Paul MinettPaul Minett

Paul Minett is the co-founder, with John Pearce, of Trip Convergence Ltd, an Auckland-based company dedicated to finding sensible solutions to traffic congestion, for people, planet, and profit. He is also a co-founder of the Ridesharing Institute, and a member of the Standing Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies of the Transportation Research Board (US). paulminett@tripconvergence.co.nz

Auckland’s traffic doesn’t have to go back to being ‘Auckland traffic’

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As the sharp, lockdown-induced reduction in peak-hour congestion starts to dissipate, let’s not lose this chance to improve Auckland’s legendarily terrible traffic, writes transportation researcher Paul Minett. The first image below is from 9 March 2020, the second from 20 May, both at about 7:45am during the morning peak travel period. On a typical pre-pandemic … Read more