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"New Zealand is one of the most car-centric countries in the world. With the
exception of the capital Wellington, New Zealand cities have some of the
highest rates of car ownership globally.
In central Auckland, roads occupy 18% of all land and a further 25% of land is
car parks.
Ask people what “public space” means and they probably won’t mention roads
because these are assumed to be for cars.
But New Zealanders pay for roads, especially road maintenance, through fuel
taxes, road user charges and general taxation. So is there a way road space
could be used differently?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
