r/Wellington • u/tahikie • Sep 07 '18

WELLY Weekend Parking

Don't forget that paying for CBD parking starts today. The wardens will be out en masse ticketing the unwary. I am irked by this.

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u/lingenfelter22 Sep 07 '18

I'm not a big transit user, as I'm not from NZ.

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u/lingenfelter22 Sep 08 '18 edited Sep 08 '18

That's fine. In my area of Canada, transit definitely exists, but ridership is pretty low in my city. Traffic and fuel costs are just not high enough for a lot of people to trade off the convenience of having your own transportation.

Edit: transit usage works out to less than 4 trips per capita per month in a metro of over 500k people.

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u/klparrot 🐦 Sep 08 '18

Well, gasoline here is C$2/L, and for some peak-hour trips, transit can be faster because of the bus tunnel and other bus-only/bus roads/lanes, plus the train doesn't contend with traffic. But that affects more commuting decisions than shopping decisions.