Category: Intersections

  • Christchurch’s Dangerous Intersections [1]: Intro

    It’s an inevitable reality that in any suburban area where a lot of traffic passes through, there are bound to be various safety issues. Much of this is due to roads being designed primarily for cars without any real thought for or consideration of other transport modes such as cycling and walking. In a city…

  • Rolleston Level Crossing Upgrade Proposed [1]

    In the previous post on this blog the issue of safety at level crossings was raised using the particular example of the George Holmes Road level crossing at Rolleston and its replacement with the present crossing at Hoskyns Road. Shortly after writing the post, TSBNZ learned that NZTA Waka Kotahi is now proposing a flyover…

  • Level Crossing Safety Not Prioritised By Authorities

    One of the factors contributing to the establishment of this blog is a growing awareness of level crossing safety issues in New Zealand. Let’s go back 29 years for an example. On August 25, 1993, the Southerner passenger train collided with a concrete mixer on at at a level crossing on George Holmes Road, Rolleston.…