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What happens when a city bans cars?
There’s lots of panicky talk in the NZ media about “banning driving” and being “anti-car.” But US streets like San Francisco’s Market Street and New York’s 14th Street have already “banned” private vehicles. So what happened next?
Read More“See you in court!”: Cobham Drive, community groups, and judicial review
Posturing aside, what does it really mean for someone to legally challenge a roading authority’s decision – be it a cycleway, a road expansion, or a pedestrian crossing on Cobham Drive?
Read MoreWhy is city change so damn hard?
Pictured above, one of “the worst council meetings of all time” happening around the country as inner city residential suburbs become the battleground of our age. Tune in to hear why we’re bad at city change – and hopefully some ways to make good change easier
Read MoreHearts and minds – via ads
When it comes to winning hearts and minds (and dictating our behaviour), commercial marketing has run rings around public-service advertising for decades now. But some public-good campaigns on our radar are looking slick…
Read MoreWellington, it’s time to shift the power of cars in our streets.
Wellington, and New Zealand in general, has a chronic car problem. And as we’ve seen recently, an extreme minority can also weaponise cars against the public. What can we do to open up our streets, make cars our guests, and stop weaponising from happening again?
Read MoreTransitional? Transformational!
With the “transitional cycleways”, Wellington’s using a better method to make roads safely bikeable. And when you’ve got a joined-up bikeable network, something amazing happens
Read MoreMeet the Women Who Ride at Night
How do we make Wellington’s nights safer for all? The women who ride at night remind us that questions of liveability can’t just stop when the sun goes down.
Read MoreLight rail in Auckland: should Wellington be afraid?
We’re barely back at the desk and already the blockbuster announcement of the year: finally, grownup-city mass transit for our largest metropolitan centre! But a lot of smart people have made a lot of weird decisions in there… could Wellington experience similar weird?
Read MoreUrbanerds 2022 kicks off!
Interested in what makes cities tick? Like talking about it? Come enjoy your people Tuesday 8th Feb – AND A SPECIAL GUEST!
Read More“Climate change is real. Your carbon footprint is a scam.”
Climate change’s key battleground isn’t in engineering or technical fields, it’s hearts and minds. And one of the most famous “tools” we’ve been given may be helping to delay good change
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