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by robocat
5 hours ago
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Rail can also be awful. New Zealand is largely coastal so ships mostly beat rail. The 3 largest cities have their own ports. Cook Straight separates the South Island from the North Island, which complicates rail down South (apart from the Kaikoura Earthquake totally stuffing it). We don't do many bulk goods (unlike Australia which loves mining). NZ overall has much less dense population - e.g. Auckland has insanely more urban sprawl than Zurich. Sweeping statements about rail are a problem here (especially if incorrectly comparing against other populous or landlocked countries), and the biased love of rail makes for wasteful expenditure. |
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Auckland: ca. 1000 people/km² in 30km radius
Zürich: ca. 800 people/km² in 30km radius
People severely underestimate how sprawly Zürich is.