Dunedin buses and
the city itself are incredibly safe, so parents do not need
to cart their children everywhere, Otago regional councillor
Michael Deaker says.
Dunedin bus planners are allowing downtown bus stops
to be used unwisely for short-term bus parking, while
proposing a complicated high-tech solution to solve a simple
problem, writes Peter Dowden.
The group promoting a plan to have cable cars
rolling up and down Dunedin's High St has been encouraged to
continue its work by the Dunedin City Council.
It is too simple to blame parents for their children being
out in the streets at night, those who work with young people
and their families in Dunedin say.
The four unions which have been at loggerheads in recent days
over the long-running Auckland bus drivers pay dispute have
patched up their differences and agreed to go back into
negotiations as one.
