February 13, 2012

Ring the siren

So far I have enjoyed living in the inner city. I’m 200 metres from major roads and don’t hear much traffic noise. Aircraft noise doesn’t bother me either, especially with a curfew in place between 11pm and 6am. However, earlier this week an emergency services siren woke me at 3.30am. Breaking the still of night, [...]

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Route optimisation

It’s not often you read a news report that puts forward an idea and you think it really makes sense. I saw a media release from GHD consultants today that says peak hour delays could be cut by more than a third simply by fine-tuning traffic lights. Route optimisation trials carried out by GHD transport [...]

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