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The following posts are filed under: Urbanism & Towns.
Long Weekend Reading 3.2.18
A special Long Weekend edition of our Weekend Reading for you – essential food for thought
Read MoreHave you seen TOD?
Guest author Guy M reckons Wellington could do with a nice strong hot TODdy. [Editor’s note: the author was not responsible for the pun in this tagline.]
Read MoreHoliday Reading 4.1.18
As the bells toll… so might some roads Greater Auckland looks at the Herald’s report the NZTA is considering introducing tolls on several roads under construction, including Transmission Gully and the Petone to Grenada link. It looks at how we assess the value of major roading projects, including travel time savings, availability…
Read MoreLet’s Get Wellington MOVING! Today’s the day
Transport planning is a big deal. Large scale transport infrastructure affects everything around it, for decades. In case you haven’t noticed, Let’s Get Wellington Moving will profoundly shape our city, and the window is almost closed to give your steer on the approach they’re taking. You can read more but regardless, get your feedback in…
Read MoreWeekend Reading 9.12.17
Simple stuff and high tech stuff in this weekend’s reading – enjoy from your lawn, or bus!
Read MoreLet’s Get Wellington Moving 2: Voices from the Lands Out of Scope
Talk Wellington looks at how Let’s Get Wellington Moving deals with 82,000 of the people in the CBD every day. Spoiler alert: they come from north of Ngauranga…. so sorry folks, you’re out of scope.
Read MoreWeekend Reading 25.11.17
This weekend’s tasty tidbits: nature play (sigh, that this has to be A Thing) and revitalising depressed cities “I just like being out here. You know an animal will enjoy what we’re doing, you’re helping clean up what’s happened.” A Christchurch ex-teacher turned landscaper has set up Woodland Escape to create awesome natural “free play” environments….
Read MoreWeekend Reading – 11.11.17
“Bike theft is not inevitable”: Vancouver rolls out a cycle crime revolution For Vancouver, where more people cycle than any other North American city, bike theft is a real problem. A trial of a high tech to way to reduce bike theft in the city has impressive results – down 70% over two years….
Read MoreTogether we stand, divided we Mall
A further look under the lid of the great and the not-so-great of Wellington shopping centres. While Johnsonvillians, with the patience of Job, await the bulldozers that will herald the start of work on their Shopping Centre revamp, I thought I would follow up my last article with a closer look under the bonnet…
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