Are Electric Cars Really Green?
24 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, energy economics, environmental economics, transport economics Tags: electric cars
New Zealand’s tourism industry halved in size in the last 2 years but it is only a statistical revision
11 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, transport economics
At 4% of GDP and employment in 2014, that is half estimated size of the New Zealand tourism sector in 2012. Statistics are only estimates. The trouble is politicians and bureaucrats make decisions on the base of them that might not be able to be reversed. Little wonder that Hong Kong prospered by as collecting as few as statistics as possible.
Source: OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2016 | OECD READ edition.
Source: OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2014 | OECD READ edition.
The earlier New Zealand data referred to direct and indirect contributions while the latest data refers only to direct contributions. New Zealand is no longer top of the world.
Road crash deaths per 100,000 Americans, British, Germans, French, Italians and Swedes since 2000
09 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: road safety
Source: Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2014 | Ministry of Transport via International Road Traffic and Accident Database.
International comparison of road crash deaths across the OECD
08 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in transport economics Tags: road safety
There are surprisingly large differences such as between the USA and Sweden and the UK.
Source: Motor Vehicle Crashes in New Zealand 2014 | Ministry of Transport via International Road Traffic and Accident Database.
@TransportBlog @JulieAnneGenter @GarethMP a lot safe to ride a bike in New Zealand since 1970
07 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: bicycles, road safety
Annual social cost of road crashes in New Zealand, 1997-2014
07 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics
Less extreme overloading than this is common in the rural Philippines
02 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, transport economics
HT: Julian Weeks
The cycling community is rather intolerant of criticism @JKruppster
01 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in administration, transport economics
My blog post on bicycles must go at night attracted a fair degree of personal abuse from the cycling sub-reddit. Another local economist is going where angels fear to tread.
Bring back @RusselNorman to save the planet from @NZGreens MPs carbon footprint @DBSeymour
28 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: carbon footprint, carbon offsets, Left-wing hypocrisy, New Zealand Greens, rational irrationality
Living the clean, green lifestyle means more than just buying carbon-offs in the same way that indulgences for sins were sold by the mediaeval Catholic Church. Russell Norman was an MP for 9 of the 12 months covered by this chart. He consistently had one of the smallest carbon footprints of a Green MP even when he was still co-leader of the Greens and not just a backbench MP.
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Members’ expense disclosure from 1 October to 31 December 2015.
New Zealand MP travel expenses 1 October – 31 December 2015 @DBSeymour
28 Feb 2016 1 Comment
in economics of bureaucracy, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: carbon footprint, New Zealand Greens, rational irrationality
10 of the 14 green MPs have above-average air travel expenses – have an above average carbon footprint for a member of the New Zealand Parliament. It is not easy to be Green.
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Members’ expense disclosure from 1 October to 31 December 2015.
@NZGreens MPs travel expenses in the 3 months to 31 December 2015 @dbseymour @JordNZ
28 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, transport economics Tags: Green Left, Left-wing hypocrisy, Leftover Left, New Zealand Greens, rational irrationality
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Members’ expense disclosure from 1 October to 31 December 2015.
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Members’ expense disclosure from 1 October to 31 December 2015.
Time-starved skilled workers may be driving gentrification
23 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics, urban economics
Bicyclists do not like evidence-based road safety policy
15 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in administration, economics of regulation, transport economics
Bicyclists get very upset when they are told about the dangers. They immediately resort to personal abuse about my post arguing that bicycles at night should be banned.
This anger is another reason why bikes must go. Bicyclists are surly people who respond aggressively when they should do more reserved and careful.
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