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Thread ID: 62882 2005-10-22 20:10:00 Just a idea on city rush hour traffic. Eric Richards (6226) PC World Chat
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398446 2005-10-22 20:10:00 On September 27th I sent the local paper “Central Leader” (Auckland) by Email, a story and was printed just over a week ago on the 14th October.



With talk on carless days a couple of weeks ago, due to higher oil cost.

Why not work a average 40 hour week or should I say a 80 hour fortnight,
working almost 9 hour day, 9 day fortnight some workers might not be unable
to change their working hours, but then others will, in the hope it might
broaden the rush hour and flatten it, making traffic movement on the roads
better.

Some companies might choose to close down or partly close down one day a
fortnight without any business loss, others might prefer to open ten days a
fortnight (with the effect of one in ten staff throwing a sicky each day)
giving their customers a extra hour a day extended service, I would not
notice a extra hour at work each day but would love that extra day off each
fortnight to get a life away from work.

The whole scheme would only be limited by individual companies imagination
to think outside the square.


The printed letter had a couple of changes, odd, but different,

It seems the shops were thinking along the same line,
www.nzherald.co.nz

GREAT !!! Soon we will be moving rush hour traffic in Auckland city from 5pm to 6:30 as also shoppers join the traffic cues going home after they have done their shopping after work.
Eric Richards (6226)
398447 2005-10-23 01:21:00 The traffic problems in Auckland are easily solved.

Just cut a 20 metre long section out of the centre of that bridge. Cars going out of the city: Splash, splash, splash. Cars coming in: Splash, splash, splash. It wouldn't take too many days to sort it all out.
Graham L (2)
398448 2005-10-23 03:09:00 The traffic problems in Auckland are easily solved.

Eliminate 9/10s of the population.
pctek (84)
398449 2005-11-05 18:09:00 It appears by the next day in the Herald Monday 24th it was printed page A7

They had 45 messages over the move to shopping later, 40 supported later trading hours e.g. 10am to 6:30pm
Eric Richards (6226)
398450 2005-11-05 19:06:00 I
They had 45 messages over the move to shopping later, 40 supported later trading hours e.g. 10am to 6:30pm
The shop workers didn't.
pctek (84)
398451 2005-11-05 20:18:00 The traffic problems in Auckland are easily solved.

Just cut a 20 metre long section out of the centre of that bridge. Cars going out of the city: Splash, splash, splash. Cars coming in: Splash, splash, splash. It wouldn't take too many days to sort it all out.

Great idea Graham, and we'll block both portals to the Lyttleton tunnel and plant demolition charges at 50 metre intervals over the road route as well.

In Wellington we can forget Transmission Gully, just barricade off all routes in from the north, and cut off the rail links while we are at it. Mining the runway at Wellington airport would complete the job and then we'd be free of both cars and those pesky pedestrians, and politicians as well.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. :p


Cheers

Billy 8-{) :rolleyes:
Billy T (70)
398452 2005-11-05 20:46:00 LOl just pile all the jafas on the hill and then let go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . only way is down . and jafas roll do they not? and sink in the water . . . . . . . . :p


no offense intended . and in wangas ya cant chop off the bridges or mets cant get to work . . . . . . . . . . . . and heaven forbid that would happen . . . . . . . . . . . think of the poor puters he needs to help . . . . . . :lol:

and blocking the river? been tried i hear, but didnt work . . . . . . . . . . . it still runs brown . . . . :p


beetle
beetle (243)
398453 2005-11-05 23:13:00 Nah, you can't get rid of us Jafas beetle, Auckland is the engineroom of the national economy.

It would still be the Capital too, if it hadn't been for the flamin' aussies who shifted it to Wellington! Apparently travelling up by sea was too much for their delicate constitutions.

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :D


The Governors of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania were asked each to appoint one commissioner for the purpose of determining the best site in Cook Strait. These gentlemen, having made a personal inspection of all suitable places, arrived at the unanimous decision that "Wellington in Port Nicholson was the site upon the shores of Cook Strait which presented the greatest advantages for the administration of the Government of the Colony". The seat of government was therefore, in accordance with the recommendation of the commissioners, removed to Wellington in 1865.
Billy T (70)
398454 2005-11-05 23:58:00 It would still be the Capital too, if it hadn't been for the flamin' aussies who shifted it to Wellington!
Do we really need any more hot air up here in Auckland Billy? That's all that politicians are good for anyway....
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andrew93 (249)
398455 2005-11-06 00:15:00 make a massive tunnel under the harbour for in and out.... Prescott (11)
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