Waka Paddle to Gas Pedal The First Century of Auckland Transport【電子書籍】[ Keith Mexsom ]
＜p＞Waka Paddle to Gas Pedal ? The First Century of Auckland Transport ? describes the evolution of Auckland’s transport systems in terms of the aspirations and activities of various businessmen, planners, engineers, and politicians and the ensuing success and failure of their enterprises between 1840 and 1940. The story tells of how national and local parochialism and the propensity for many Aucklanders to reap a harvest of capital gains by speculating in land have been responsible for the delay and failure of many transport initiatives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞During the development of their various transport systems, there has been no lack of ambition expressed by Aucklanders struggling with the challenges of travelling and trading across their isthmus and beyond. Unfortunately for the present-day commuter and trader, and for reasons as diverse as the thousands of vehicles that now choke the City’s roads, precious few ambitions were realised. This is the story of those that succeeded, but mostly of those that failed, and how.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The story provides some explanation to those thousands of motorists who now crawl, seemingly forever, along Auckland’s roads; those with plenty of time to wonder, ‘How did I get here?’＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。
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