Traffic engineering

Date: 1948

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council. City Engineer's Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/A/1948/Acc.13881

Description: Map of the new traffic system between Basin Reserve to Brooklyn Road, includes tunnels between Arthur and Bowen streets, the Railway Station, Waterloo and Jervois quays to Cable, Wakefield and Taranaki streets, Kent and Cambridge terraces. A proposed road from Buckle Street cutting across Basin Reserve is marked. Tory, Vivian, Cuba, Willis, Dixon, Manners, Mercer, Featherston, Bunny and Ballance streets are named, also Lambton Quay and The Terrace. Queen's Wharf is marked. Scale of original: Scale [1:3 960] Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.1 x 68.2 cml. on sheet 48.4 x 71.2 cm.

Date: 1977

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Maps associated with architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gm/A/1977/Acc.46214

Description: Copy of a plan which covers the central part of Wellington from Grant Road to the wharves and south to Buckle Street. Shows location of proposed traffic signals, existing traffic signals, existing inner city bus routes and existing transport terminals. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale 1: 5 000, 46.5 x 81 cm.

Date: 1975

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-17/1A-Acc.

Description: Photographs linked to transparency maps in folder 17/1 relating to traffic zoning and transport links. Shows Ngauranga Gorge 1912; Hutt Road ca 1930; Aotea Quay, 1938 and Jervois Quay ca 1940. Shows substantial physical obstacles which had to be overcome before the roading system could link the Region with the growing Central Business District of Wellington City. These obstacles included the rugged terrain at the Ngauranga Gorge and around the Wellington Harbour, the conflict between roading and public transport rights-of-way, and the limited flat land within the Central Business District itself. Quantity: 4 photograph(s) on one sheet in brown folder. Physical Description: b&w aerial photographs

Date: 1959-1960

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-550

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880 - 1959

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-17/1B-Acc.

Description: Photographs linked to transparency maps in folder 17/1 relating to traffic zoning and transport links. Shows tram drawn by horses (1880s); train lower Hutt (1910); Suburban bus, Wellington 1920 and trams, Wellington 1950s. Quantity: 4 photograph(s) on one sheet in brown folder. Physical Description: b&w aerial photographs

Date: 1970

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-137-086

Description: Shows a queue of motorists sitting at a traffic light. In the second scene workmen have taken the traffic light out of the ground. They tell the motorists to turn around because they're going to put the traffic light at the other end of the street and make the street one-way going in the other direction. Extended Title - Will this mean the end of long lines of motorists sitting - not knowing when the lights are going to change? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 320 x 390mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

Date: 1975

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-17/1-Acc.

Description: Includes structure map with traffic zones and Design year public transport link networks Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) + 12 transparencies in brown folder. Physical Description: Ink on cellulite paper. Scale indeterminable. 59 x 48 cm.

Date: 22 May 1984

From: NZOHA New Zealand Computer Society Silver Jubilee Oral History Project

By: Robinson, John Vernon, 1926-2015

Reference: OHInt-0093/11

Description: John Robinson was born 31 Dec 1926 at Geraldine. Describes family background, childhood in South Canterbury, education, farming, university scholarship to Canterbury University. Discusses National Research Scholarship at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, PhD in Structural Engineering; work at the DSIR Dominion Physical Laboratory, part of the Concrete Research Section. Talks about secondment to Ministry of Works, Roxburgh, for practical experience; 1956 Foreign Student Summer Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discusses Ministry of Works, Central Experimental Laboratory, Gracefield, for practical engineering research using scale models. Describes first computer contact with the Whirlwind Computer at MIT, Ministry of Works close interest in the Treasury computer in 1959, involvement in development of government computing. Talks about advantages of computer for calculating and statistical work in traffic engineering, roading, other engineering applications. Recalls first programming course taken by IBM's Bruce Moon, computer as a tool in professional work. Speaks of first Treasury computer: how it worked, programming for it, shared use with other departments, need to use it profitably, long hours worked. Recalls 1963-1964 Harkness Fellowship at MIT to work on the application of computing to engineering, working with Charlie Miller. Returned to the new specialist Systems Section at the Ministry of Works, use of bureau machines, need to hire a complete machine and opposition to that. Talks about the New Zealand Computer Society, Gordon Oed, Errol Jones, first National Conference in Auckland, local manufacture of software and hardware, Progeni, competition between hardware suppliers. Explains different generations of computers, type of people suited to computing, computer industry and politicians, effects of computers on New Zealand society. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Robinson's home in Silverstream Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001570b/001571/001572/001573a Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0245. Xeroxed photo in project report folder Search dates: 1926 - 1984

From: Crimp, Daryl 1958- : Cartoons entered in the 1992 Qantas Media Awards. 1992

Reference: H-218-004

Description: Shows a police car driving along with two men inside. The driver is being told by the passenger (a traffic inspector) to stay left, slow down and so on. The driver is looking very unimpressed and has a black cloud above his head. The number plate says "Merger". Refers to the merger of the Police with Traffic Saftey Services. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1978

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning New Zealand politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January - June 1978].

Reference: A-328-081

Description: The cartoon shows a drunk man driving a car. He is being pursued by a snail, representing the government, with traffic patrol lights on the top of its shell. The drunk driver is happy to out run the snail. Refers to traffic control and the government not doing enough to stop drunk driving. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 240 x 190mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1961

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-137-381

Description: A traffic officer gleefully licks his pencil in preparation for writing a ticket. He is smiling and polite in accordance with instructions to avoid making an enemy even if it is not possible to make a friend. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card with news clipping affixed, 253 x 280mm

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026701

Description: Cartoon shows a traffic jam created by roadworks. In the background the city of Christchurch is being rebuilt. The caption above reads 'Christchurch inner city speed limit to be 30kph?...' Two people stand to the side of the road. One remarks '30kph is the speed of light compared to what we've flamin' got!' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Metro (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024040

Description: Depicts Auckland transport spokesperson introducing a man to two traffic engineers researching the city underground loop. The engineers have their heads stuck in the sand. The man think 'oh I thought they were bike racks'. Refers to need for for infrastructure to support cycling in Auckland. Refers to Auckland Transport 'Draft Regional Public Transport Plan' which lacks plans for bicycle parking, storage and design to encorage cycling (Auckland Transport hearing minutes 7 Feb 2013). Auckland Transport released details of the City Rail Link project to extend rail lines underground below Auckland city (TVNZ 3 July 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024230

Description: Shows an overcrowded intersection with a large sign advising that 'this road will be unbearable for ages while we build a flyover that some computer thought was a good idea without understanding that the clogging is really due to those interlopers on the left.' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0002580

Description: In the first of two scenes a disconsolate-looking man is being booked by a traffic warden for a parking infringement; beside him is his car with a 'car for sale - $2,300' sign standing nearby. In the second scene the warden has gone, the car has been moved and the price on the sign has changed to read, '$2,340', the difference being the amount of the fine. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0002275

Description: The scene shows a nightmare scene of Saddam Hussein forced to do pointsman duty at a bust Bhagdad intersection. As he tries to control the traffic he is assaulted from all sides by noise, explosions, car parts, flying wheels and all kinds of rubbish. Saddam Hussein has yet to be sentenced for crimes against humanity committed when he was president of Iraq. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2003

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0002390

Description: A policeman stands beside his vehicle aiming his camera at passing drivers. Beside him is a notice advising drivers to smile as he could one day be funding their kidney dialysis. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-211

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2008

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0007801

Description: A long queue of cars waits in a traffic jam on the motorway in Auckland. A man stares glumly at a large signpost that gives an estimate of when journey estimate signs will be erected. The estimates suggest 'next yr, next govt, when pigs fly'. Refers to the news that transport chiefs have been working for 18 months on signs that will provide time estimates for Auckland motorway journeys. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).