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The following posts are filed under: Streets & Roads.
Off to a good fresh start: Newtown Connections
Conversations about more bikeable streets in Newtown, Berhampore and Mt Cook suffered from being in the “fallout zone” of the Island Bay cycleway conversations. Four years later, Wellington City Council is having another go. This time, they’re asking people well before there’s anything tangible on the table. Guest poster Baz gives his take on the first…
Read MoreMaking streets better: starting with good kōrero
It was 2014 the last time the council asked people about cycling in Newtown and Berhampore, since when “the c word” has barely been heard there. But they’re asking again, now, til Tuesday 5pm, and you should leap in there because things have changed, folks. They’re doing it right!
Read MoreTalking transport in Te Upoko o te Ika
Talk Wellington brings you an insightful weekly digest of some recent media chatter about transport – it’s ‘news you can use’. This week we’ve got Stephen Olsen of Palaver Media providing your food for thought on Wellington transport and how we all talk about it.
Read MoreAnd we’re off! Doing Transport Differently* (*better)
Today the coalition government released its 10-year Government Policy Statement on Transport, showing how our taxes will be spent on getting around (and quite a lot of our rates too). It’s got some changes from the initial one, which saw much handwaving and consternation, but it’s a strong new direction and at Talk Wellington our…
Read MoreLet’s Get Wellington Moving: “Please, NZ, help us fund Wellington’s transport fat pants”
“Please give us lots of tax money to fund our transport works” Wellington councils are apparently asking Cabinet today. They will have their fingers crossed that Ministers won’t ask awkward questions like “will this package actually achieve what it should?” because the answer doesn’t seem like it’ll be healthy.
Read MoreSchool gate parking wars! The battles continue – do we actually enjoy it?
Guest poster Ben T writes: we love our kids, so we…behave at our worst, and endanger them where they congregate every day – often spoiling rare time together. And no-one seems capable of calling out what’s behind it all.
Read MoreA Bike Encounter in Three Acts
Transport economists, behavioural psychologists, engagement strategists, city councillors – you can go home now, the kids get it! Island Bay local Pablo recently blogged about some wisdom his cycling-happy kids shared with him. We stumbled across his original blog post, and thought you might like to hear what his kids had to say…
Read MoreNZ roads: heaps safer soon?
News! The government’s going to spend our dollars differently on transport: less of some stuff, and more of other stuff. Greater Auckland’s Matt Lowrie has read the new draft Transport Investment Proposal so you don’t have to. And it’s good news if you think our road toll trend is a bad thing. This post was originally…
Read MoreHaving your say
2018 is definitely the Wellington region’s Year of Transport which means it’s also the Year Of People Talking About Transport. Talk Wellington takes a couple of recent developments and wonders how well our models are working.
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