Commute time from Pukerua Bay?

[speeding_ant]

Pretty tricky when you need to use it for going to work

That's what streets are for

[FJRider]

Pretty tricky when you need to use it for going to work

Real bikers take the back roads ...

[speeding_ant]

Plenty around that area of Wellington!

[mashman]

That's what streets are for

I don't like getting lost.

Real bikers take the back roads ...

Oooo oooo I want to be a real biker too... praps I'll get used to getting lost.

[speeding_ant]

I don't like getting lost.



Oooo oooo I want to be a real biker too... praps I'll get used to getting lost.

That's more like it. Get that sense of adventure in ya.

[radman]

I commute from Paraparaumu Beach to Wellington City 6 days a week...I work shift work so my timings are different to most normal people, but the longest it's taken me is 50min to get to work in the morning when i had to start at 8am...and getting home who cares at least you're on the way home from work not to it....Paikakariki Hill Rd is always fun too. I actually find the traffic coming back into Wellington at the end of the weekend, especially long weekends, more of a problem than the every day rush hour. Kapiti Road can be a bit of pain in the ass as well sometimes.

As for main roads that bypass towns - I used to live in Taupo before the eastern arterial was completed, everyone was raving about it, then it opened and then they realised that maybe all that traffic bypassing the town wasn't such a good thing. It won't kill the town and business community, they will just have to rethink their marketing and business strategy to adapt to the changes. Personally I'm looking forward to the new expressway and transmission gully projects, it's going to bring in more jobs and people to the local and wider Wellington economy and isn't (in my opinion anyway) going to adversely affect local businesses and the roads aren't completely bypassing the towns....I don't know for sure but i imagine a good portion of business is sustained through local custom.

Thats my 2 cents worth....good night

[roogazza]

I notice a year has passed. Jeeesus ,where did that go ?
My last job ended in 2005. Kapiti to Wgton was a pain in the arse but has already changed quite a bit with McKays crossing gone etc.
I did shift work so it wasn't so bad to the middle of town but still allowed 50 mins.
I moved to Kapiti in 04 so a year and a bit was all I did and retired (that cured the pain in the arse).

Now, Kapiti road is becoming a joke, you have to know when to travel it. Like not in the morning at 0830 !!!!
Except Sunday where a fine wheelie can be had at 7am.( When it's dead as a maggot.)

Retire fellas, I recommend it !

[speeding_ant]

Ended up buying a house in Pukerua Bay, and haven't regretted the decision. Both of our respective bosses are fine with us turning up at 9:30, so traffic problems aren't an issue. If it's quiet, I can get home in 23 minutes - so pretty happy with that. I've found it to be the same as Karori or Miramar.

It's so damn peaceful out here

[roogazza]

Yeah bud , nice place to live up the coast.
8 yrs years have passed now and we're moving further Nth again, maybe Otaki.
You'll notice the weather changes as you drive home at night.
Dropping down as Kapiti comes into view after Pukerua Bay is quite noticable.