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The following posts are filed under: Streets & Roads.
The Magic Roundabout
Our friends over at Eye Of The Fish have cast their beady eye over the biggest thing to shape central Wellington’s transport since… the 1855 earthquake.
Read MoreWeekend Reading 18.11.17
This week: a big idea that’s new to Aotearoa but that’s much older news in other cool countries. “Let’s just try not to kill anyone eh?” This is the essence of the Vision Zero approach to a transport system. You’d think it was the common starting point for anyone building stuff…
Read MoreLet’s Get Wellington… baby-stepping, maybe sideways
Talk Wellington was at the much-anticipated event of the week: the launch of the four “scenarios” that Let’s Get Wellington Moving has been preparing to sort out transport in the CBD. Ahhh Wellington… our capital city. Your natural advantages have been compromised by some short-sighted infrastructure decisions back in the day (airport & hospital locations,…
Read MoreWeekend Reading – 4.11.17
Transport-flavoured tidbits for your breakfast enjoyment this week… What the hell is a Stroad? One this week from the “oh that’s what that is!” box: the weird and dysfunctional beast that is the STROAD. It’s a made-up word by Strong Towns, but it’s a useful one: the hybrid of a street (a destination, whose…
Read MoreWeekend Reading – Saturday 21.10.17
This week TalkWellington’s had a mole at the Asian Pacific Cycle Congress (a gathering of bike-geeky types talking about how to get more people biking), held in Christchurch/Ōtautahi. We’ll distil the most interesting morsels for you later, but for now: things that struck us comparing our Wellington region towns and the Garden City. Rebuilding after…
Read MoreThese boots were made for walking… active transport for healthy kids (pt 1)
We all know our kids are less active now than ever before. But is there a real problem? And for Wellington kids, is their everyday environment an ally or an enemy? In part one of a series, Laura Cleary explores how well Wellington is doing, and how you and the kids in your life can…
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Election Special Edition
SATURDAY 23.9.17 As always, we’ve picked a selection of the tasty pieces of insight on sustainability, liveability and accessibility that we’ve been reading but haven’t been able to write about (yet). This week, with an election flavour! Welcome to this week’s Election Special Weekend Reading. Whatever you do, just VOTE TalkWellington won’t tell you how…
Read MoreLambton – the Golden Smile
Wellington has long been quietly smug about our best-in-NZ public transport. It’s time to make it really bear dividends for Wellington City. Guest author Guy M has been walking, photographing and thinking. Let’s Get Wellington Moving is a great idea, but it seems a little slow on progress. We’re assured that behind the scenes, great…
Read MoreGetting around: Who wants what?
Wellington’s getting a lot of big new roads. TalkWellington, looking at Auckland, wonders if it’s wholly good news for Wellington’s future. So many new roads! They include what’s currently the nation’s single largest earthworks project, Transmission Gully. Most of them are funded by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). These roads will have a huge impact…
Read MoreThat tree: What did it ever do for you?
Do you have trees in the street you live? Or at the place you work? Are they big or small? Your answers may say something about your quality of life
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