Source: “2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test” – Newmark’s Door
2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test
29 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in transport economics Tags: road safety
@transportblog Most Drivers Think Cyclists Don’t Follow the Rules of the Road
23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in transport economics Tags: bikes
@TransportBlog sadly, bikes are getting cheaper too because of capitalism and freedom
17 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: bikes, creative destruction
This drone catches other drones by shooting nets at them – Telegraph
12 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, transport economics Tags: drones
Japan Keeps Defunct Train Station Running for Just One Passenger
09 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, transport economics Tags: Japan
…ridership at the Kami-Shirataki station had dramatically fallen because of its remote location, and freight service had ended there as well.Japan Railways was getting ready to shut the station down for good—until they noticed that it was still being used every day by the high-schooler. So they decided to keep the station open for her until she graduates.
The company’s even adjusted the train’s timetable according to the girl’s schedule. The unnamed girl is expected to graduate this March, which is when the station will finally be closed.
Source: Japan Keeps The Defunct Kami-Shirataki Train Station Open for Just One High-School Girl – CityLab
Why taxi drivers are suddenly getting nicer?
07 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: creative destruction, taxi regulation, Uber
Where I live, taxis suddenly starting texting to say they are five minutes away or outside.
Source: Why taxi drivers are suddenly getting nicer – The Washington Post
@TransportBlog should bikes be banned as unsafe?
05 Jan 2016 2 Comments
in applied welfare economics, health and safety, transport economics
How safe is riding on a motorbike?
04 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
in transport economics Tags: road safety
Creative destruction in airline safety
25 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in transport economics Tags: air accidents, Air safety, creative destruction
@TransportBlog @JulieAnneGenter community outrage at new bike lane death trap in Island Bay
22 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics
Source: Wellington’s Island Bay cycleway has left residents confused and angry | Stuff.co.nz.
We drove past this bicycle death trap in island Bay in Wellington the other weekend. The first thing I noticed is a lot of bicycle will be sideswiped as passengers in cars open their left door not expecting anybody to be there. The bike lane also narrows the road from buses. Residents now have a lot of trouble safely getting out of their houses without both are running over bicyclists and seeing oncoming cars. Further proof that bikes are a killer green technology.
Source: Wellington’s Island Bay cycleway has left residents confused and angry | Stuff.co.nz.
Part of the nonsense behind this death trap is that more people ride their bike if they can do so safely such as on this death trap according to the local mayor:
Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown acknowledged the recent social media backlash – which she dubbed “bike-lash” – but was confident it would simmer down once the cycleway was complete.
She pointed to the council’s research, which showed 76 per cent of Wellingtonians would cycle more if cycling was safer.
“And I think a scientific survey is a clearer indication [of Wellingtonians’ views on the cycleway] than the number of social media likes or dislikes.”
Obviously our local mayor has not heard of the social acceptability bias that arises when answering questions about whether or whether not they are use fashionable forms of transport.
The number of people in Wellington taking a bicycle to work in Wellington is trivial. Three times as many walk to work as take a bike to work in Wellington.
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency.
The Twitter Left mantra as championed by the Greens and Transport Blog is that it would all be so much different we invested a little bit more in public transport is a myth.
The experience in Europe and North America is that if you make buses free, the cheapies that currently bike take the bus or train. In addition, the street people find it comfortable warm place to hang out when during the day which drives the regular customers away.
A 2002 report released by the National Center for Transportation Research indicated that the lack of fares attracted hordes of young people, who brought with them a culture of vandalism, graffiti, and bad behavior—which all necessitated costly maintenance. The lure of “free,” the report implied, attracted the “wrong” crowd—the “right” crowd, of course, being wealthier people with cars, who aren’t very sensitive to price changes.
Comparison of the Titanic and a modern cruise ship
18 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in technological progress, transport economics Tags: creative destruction, The Titanic
Comparison of the Titanic and a modern cruise ship. http://t.co/lqdpKzfyct—
History in Pictures (@HistoryFlick) June 18, 2015
Creative destruction in car radios
06 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, transport economics Tags: creative destruction, economics of advertising, entrepreneurial alertness, good old days
Global deaths from indoor and outdoor pollution
03 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: air pollution, indoor pollution, The Great Escape
@TransportBlog @JulieAnneGenter mode of commuting in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
01 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in economics, transport economics, urban economics
Bugger all people commute by bus or train outside of Wellington. Even in Wellington taking the bus or the train has trouble staying well ahead of walking to work.
Source: Ministry of Transport. (2015). 25 years of New Zealand travel: New Zealand household travel 1989–2014. Wellington: Ministry of Transport.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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