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The following posts are filed under: Streets & Roads.

Car-Freeing the Golden Mile: Getting the house in order

Getting Wellington moving will require Wellington talking, trusting, and planning. With major street change finally on the horizon, it’s high time to prepare and Liz Allen of Place Creative offers some guidance for Welly from Auckland’s experience.

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Local government reform: your handy 101

There’s big change a-comin’ and we’ll need to have our say. Local government nerd powers are here to help!

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National Land Transport Programme: the big bucks for transport

“Follow the money”! It’s that time again: government setting out what’s getting the lion’s share of public spending on transport. With the need to slash transport emissions by 60% if we’re being honest, and a government enjoying strong popular support, are we seeing them do more than just talk?

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Reshaping streets for transport justice: webinar with Oakland, CA

Because people in councils and consultancies are generally employed, white, middle-class, the solutions they suggest for cities are often “elite projections” and won’t really do the good for those unlike them – unless they (*we) take special care. Oakland has a great pivot story, which is still going… so tune in August 6th to learn!

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Reshaping streets for transport justice: webinar with Oakland, CA

Because people in councils and consultancies are generally employed, white, middle-class, the solutions they suggest for cities are often “elite projections” and won’t really do the good – unless they (*we) take special care. Oakland has a great pivot story, which is still going… so tune in to learn!

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Golden Mile carfree: phew!

In a month of extreme weirdness, Let’s Get Wellington Moving have got something 100% RIGHT

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Get walking! NZ Walking Summit

The NZ Walking Summit is a curious thing. Everyone walks or wheels, so why is it even necessary? You will be 0% surprised to learn that walking is treated like some kind of “niche” or “fringe” activity, so advocacy and conferences are vital. Get your shoes on and head along!

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Less death please and thank you: Thorndon Quay/Hutt Road submissions in quick!

All the upgrade focus is arbitrarily cut off at Ngauranga, but the Hutt Road and Thorndon Quay stretch is still a heavily used route by those in the Northern suburbs and satellites. Let’s make sure it’s great!

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Play streets are magic, paperwork is not

Play streets: a wonderful way to foster play and community resilience. Road closures for play streets: Really flipping hard!

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“It’s really good but where’s the consultation?!” tactical urbanism, social licence and opening minds

A Low Traffic Neighbourhood project in Onehunga, using tactical urbanism, is a theatre for some very familiar angst – but also some very unfamiliar progress.

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