From watching the latest season Jetlag: The Game, it looks like New Zealand has a lot of narrow roads and most towns still have a walkable main street, but you need a car to leave town unless you live in Auckland or Wellington and seldom leave the city unless you leave the country-in case you could probably get away without a car. Australia seems to be closer to the US with Urban Highways vs Canada (mostly limited to the Quebec and Albertan Cities). I do feel Madrid's M-30 is a little close in for a betlway by Europeans standards-but all the history is inside it so I guess it's okay
As a Brit, once stayed at a hotel in Falmouth (Mass) and asked the way to the seafront. Told by the hotel receptionist that it was a couple of miles down the road, just get a taxi from 'over there'. I replied, no I'll walk thanks..... She couldn't believe I would do that; and commented on it the following day.
There is a train from Auckland to Wellington and a ferry between the islands. Both aforementioned cities do have more than one commuter line-Auckland could use an Air-Rail link either from extending the Onehunga line or a branch of the eastern line
From watching the latest season Jetlag: The Game, it looks like New Zealand has a lot of narrow roads and most towns still have a walkable main street, but you need a car to leave town unless you live in Auckland or Wellington and seldom leave the city unless you leave the country-in case you could probably get away without a car. Australia seems to be closer to the US with Urban Highways vs Canada (mostly limited to the Quebec and Albertan Cities). I do feel Madrid's M-30 is a little close in for a betlway by Europeans standards-but all the history is inside it so I guess it's okay
I'd love to visit New Zealand one day, but I imagine it's pretty car dependent even in cities.
As a Brit, once stayed at a hotel in Falmouth (Mass) and asked the way to the seafront. Told by the hotel receptionist that it was a couple of miles down the road, just get a taxi from 'over there'. I replied, no I'll walk thanks..... She couldn't believe I would do that; and commented on it the following day.
There is a train from Auckland to Wellington and a ferry between the islands. Both aforementioned cities do have more than one commuter line-Auckland could use an Air-Rail link either from extending the Onehunga line or a branch of the eastern line