hall… Daaave's pals from… [April Fool's?]
14.1.14 DCC: Hospital area parking changes #cyclelanes
24.12.13 Daaave's $47 million Christmas present to Jinty. We're paying.
4.12.13 Dunedin cycleways: Calvin Oaten greeted by DCC silence
17.11.13 Dunedin cycleways: Calvin Oaten's alternative route
11.11.13 DCC: Councillors delegated street furniture decisions to staff
8.11.13 Dunedin Separated Cycle Lane Proposal
5.11.13 DCC, NZTA: Cycle lanes controversy
● 21.10.13 Harbourside: Access to a revamped Steamer Basin…
24.9.13 Mediocrity and lack of critical awareness at DCC
4.9.13 Draft Dunedin City Transport Strategy
8.3.13 Stupid bid for two-way highway ditched for now #DCC
31.10.12 Cull's council takes business away from retailers
● 26.10.11 Dunedin Harbourside: DCC "caved"
*Images: etourism.co.nz – Octagon aerial; pxm-tut.com – cherry
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by Elizabeth | October 3, 2014 · 3:51 pm
DCC: Octagon entrée to more spending
From the DCC website:
The Octagon Upgrade
The Octagon is Dunedin's key central public space. Its form defines the central city and the area has great historic, social, cultural and economic significance. As a consequence, the Octagon has a special place in the heart of Dunedin residents.
Looking to the future, there are a number of challenges and opportunities for managing, protecting and enhancing the Octagon. These include providing enough public space, improving the safety of pedestrians and cyclists and investigating traffic use.
We also need to look at how to provide a safe environment both day and night, and how to reduce conflicts between different user groups and ensure commercial and non-commercial groups can both benefit from the area. Also to be considered is monitoring the health and future of the plane trees and appropriately recognising the historic and cultural significance of the area and its important heritage buildings. Other issues include improving urban amenity and the role of public art.
An initial concept put forward by consultants proposes a staged approach to the Octagon:
● Stage one would focus on improving pedestrian and public space in the lower Octagon within the road reserve outside existing bars, cafes and nightclubs on the northern side of the Octagon
● Stage two would focus on improving pedestrian and public space in the lower Octagon within the road reserve outside the Regent Theatre and neighbouring cafes, bars, and businesses
● Stage three would focus on the upper Octagon and the reserve area in the lower Octagon. The idea is to better link the two sections of the Octagon, maximise the area of usable public open space and views of significant heritage buildings, and look at traffic flows.
However, at this early stage no design has been chosen for any upgrade to the Octagon. The Council is keen to hear how people see the future of the Octagon and what they would like to see in the area, before launching a formal consultation process to discuss future options.
● To provide an attractive public open space in the central city
● To improve safety in and around the Octagon
● To increase room for pedestrians and make the area more vibrant and people-friendly
● To enhance opportunities for businesses around the Octagon
● To provide opportunities for a range of users, both day and night
● To provide a setting for key city events
● To respect and enhance the historical importance of the Octagon
Proposed improvements may include
● Pavement improvements
● Adjustments to road layouts
● New bins and seating
● Interactive play equipment and/or public art
● Enhanced lighting
● Street trees and planting improvements
● Cycle racks
● Project planning underway
● Consultation to be programmed
Associated initiatives
● Princes Street upgrade
● George Street upgrade
● Pocket parks
● Improvements to Queens Gardens and improved links to neighbouring tourist precinct
● Upgrade of Exchange Square
2011 concept for redevelopment of The Octagon up for debate again at last night's Dunedin City Council CBD planning workshop:
The plan was not a proposal, and would need to be reconsidered by the council and implemented over time, but "may be able to happen". –Kobus Mentz, Urbanismplus (Auckland)
### ODT Online Fri, 3 Oct 2014
Reimagined CBD proposals heard
Visions of a redeveloped Octagon, a more pedestrian-friendly George St and a buzzing network of free buses took centre stage at a Dunedin City Council workshop last night. The ideas flowed as about 45 people gathered at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery for a second night to share their views on the future of the city's central business district.
*Images: Octagon Webcam; DCC Graphic – Artist impression (2011)
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Tagged as Auckland consultants, Buses, Campus Precinct, City Development Team, Council consolidated debt +$600m, Council debt CRISIS, CRASH HOT RATES SPENDS, Cycle network ($47 million), DCC, Dunedin City Council, Generation Zero, Getting rid of efficient SH1 one-way, Grow more curb protrusions, Impacts on Dunedin economy, Kobis Mentz, Lobbyists, Murials-Muriel, NZTA, Octagon, One-way system, ORC, Otago Regional Council, Pedestrianisation, Plant a frigging Tree, Public art, Public transport, SH1, Spendthrift DCC, SPOKES, STEAKholders, Steering committees, Team leader Entitlement, Tertiary Campus Precinct, Traffic Calming, Transporation planning, Urban Design CRAP, Urban Design Team, Urbanismplus
"DCC entitlement" about to ramrod change at CBD #manipulation
For the groupies…..
Help Shape the Future of Dunedin's CBD
Do you have a vision for the future of Dunedin's central business district?
Whether you're a retailer, resident or property owner, you are welcome to attend a free public workshop next week focusing on the future look and feel of the CBD. This discussion will build on feedback from earlier workshops on the Central City Plan (2011), the Warehouse Precinct Revitalisation Plan (2012) and Princes Street (2014).
The goal of the workshops is to hear people's ideas and aspirations for the rest of the CBD, from the Octagon to the tertiary precinct, including George Street, lower Stuart Street and the surrounding streets.
These workshops and other comments received will feed into [WTH] transportation and amenity improvement projects in this area over the next decade.
[Oh no, not Mr Mentz AGAIN] Next week's interactive workshop, which will be led by Kobus Mentz of Urbanism +, will be held on Thursday 2 October, 6pm to 8pm, at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
The DCC will also be working with the Otago Regional Council to look at the future location of a central city public transport hub. Feedback from the workshop will also link in with consultation on the central city cycle network.
█ [Love the extent of warning, all about bulldozing pre-envisioned DCC plans through via "Insider-Stakeholders"] Stakeholders in the area have been invited to a workshop on 1 October.
█ People [for rubber stamp duty] wishing to attend the public workshop on 2 October need to RSVP to centralcityplan @ dcc.govt.nz by Tuesday.
█ If you cannot attend the workshop, you can email your ideas and priorities for the future of the CBD to centralcityplan @ dcc.govt.nz [because DCC's good at stealing your complementary ideas to push staff advancement and salaries, not to mention extending Mayor Daaave's political agenda]
Contact DCC on 477 4000
*Image: DCC Webmap – Inner city Dunedin
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Tagged as Auckland bloody consultants, Buses, Campus Precinct, City Development Team, Council consolidated debt +$600m, Council debt CRISIS, CRASH HOT RATES SPENDS, Cycle lanes, Cycle network ($47 million), Cycleways for the few, DCC, DCC BULLSHIT, DCC Greenies and Interminable Boffins, Dunedin City Council, Generation Zero (puke), Getting rid of efficient SH1 one-way, Grow more curb protrusions, Impacts on Dunedin economy, Kobus Mentz, Kobus Mentz LISTENED TO DCC, Leadership groups, Lean Business Suit 101, Lobbyists, Murials-Muriel, NZTA, One-way system, ORC, Otago Regional Council, Pinheads, Plant a frigging Tree, Public art, Public transport, SH1, Sleaze artists, Spendthrift DCC, SPOKES, STEAKholders, Steering committees, Team leader Entitlement, Tertiary Campus Precinct, Traffic Calming, Transporation planning, Urban Design CRAP, Urbanism Plus, Urbanismplus
ORC: City bus services, submissions
"Heart-wrenching" tales of parents walking with young children from Corstorphine to Dunedin Hospital or walking up steep hills carrying bags of groceries while buses zoomed past…
### ODT Online Fri, 12 Sep 2014
Call for cheaper bus fares
By Rebecca Fox
Calls for public transport to be more affordable and accessible for the "walking poor" dominated yesterday's public transport hearing. "Heart-wrenching" tales of parents walking with young children from Corstorphine to Dunedin Hospital or walking up steep hills carrying bags of groceries while buses zoomed past were made to the panel of regional councillors Sam Neill (chairman) and Michael Deaker, along with Dunedin city councillor Aaron Hawkins, as they sat through the second day of public submissions on the draft regional public transport plan. About 330 people and organisations made submissions to the draft plan that contains sweeping changes, expected to lead to faster and more direct routes away from smaller residential streets.
28.5.14 Otago Regional Council: Buses —Journey Planner (now online)
10.4.14 Otago Regional Council + Dunedin buses
27.12.13 Otago Heritage Bus shines !!! —ORC holiday bus suspension…
24.11.11 Dunedin buses: ORC or DCC
*Image: radionz.co.nz – Dunedin buses, George Street
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Tagged as Affordability, Brockville, Bus Go, Bus services, Bus users, Buses, Concessions, Corstorphine, Council services, DCC, Deprivation, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Essencial services, Frequency, GoBus, Gold Card, Hubs, Low-income families, Lynley Hood, Ministry of Education review, Mobility access, ORC, Otago, Otago Heritage Bus Society, Otago Peninsula, Otago Regional Council, Public Health South, Public transport, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Reliability, Shuttles, South Dunedin, Students, Submissions, Suburbs, Survey, Ticketing, Transfers, Transportation planning, Wakatipu High School
by Elizabeth | July 19, 2014 · 12:18 am
Whaleoil / Cameron Slater on ratepayers' lament
█ Cartoon of the Day (Len Brown by SonovaMin)
Posted by Cameron Slater on July 18, 2014 at 11:00am
█ Len Brown's failures will cause Auckland headaches for decades
A Local Authority like Auckland Council plans capital expenditure for urban projects – like the pretty CBD road and footpath improvements. The problem with infrastructure maintenance is that it is very expensive, and it occurs in the future. Competing against the pretty high profile projects it suffers because it takes second place. On the Audit NZ website is a document that records an audit of the performance of Local Government that is pertinent to this topic.
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Tagged as Amenity improvements, Auckland, Auckland Council, Audit New Zealand, Body Corporates, Council debt, Council debt CRISIS, Cycle network, Cycleways, DCC, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, fubar stadium, Infrastructure, Infrastructure maintenance, Len Brown, LGA, Local Government Act, Maintenance, New Zealand, Otago Stadium, Project management, Public transport, Ratepayers, Ratepayers and Residents, Shit hits the fan, Stadiums
DCC Transport Strategy and Riccarton Road
### ODT Online Tue, 3 Jun 2014
Transport strategy must respect personal needs
By Phil Cole
Dunedin has its own unique geographic, demographic and historical features that make any transportation planning in the city reliant on forward-thinking, rather than academic theoretical practices. The historical past of Dunedin's transportation, however, should only be ignored at its peril. It is vitally important for Dunedin's direction that any long-term transport planning is determined not by short-term populist ideas but by long-term growth, based on economic conditions, city development and people's habits. It is equally important council land-use planning is closely aligned to, but does not determine, how the city can be rejuvenated.
Riccarton Rd resident Brian Miller said the council was not trying to reach a fair and reasonable settlement and valuations were being forced on landowners.
### ODT Online Wed, 4 Jun 2014
Offers prepared for land
By Shawn McAvinue
The land needed to widen Riccarton Rd will be obtained by statutory authority if a mutual agreement can not be met, Dunedin City Council roading projects engineer Evan Matheson says. […] Some landowners were hesitant to make land available, he said.
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Tagged as Ad-hocism, Business, Cars, Cycle lanes, Cycle network, DCC, Democratic principles, Development, Dunedin, Dunedin City Integrated Transport Strategy, Economic development, Existing use rights, Growth, Habitual use, Infrastructure services, Land use, Lobbying, Long-term planning, Mosgiel, Mosgiel heavy traffic bypass, Natural justice, NZTA, Parking, Pedestrianisation, Popularism, Property acquisition, Property rights, Public consultation, Public transport, Public Works Act, Quiet streets, Riccarton Road, Roading, Shared space, Social engineering, Streets, Succession, Transportation planning, Valuations
by Elizabeth | May 28, 2014 · 3:57 pm
Otago Regional Council: Buses —Journey Planner (now online)
ANOTHER REASON ORC SHOULD KEEP MANAGING THE DUNEDIN BUS SYSTEM
Internet bus trip planner
Bus users can now find the best route to travel using a new internet-based journey planner. The planner is available on the Otago Regional Council's website and uses Google transit information. Council corporate services director Wayne Scott said the planner was introduced to make the council's bus timetable more accessible. Users of the journey planner enter a bus journey starting point and destination.
█ Website: http://www.orc.govt.nz/Information-and-Services/Buses/
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Tagged as Apps, Bus services, Buses, Destinations, Dunedin, Dunedin buses, Internet, Journey planner, Media, ORC, Otago Regional Council, Public transport, Routes, Smartphones, Social Media, Timetables, Transportation, Transportation planning, Trip planner
by Elizabeth | May 6, 2014 · 1:46 pm
Roading network screwed by council staff
█ UNDEMOCRATIC—Council staff agendas are directing major changes to Dunedin's road networks. Continued use of exclusive 'workshops' lacks transparency and accountability.
Cr Hilary Calvert asks 'why councillors were not more involved in developing the strategic cases'. (ODT)
Cr Lee Vandervis says 'the problems identified were based on "absurd or probably false" assumptions'. (ODT)
STAFF ASSUMPTIONS
► There is too much parking in Dunedin
► Restricted parking will increase use of public transport
► Encouraging more people to cycle makes roads safer
### ODT Online Tue, 6 May 2014
Council notes roading strategic cases
The first step towards securing funding for major changes to Dunedin's road networks has been taken by the Dunedin City Council, even though exactly what those changes will be is yet to be decided. Councillors yesterday noted council staff had taken the first of six steps in a new process for applying for funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).
█ Strategic Case Development for Improvements to Dunedin's Central City and Freight Network
Report – ISC – 05/05/2014 (PDF, 993.6 KB)
Excerpts from the report…
Council staff have recently submitted two Strategic Case applications to the NZ Transport Agency; one for investment to improve the access, mobility and safety of the Central City; and the other to enhance Dunedin's Freight Network. Pending approval from the NZTA, Council staff will begin the Programme Business Case stage, where investment options and alternatives will begin to be developed and defined. Staff will seek Councillor support and input prior to the submission of the Programme Business Case to the NZ Transport Agency, anticipated to be later this year.
The NZ Transport Agency has recently adopted a Better Business Case approach to guide the planning and project development for investment applications. It is a principles-based approach that clearly links their investment goals to outcomes, and defines problems and their consequences thoroughly before solutions are considered. This approach ensures a shared view of problems and benefits early in the transport planning process. The business case approach encourages early engagement with stakeholders to confirm:
● fit with strategy and need to invest
● the way forward with short-listed options
● that the best value option is affordable and deliverable and that the risks are acceptable.
To execute many of the projects outlined in Dunedin's Integrated Transport Strategy requires funding from external sources. A significant source of transportation funding is potentially available from the NZ Transport Agency. As detailed above, Council must now apply for funding from the NZ Transport Agency through their Better Business Case approach. This stepped approach ensures that any solutions are in response to clearly defined problems, and are aligned to the NZ Transport Agency's investment goals.
Council staff held initial discussions with key stakeholders, the NZ Transport Agency and the Otago Regional Council to define the areas of focus for investment. The group agreed that the Council should focus on establishing two Strategic Cases: 1. Dunedin Central City: Access, Mobility and Safety; 2. Dunedin Freight Network. These areas strongly align with those set out in our Integrated Transport Strategy.
The first step of establishing the Strategic Case is to develop an Investment Logic Map (ILM). The ILMs set out the key problems and the benefits of solving the problems. Two ILM workshops were hosted for each of the areas of focus. Participants included the key stakeholders (DCC staff, Council Committee Chairs – Cr Wilson, Cr Benson-Pope, Cr McTavish; NZ Transport Agency and the ORC) and relevant partner organisations (including Otago Chamber of Commerce, Public Health South, Port Otago Ltd, Kiwirail, and Heavy Haulage Association).
[see ILMs for each Strategic Case at Attachment 1]
Strategic Case – Executive Summary
Staff from the Dunedin City Council (DCC), the NZ Transport Agency and Otago Regional Council (ORC), as well as the Public Health Service and the Otago Chamber of Commerce participated in two Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) workshops to identify the key access, mobility and safety problems in central Dunedin, and determine the benefits of investing in solutions that address these problems.
This report sets out the strategic case for improving access, mobility and safety in central Dunedin. Part A provides the strategic context and fit of the proposed investment and the evidence to support the justification for investment. Part B describes how the three contributing organisations intend to develop the next stage of business planning – the programme business case. This section outlines the further planning needed to achieve the identified benefits.
This application shows that that there are some key synergies between the strategies and objectives of the three key stakeholder organisations, where priorities for future investment align. Evidence supporting each of the key problems identified in the ILM workshops is outlined section 3.4, and reveals a strong case for change and need for investment.
3.1 Defining the Problem
Dunedin City Council convened a facilitated investment logic mapping workshop that was held on 10th February 2014, with key stakeholders to gain a better understanding of current issues and business needs. The stakeholder panel identified and agreed to the following key problems:
Problem one: SH1, the railway and north/south arterial routes bisect areas of high pedestrian use resulting in dislocation and poor connectivity of key areas
Problem two: The design, use and management of central city routes results in intermodal conflict
Problem three: Management and provision of car parking is not integrated into the transport network, which favours car use, impacting adversely on the quality of life in the City
Problem four: The design, management and lack of integration of public transport discourages use and leads to low patronage
[see the Investment Logic Map at Appendix A]
3.2 The Benefits of Investment
The potential benefits of successfully investing to address these were identified as part of a second facilitated investment logic mapping held on 17th February, 2014. The stakeholder panel identified and agreed the following potential benefits for the proposal: (CONFIRM)
● Benefit one: Reduced severance
● Benefit two: Improved safety
● Benefit three: Central City is a 'nice place to be'
● Benefit four: Greater resilience
[see Benefit Map at Appendix B]
Figure 1: High risk areas identified through risk mapping
A risk assessment process known as KiwiRAP maps the collective crash risk of roads based on the physical and operating characteristics of intersections and corridors, as well as crash history. The map shows that Dunedin's high risk areas (shown in black and red) are predominantly located within the central city, as demonstrated in Figure 1.
4 Strategic Context
This section demonstrates how the investment proposal has clear linkages to existing strategies of each of the stakeholders. There are some key synergies between the three organisations, where priorities for future investment align. A summary of the strategies that support this investment proposal from each of the stakeholders is detailed below. The goals and/or objectives selected are those with direct relevance to this investment proposal.
The evidence to support the three problem statements developed during the Investment Logic Mapping workshops generally provides a strong case for change. It is also evident that many of the problems have existed for some time as many of the issues raised were recognised in the MWH 2003 Strategic Corridor Study and the 2006 Transport Strategy.
7.1 Risk/Issues and Opportunities
Key risks for this business case are likely to include:
● Alignment with Regional Land Transport Plan and Council's Long Term Plan Timeframes
● Ability for Council to raise funding co-contribution
● Support for the projects from Councillors
● Support for the projects from the community
● Further deaths and serious injuries from crashes should the project not proceed
Appropriate risk management strategies for these key risks will be identified at the Programme Business Case stage. As the busine ss case evolves and projects are defined it is likely that other risks are likely to be identified and these will be added to the risk register.
Read full report here.
█ Dunedin City Integrated Transport Strategy 2013
Developing, maintaining and operating any transport system requires investment, and investment requires decision-making about what to invest in, how much to invest and when that investment should be made. Such decisions need to be informed by an understanding of the key issues and opportunities to be addressed, a clear vision of what is to be achieved, and a clear set of priorities that will move toward that vision. In times of financial constraint when funding is tight the need to clearly identify the right priorities becomes even more important. The DCC have adopted a Financial Strategy which aims to help steer a course between the competing tensions of affordability, keeping up and investing for the future. This Financial Strategy states the limits to rates and borrowing that the Council has set, and any investment in transportation infrastructure must be managed with regard to the Financial Strategy.
Dunedin City Integrated Transport Strategy 2013 [links]
Pre-election Report 2.8.13 [links]
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Auckland launches electric trains
The first electric trains roll out tomorrow (Auckland Transport)
### 3news.co.nz Saturday 26 Apr 2014 7:00a.m.
Long wait for electric trains almost over
By Dan Satherley – Online Reporter
Almost a century ago, transport officials proposed electrifying Auckland's nascent rail network. Tomorrow those plans become reality, with the public launch of the city's first electric trains. All 5000 tickets for the inaugural rides, which start at 10am, were snapped up within 24 hours. Passengers will be taken from Britomart to Newmarket and back on the first of the 57 new trains to go into service.
"Our catchline is smarter, better, quieter, all those things. They're much more efficient, they use a lot less energy, they are much, much quieter and they are much more reliable."
Auckland Transport media manager Mark Hannan says the upgrade has been a long time coming. The current diesel-powered trains were purchased from Perth at scrap metal prices after the West Australian city electrified its network in the early 1990s. The first of the electric trains will be taking fare-paying passengers on the Onehunga line from Monday, and by the middle of next year all of the old locomotives will be history.
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Otago Regional Council + Dunedin buses
"We want to gauge the degree to which the community understand our role and how well they rate the services we deliver." –Peter Bodeker
### ODT Online Thu, 10 Apr 2014
ORC to survey public
A phone and internet survey is to be undertaken to find out how much people know about the Otago Regional Council. A telephone survey of 900 people by Tauranga-based Key Research Group this month will be complemented by one on the council's website. Council chief executive Peter Bodeker said the survey was the first of its kind for the council, which in the past had only surveyed its resource consent survey applicants.
www.orc.govt.nz
Hawkins reveals ORC discussing city buses
The Otago Regional Council appears set to consider handing responsibility for Dunedin's public transport network to the Dunedin City Council. However, ORC chairman Stephen Woodhead fired a shot across the bow of Dunedin's City councillor Aaron Hawkins for prematurely revealing the move yesterday. Cr Hawkins, in a message posted on Facebook, announced the ORC would meet next Wednesday to consider "a proposal to formally offer governance of public transport to the Dunedin City Council".
Can DCC afford to take on loss-making bus services?
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Tagged as Bus services, Buses, Council services, DCC, DCC debt CRISIS, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, GoBus, ORC, Otago, Otago Regional Council, Public transport, Survey, Transportation planning
Otago Heritage Bus shines !!! —ORC holiday bus suspension, patchy city services reprehensible
Image: Otago Heritage Bus Society Inc
### ODT Online Thu, 26 Dec 2013
Otago Heritage Bus Society counts its takings
By Rosie Manins
Gold coin donations for a novel Christmas bus service will help restoration projects by the Otago Heritage Bus Society. The society operated heritage buses on two routes through Dunedin yesterday when all other public bus services were suspended for Christmas.
Bus passengers were encouraged to bring their pet dogs along for the ride and give a donation to the society as their fare.
Society treasurer Jacqui Hellyer said the hill route, encompassing St Kilda, the Octagon, Halfway Bush and Brockville was especially popular.
Website: Otago Heritage Bus Society Inc
Join the Society — Membership
Volunteers wanted — Drivers (P and/or HT endorsements), Conductors, Bus Valets, Automotive and Mechanical knowhow, Administration & Archiving, Hospitality & Frontline Experience
All we ask for is a decent bus service
By Lynley Hood
I live on the Corstorphine-Kew bus route. I know how bad the service is. But it took the latest provocation – the Otago Regional Council's "Proposed Changes to the Bus Services" – to drive me from apathy, to research, to rage, to writing.
The Public Transport Management Act defines "transport disadvantaged" as "people whom the regional council has reasonable grounds to believe are the least able to get to basic community activities and services (for example, work, education, healthcare, welfare, and food shopping)".
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Tagged as Buses, Convenience, Destinations, Dunedin, Frequency, Holiday services, ORC, Otago Heritage Bus Society, Otago Regional Council, Public transport, Public Transport Management Act, Routes, Suspended services, Timetables, Transport management, Transportation
Cycle lobby games and media tilts
Commuters [cycling.com]
### ODT Online Sat, 19 Oct 2013
Leuchs accuses Vandervis
Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis has been accused of misrepresenting former Olympian Kashi Leuchs' views on cycleways to "push forward his own agenda" at a recent Dunedin City Council meeting.
However, Cr Vandervis hit back yesterday, denying the claim and saying any suggestion he did so deliberately was "slanderous".
Correspondence received.
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: FW: reaction? Feel free to quote.
ODT reporter Chris Morris has muddied rather than clarified the issues around my supposed misrepresentation of statements made by serious cyclists, including an employee running the Bike Otago shop.
Even worse, the Bike Otago owner Kashi Leuchs who I have never met or discussed anything with, wades in to today's ODT and on his blog pretending to be one of the blokes that I spoke with running his shop and pretending he took part in or heard the supposedly misrepresented conversation!
The millions we have already spent on Dunedin 'painted on' cycle lanes are now not what they want according to their blog, but they have no idea of how what they do want will work at intersections.
How much more do they want ratepayers to spend to reinvent the cycle lane?
To: Chris Morris [ODT]
Conversation: reaction?
Subject: Re: reaction?
First time this has been brought to my attention thanks Chris.
The Bike Otago blog confirms just what I said and that I accurately described these serious cyclists reservations about existing cycle lanes;
"So we would just like to put a little context to what Lee tells the council here. Lee states that we said that cycling lanes actually give cyclists a false sense of security… But what Lee has missed out is the words 'painted on'. For sure, we, like almost all cyclists you ask are against the painted on cycling lanes, similar to what we currently have on our one way system."
I did not miss out the words "painted on" as these words were never mentioned in the cycle-shop discussion, and 'painted on' is mostly what we have.
This still leaves the most dangerous part of any road – the intersections – as needing special provision which is often provided overseas by cyclists/pedestrian stop lights on separated cyclelane/footpaths.
The statement "What Lee states about intersections not being separable is not something that we would consider hard to fix… it would just take a bit of good planning to ensure everyone can enjoy the roads safely together." fails to suggest just what planning/expense might reduce the latest car-park-lane separated cycleway intersection danger issue, and fails to give any overseas examples.
I have studied and photographed European cycleway solutions this year [at my own expense] in Munich, Barcelona, Heidelberg and Berlin and have spent weeks cycling around the last two cities. The most common cycleway solution in these cities is shared cycleway/footpaths separated from moving cars by parked cars. Next most common is our painted cycle lanes. Even when separated cycle-lanes/footpaths were marked with dividing lines, most serious cyclists [carbon fibre/lycra/commuter] still rode with the car traffic as this was faster and easier at intersections.
This highlights that there are many different cycling styles and preferences, and claims that a new separated car-park-lane cycleway will please most cyclists is misleading.
My question to the new enthusiasts for wiping out 200+ car-parks all the way up the one-way street and having a physically separated bicycle path along the car-parking strip, is why not use the under-used eastern footpath as a separated cycle lane, as recommended recently in the ODT by roading engineer Paul Hambleton, and which has plenty of relatively safe precedent overseas? I have previously asked staff to consider this overseas proven option, and had a Council resolution supporting this.
I believe we need a proven cost-effective compromise that recognises all road users as well as a variety of cyclists styles, from the recreational to the serious. So far my shared-eastern-foot-path solution is the only affordable one I have seen.
On 18/10/13 12:18 PM, "Chris Morris" wrote:
Hi Lee,
Not sure if you're aware of the post about you on http://www.bikeotago.co.nz/
They're taking issue with your earlier comments at a council meeting in September, when you claimed Bike Otago cyclists and the bloke that run the shop did not support cycleways.
I'd like your response by 5pm at the latest, but as soon as possible, actually, as I may need to do follow-ups.
To: Chris Morris
Bike Otago's own quotation "we, like almost all cyclists you ask are against the painted on cycling lanes," confirms that they are opposed to current cycle lanes, and shows that I did not misquote them Chris.
Nobody specified 'painted on' at the time, but the news that theses cyclists are against the already considerable expensive Dunedin cycle lanes should be of wide interest.
If Bike Otago want to fully represent their views at Council on a new specific type of separated cycleway that has not yet been detailed, designed, intersection explained, or built, they are welcome to try and do so.
The record shows;
It was moved (Vandervis/Hudson):
"1 That the Council further consult with the AA on cycle safety proposals.
2 That the eastern footpath of the One Way North be considered as a long-term separated cycle way."
A request was made to take each recommendation separately. Motion 1 was put and carried.
Motion 2 was put and carried with Cr MacTavish voting against.
that I have pushed for a much more affordable separated cycleway not requiring the loss of 200+ car-parks along the unused eastern footpath as regularly seen overseas. Whether Bike Otago approve of this or not is up to them to say.
I don't have an own agenda other than to prevent an enormous waste of ratepayers and limited Transit funds on a new type of separated cycleway yet to be designed that does not address the statistically most dangerous intersections.
For you or anyone else to suggest that I deliberately misrepresented unnamed serious cyclists chatting in a cycle-shop is slanderous.
9.9.13 Residents' dissatisfaction (2013) with elected council and mayor —increase!
30.8.13 Transport Strategy: Is this responsible local government?
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Draft Dunedin City Transport Strategy
Read the draft strategy here. [DCC webpage and links]
Comment received.
BlueBottle
Lee Vandervis was very impressive at the transport strategy hearing on Monday. Lee challenged all the ridiculous assumptions that the strategy is based on. He did this using factual well researched arguments. Council staff were forced to back down on many points because there was no factual basis for their conclusions. Lee's performance was remarkable because there was one of him against 4 Councillors and the Transport Planning/City Development staff who had a whole weekend to find ways to respond to Lee's challenges. Although Lee helped to make some improvements to the strategy, the thing is still deeply flawed and will be harmful for Dunedin if it is accepted by the whole Council.
The Network Operating Plan (fig. 24) has been kept quiet by the DCC and the ODT. The plan is to make a big chunk of the CBD either car-less or mostly car-less. The methods of hindering motor vehicles haven't been described but will be achieved with total bans from some streets as well as removing parking and restrictions on turning and entry. Another plan is to fiddle with the timing of traffic lights so as to cause intolerable delays to motorists. Have a look to see which streets are affected. While in their vision they see hoards of cyclists and pedestrians, more likely the CBD will become empty and turned into an economic dead-zone. The Network Operating Plan and the rest of the Transport Strategy are among the biggest threats that Dunedin faces.
Developing a Network Operating Plan [DCC]
Figure 24. Draft Network Operating Plan for the central city
Email received.
Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:05 PM
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 09:06:00 +1200
To: Wendy Collard, Sarah Connolly, Emerson Yeoman, Sue Bidrose, Sandy Graham, Paul Orders
Cc: Kate Wilson, Andrew Noone, Jinty MacTavish, Teresa Stevenson
Conversation: Draft Transport Strategy Hearing additional data requested.
Subject: Re: Draft Transport Strategy Hearing additional data requested.
Ta Wendy,
Questions as follows:
Can I see Data to justify claims of:
1 – significant car ownership increase in the last 15 years/many Dunedin households now do not have access to a car. [A graph would be ideal]
2 – reduced fatalities and serious accidents [increasing safety] when transferring from automobile to pedestrian and cycling modes of transport [Elvik's opinion on safety in numbers is not data and suggests only possibility with very large numbers of transfer not possible in a hilly city]
3 – increasing fossil fuel prices since 1974 "rising fuel costs" "Rising fuel prices are likely to lead to changes not only in travel behaviour and people's choice of transport mode" "Assumption 1: The cost of fuel will continue to increase"
4 – increasing fuel efficiency of cars since 1974
5 – "much of car travel in Dunedin [or anywhere else] is non-essential"
6 – "other options are available for most trips"
7 – "deaths/serious injury of vulnerable road users [cyclists pedestrians] around schools" and "Safety problems at the school gate" "The research highlights that the transitory nature of traffic around schools has tended to hide the risks this situation presents to all users, but especially to children."
8 – "poor provision for other modes and little congestion has led to high crash rates"
9 – "In part due to wide, high-speed urban street environments (such as the one-way system, Andersons Bay Road, Princes Street, and Hillside Road) and poor provision for other modes (such as buses, walking and cycling), road safety has suffered in Dunedin"
10 – "provision for private motor vehicles has also meant amenity, pedestrian connectivity and, in some instances, surrounding land use value has suffered"
11 – "Demand for cheap, convenient, and consistent on and off-street parking availability is no longer a realistic expectation with Dunedin's modern high level of car use"
12 – "despite the fact that many children would prefer to cycle, scooter or walk to school"
13 – "it appears the cost of transport fuel will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. This is already having an effect on the way people are choosing to travel."?
If reliable supporting data is not available, then these unsubstantiated claims and resultant aim to spend $47 million on cycling infrastructure should be removed from the Draft.
On 30/08/13 5:44 PM, "Wendy Collard" wrote:
The deliberations have now finished. Kate has asked if you could please have the questions that you require to be answered be [sic] to staff by 12 noon on Sunday.
The hearing is going to carry on at 1pm on Monday as Public Forum has now been cancelled.
Wendy Collard
50 The Octagon, Dunedin; PO Box 5045, Moray Place, Dunedin 9058, New Zealand
Telephone: 03 474 3374, Fax: 03 474 3594
29.8.13 The Don, imagines . . .
4.8.13 World War I memorial project
8.7.13 Bloody $tupid cycleways and Cull's electioneering . . .
28.3.13 DCC Draft Annual Plan 2013/14: Portobello Harington Point…
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Transport Strategy: Is this responsible local government?
DRAFT Dunedin City Transport Strategy (2013)
The Otago Chamber of Commerce (COC) gets brownie points for taking a stick to Dunedin City Council and the politicised 'sustainability crew', this week… A crew primed with council staff, (spuriously-appointed) leadership and steering groups, university academics (with their little students in tow, aww) receiving substantial research funds into energy research, and the like; but let's not forget the undue influence of Greater Dunedin and its two councillors, MacTavish and Wilson (paid $250 a day, was it?), sitting on the strategy panel – who, having spruced up their images lately (cutesy dyed haircuts, necklaces and dresses in adornment – closely resembling the old 'pearl and cardy set'), will find the clobber just too awkward for bike riding.
It's recognised the Chamber can't hope to represent the wide breadth of Dunedinites – but it's fair to say the Chamber's focus and agendas (collectively and personally) are experienced as being unbearably narrow at times and slant at others – for example, its handling of the Dunedin harbourside plan change appeal, and its support for the new stadium (knife to the throat of Dunedin's economy) and the proposed apartment and hotel development at 41 Wharf Street (cheap bling, with strings). All up, the Chamber is a mysterious if not loose male-order assembly of 'business minds'.
Nevertheless, DCC, give your dog a bone…
But don't think the Chamber will accept more stupidity from your transportation planners and general managers controlling the whole (desktop) strategic exercise —or from the 'mission' of idealistic 'non-business' greenies who lack the commonsense, experience, resilience and determination of Dunedin companies (the ones who actually make the dollars happen!), and which greenies will surely fail if pitted hard against Otago's most successful export earners!!
The Transport Strategy is not a statutory document – but where it attempts to flow into District Plan changes, well, let's wait for all the costly appeals to Environment Court. The council can hardly afford more legal battles – it can't fund the challenges it's already immured by.
The worst fear with the transport strategy revolves around pending changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) which could see council-driven and developer-driven projects bulldozed through without public consultation; with few benefits to anyone or the environment, except to the proponents. The new legislation will mean even less accountability and transparency in local government than ever before – thanks to the National-led government. You know who to vote for in 2014.
Do you know who to vote for in 2013?
### ODT Online Fri, 30 Aug 2013
Attack on transport strategy
The Otago Chamber of Commerce has launched an attack on Dunedin's draft transport strategy, saying it pushed a "questionable agenda" of sustainability while ignoring major transport issues. The strongly-worded rebuke came in the chamber's submission on the Dunedin City Council's draft strategy, presented on the first day of a two-day public hearing yesterday.
However, Prof Herbert Harris, a member of the chamber's logistics committee, also offered an olive branch at the hearing by suggesting a joint working party be formed to fix the document's flaws.
Prof Harris said the strategy was of "major concern" because it ignored the inadequate arterial route through the city, a lack of commuter parking and the significance of the road link to Port Otago.
The draft strategy sought to identify and address key transport challenges facing the city over the next 30 years, beginning with improving the city's poor road safety record. Initiatives proposed included everything from a multimillion-dollar central-city upgrade, to improved cycleways, bus services and a new eastern freight bypass. Prof Harris said the strategy was of "major concern" because it ignored the inadequate arterial route through the city, a lack of commuter parking and the significance of the road link to Port Otago.
GREY AREAS… If you received this DRAFT Summary by post in late July, look no further than the grey back cover – it's easier to read than the illegible and contrived contents, having about the same informational content.
Transport transfer considered
The Otago Regional Council says it will consider handing responsibility for public transport to the Dunedin City Council.
Council transportation planning manager Sarah Connolly confirmed a report on the issue was being finalised, and the chief executives of both organisations, Paul Orders and Peter Bodeker, would be briefed within weeks. Councillors from both organisations were yet to see the report, but a decision on how to proceed would be decided after the briefing, she said.
The news came two years after the Otago Daily Times reported the DCC and ORC were in talks about a possible transfer of the public transport network to the city council.
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Dunedin Cable Car Trust – Public Meetings SUNDAY 28 July
The trust will hold two public meetings to provide information on the High Street Cable Car project, including details on how people can help, and a question and answer session.
WHERE Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum
WHEN Sunday 28 July
SESSIONS 1pm – 3pm or 3pm – 5pm
Entry by gold coin donation
Website: http://dunedincablecars.co.nz/
14.2.13 Phil Cole on the High Street Cable Car [most recent comments]
25.11.09 High Street cable car
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by Elizabeth | February 14, 2013 · 2:37 am
Phil Cole on the High Street Cable Car
### ODT Online Wed, 13 Feb 2013
Cable car project has popular aims
By Phillip Cole
Achieving an 86% positive response to the recent online ODT poll – "`Would you like to see a cable car operating up High St?" – was a pleasant, but not surprising, result for the Dunedin Cable Car Trust. From the 994 votes cast, 852 were in favour. The votes reflect the opinion of just under 1% of Dunedin's population, but it is enough to give us encouragement. Recreating the cable car on High St creates enormous challenges. To overcome these, the trust needs to be pragmatic and innovative to make sure Dunedin is left with an asset rather than a liability. To this end, the trust has spent a lot of time developing a project that will appeal to, and have the support of, a majority.
Some, including those in support of the cable car, are still under the misconception money for the project will come from the Dunedin City and Otago Regional Councils. However, the first matter agreed was that the trust was not going to ask the councils for a cent. We want to create a project the people of Dunedin and further afield can get behind and feel part of. Those who don't want to support the project would be under no financial obligation to do so.
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● Phillip Cole is chairman of the Dunedin Cable Car Trust (est. 23 July 2008)
Dunedin had the first cable car system outside of the United States opening in 1881. San Francisco Municipal Railway became the sole operator of cable car service in the world with the closure of the Mornington line in Dunedin on 2 March 1957.
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by Elizabeth | January 15, 2013 · 12:04 am
Return of High Street cable car
Cable car back in 2018?
By Hamish McNeilly
The High St cable car could be resurrected within five years, as the trust behind the project prepares to start a major fundraising drive this year. The original High St to Mornington line opened in 1883 and closed in March 1957, but the Dunedin Cable Car Trust hopes to have a cable car back on the route by 2018. Chairman Phil Cole said the estimated $22 million project would be broken down into three phases, beginning with the construction of a $2 million terminus near Mornington Park.
Mr Cole stressed the trust was not looking for financial support from the Dunedin City Council, but was keeping the council updated on the project.
The Mornington terminus would include a cafe, museum and storage area for the cable car, and could be completed by 2015. "We want to build this first to generate income for the project". He said the completion of the terminus would help provide impetus for the project before the start of phase two – raising funds and installing the track and building the cable cars.
ODT Poll commenced 14.1.13
[screenshot as at 12:00am 15.1.13]
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by Elizabeth | November 24, 2011 · 10:54 am
Dunedin buses: ORC or DCC
### ODT Online Thu, 24 Nov 2011
DCC may run Dunedin's buses
There is good news and bad news for those keen to see a change in management of Dunedin's public transport system – delegating it to the Dunedin City Council is to be investigated, but the public will not get a say for a least a year. Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Woodhead and Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull announced yesterday there would be a year-long investigation into the potential of the city council taking over running the bus service from the regional council.
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The Auckland Plan
It's the season for spatial plans!
### idealog.co.nz 20 Sep 2011 at 1:40pm
Auckland's grand plan to build the 'world's most liveable city'
By Esther Goh
It's a tall order, making Auckland's the 'world's most liveable city' by 2040, but we'll never know if we don't try. Mayor Len Brown today launched the draft Auckland Plan, accompanied by plans for the region's economic development, the city centre and the waterfront, which outline initiatives for urban design and business growth to secure its future as a "globally competitive city".
The proposals shape options for how JAFAs may live and work, and the transport services they will use. The report sets out five priorities:
• dramatically accelerating the prospects of children and young people
• committing to environmental action and green growth
• outstanding public transport within one network
• radically improving urban living and the built environment
• substantially lifting living standards for all Aucklanders
Click here to have your say on the plan.
ODT Online Tue, 20 Sep 2011
Grand vision for Auckland revealed
Auckland mayor Len Brown has today unveiled his vision to make it the world's most liveable city by 2040. The 30-year plan looks to create a world-class city centre and waterfront with a city rail link, and to focus on improving education, health and housing. It also sets sets out how Auckland will absorb an additional one million people and build 400,000 houses to accommodate them in the next 30 years. APNZ
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Trump Administration Plans To Eviscerate Endangered Species Act, Leaving Vulnerable Species Unprotected
The Endangered Species Act signed into law in 1973 protects more than 1,600 species in the United States, some which are vulnerable, critically endangered, and facing extinction.
According to the Trump administration, it costs too much, and is not worth enforcing. The president is expected to gut the act by reducing regulations, leaving many species unprotected.
"The best way to uphold the Endangered Species Act is to do everything we can to ensure it remains effective in achieving its ultimate goal – recovery of our rarest species," wrote U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt. "The act's effectiveness rests on clear, consistent and efficient implementation."
The Grizzly Bear has survived thanks to the Endangered Species Act.
"The revisions finalized with this rulemaking fit squarely within the president's mandate of easing the regulatory burden on the American public, without sacrificing our species' protection and recovery goals," added U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.
For 45 years, the ESA has protected the country's most vulnerable wildlife. According to All About Wildlife, the Act has been credited with saving:
American Gray Wolf
California Condor Waddles Back
Eastern Red Wolves
Source: National Park Service
The American Alligator nearly went extinct , but has survived because of the Endangered Species Act.
The new proposal, a joint effort of the Interior and Commerce departments, would change the way newly-named endangered and threatened plants and animals are extended protection. They would no longer be automatically added to the list, but approved on a case-by-case basis.
"We propose to remove the phrase 'without reference to possible economic or other impacts of such determination' …to more closely align with the statutory language," the proposed rule says. "The act requires the secretary to make determinations based 'solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data.' "
Updates to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website have already been made.
The California Condor was once close to extinction, but brought back through conservation.
"The Service is changing its approach to applying protections to threatened species to align its practice with NOAA Fisheries so the two agencies are consistent in their application of this provision of the ESA," the USFWS site reads. "The Service is removing its blanket rule under section 4(d) of the ESA that automatically conveys the same protections for threatened species as for endangered species. This change will not affect the protections for species currently listed as threatened, but will ensure that species listed as threatened in the future receive the protections tailored to the species' individual conservation needs."
The Endangered Species Act is credited with saving the Bald Eagle.
As the Washington Post reports, one line in particular contention with conservationists details removing the requirement for federal agencies, before permitting oil and gas drilling or logging, to consult scientific data and wildlife agency-backed studies.
"This effort to gut protections for endangered and threatened species has the same two features of most Trump administration actions: It's a gift to industry, and it's illegal. We'll see the Trump administration in court," said Drew Caputo of the environmental group Earthjustice.
The Whooping Crane might have gone extinct, were it not for the Endangered Species Act.
Caputo is not alone, either. His group has found that about 90% of Americans support the Endangered Species Act, USA Today reports, as do California and Massachusetts. Both states intend to make arguments in court against the proposal's implementation.


More Muslim supremacists issuing kill lists to their violent brethren.
This is yet more dissembling and deception from Obeidellah. Trump hasn't unified Muslims. The Qur'an unifies Muslims. Muhammad unifies Muslims.
Ansari is scared for his family? Scared of Donald Trump? Why isn't he scared of the Islamic texts and teachings that teach such vicious hatred and incitement to murder?
Why? Mosques are not attacked the same way that jihadists attack gay clubs, office parties, and military recruitment centers (though occasionally you may see a case of attempted mosque arson where the suspect is himself a Muslim), but the ideology that is taught at various mosques has incited Muslims to murder and mayhem. What hogwash Ansari and Obeidallah are purveying.
Even in the wake of jihad slaughter, Muslim apologists play the victim.
This proves yet again the correctness of all that I have said over the years about Islam. Instead of siding with the victims and speaking candidly about the jihad doctrine and what is wrong in Islam, Ansari lapses into de facto devout mode.
Obeidallah goes on to say that Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Dave Chappelle are two other Muslims who have called out Trump. But where are the prominent Muslims who are calling out the Muslim world over jihad terror? Where are the prominent Muslim voices urging that the Qur'an be expunged of the texts and teachings that incite believers to jihad?
Ah, now, that's rich, and illustrative of the contempt many Muslims have of the ignorant kuffar: evoking a gay rights leader when gays are slaughtered systematically under Islamic law. Gays are persecuted, oppressed, and executed in Muslim countries under the sharia.
Yes, because that's what we keep seeing Muslims do. Destroy.


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Stachen ist eine Ortschaft unmittelbar bei Arbon im Schweizer Kanton Thurgau. Stachen bildete mit den Speiserslehn und Feilen eine Exklave der Ortsgemeinde Frasnacht, die 1998 mit der Gemeinde Arbon fusionierte.

Geographie

Stachen liegt an der Hauptstrasse Arbon–Roggwil–St. Gallen und ist heute mit den beiden Nachbarorten praktisch zusammengewachsen. Unmittelbar bei Stachen führt der Autobahnzubringer Bodensee (A1.1) vorbei. Im öffentlichen Verkehr wird Stachen von der Postautolinie 200 St. Gallen–Wittenbach–Arbon im Halbstundentakt erschlossen.

Geschichte
→ siehe Abschnitt Geschichte im Artikel Frasnacht

Bevölkerung
Von den insgesamt 875 Einwohnern der Ortschaft Stachen im Jahr 2018 waren 203 bzw. 23,2 % ausländische Staatsbürger. 312 (35,7 %) waren römisch-katholisch und 267 (30,5 %) evangelisch-reformiert.

Wirtschaft
Stachen hat sich in den letzten 150 Jahren vom Bauerndorf zu einem Teil der Agglomeration Arbon entwickelt. Die 1895 in Betrieb genommene Mosterei Möhl wandelte sich vom Gasthof zu einem der bedeutendsten Apfelsaft- und Apfelweinproduzenten der Schweiz.
Der Familienbetrieb verarbeitet jährlich zwischen 25 000 und 40 000 Tonnen Mostobst.

Bildung

In Stachen befindet sich seit über 100 Jahren eine Primarschule, wo bis 1999 ausschliesslich Unterstufenkinder unterrichtet wurden. Danach entstand aus der Schulgemeinde Speiserslehn die eigenständige Primarschulgemeinde Stachen. Sie bietet nun allen Kindern vom Kindergarten bis zur sechsten Klasse die Möglichkeit, im Ort die Schule zu besuchen.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
In Stachen befindet sich unter der Bezeichnung «Museum of Modern Öpfel» (MoMö) das Schweizer Mosterei- und Brennereimuseum.

Einzelnachweise

Arbon
Ort im Kanton Thurgau

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