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Hamish is an independent consultant working in network industries based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is particularly interested in interdependencies that arise when everything is connected to everything else.
Hamish Nuttall
nakedinsight - understanding the interdependent network
Recent Posts
- Save the environment with nakedbus.com
- Auckland Bus fares up again
- Overlander: Back from the Brink
- Thank you to those who have visited nakedbus.com
- Auckland to Rotorua from $1!
- The Costs of Moving the Goalposts
- Gambling on Trains
- Overlander myopia
- Meaningless statistics
- A smart solution debate over bus regulation
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September 28th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Hamish,
I just learnt of your new low-cost bus service, nakedbus.com, operating in NZ. I really like the concept and I am sure it is stirring a lot of attention over there.
Through the website I stumbled upon your blog.
As a Kiwi living on the East Coast of the USA a concept like the one you have developed back home would seem like a great idea for intercity travel within this region.
I wonder whether you have looked into the inner working of the transportation systems in this country? Gauging by your blog it seems as though you might be more in tune with the systems in Europe. I have to admit the eurpean system of public transportation leaves the US in the dust. I wonder what barriers would be faced should someone have the desire to implement a concept such as yours in this area?
Really, I was just was curious about your company. Good luck with everything, maybe i will ride a nakedbus next time I am home.
All the best ,
Dean Jagusch
September 30th, 2006 at 2:48 am
Woo Hoo!
Well done - we’re really looking forward to a South Island service too!
Hopefully from Dunedin to Central Otago and all those vineyards.
Best of Luck
Maree & Nathan
September 30th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Hi guys, glad you like it. Why don’t you sign up, to let your friends know? That way, if they travel you get a credit so you’ll be able to travel for free when we launch in the South Island. And don’t forget to tell us where you want to go in the South Island. That will help our planning heaps.
September 30th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Hi Dean
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes I have quite a bit of experience of european transport systems. New Zealand is a fairly easy place to set up transport businesses, and because there is not a lot of competition and existing operators are very high cost, we hope to do well. Do tell all your friends and family back home about it - we can do with all the publicity we can get!! Better still, sign up and use the “tell a friend” feature - that way you’ll get credits every time your friends travel which you can use towards free trips when you do come back.
The US - yes intercity transport is limited there, and I believe it would be fertile ground too. We need to prove the concept here before we go offshore - I believe in sharing the risk with professional partners so we’ll be looking for partners to work with as we have in New Zealand.
Petrol prices are relatively low in the US, but far higher than they were less than a year ago, and as I read it, people are beginning to adjust to the idea that it is more important to get there than to travel in your own expensive chunk of metal. Added to that, even in the US, where everyone seems to have a car, there are a surprising number of people who don’t have regular access to a car.
And the east coast - particularly New York, much of which was built before the invention of the car - is actually well suited to public transport.
December 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Hi Hamish,
Great concept, am in South Island so would be great to see it down here! If only someone would have low cost backpacker hostels for $1 a night they wouldnt be short of customers :>
Regards
Tim O’Brien
Virtual Media
http://www.virtualmedia.co.nz