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Starting to get it right: Island Bay and the South
The Island Bay Cycleway’s influence on Wellington transport thinking, and public discourse, is really significant. (It helped give birth to Talk Wellington!) In an issue space that’s been rife with reckons, civic activation, politicising, good intentions, cockups and conspiracies, it’s an otter relief to know it’s really coming right.
Read MoreBack to reality: school dropoff
Four days since the school holidays ended, and already they’re a distant memory. Back in the morning battles of the school dropoff, guest poster Ben wonders again if there isn’t a better way…
Read MoreFuel Prices talk of the town
Ahhh, fuel prices. Always good for a conversation (or an argument). Fuel prices include taxes, plus lots of other things, and there’s some weird reporting this month that gets some basics wrong. Greater Auckland’s Matt Lowrie busts some myths.
Read MoreOn(zO) yer bike! Yikes!
With Freddie Mercury’s voice singing “I want to ride my bicycle” in her head, TW’s project manager Kate goes for a spin. Or does she?
Read MoreThe Kingdom of the Machines
If you could ask an alien looking down at Wellington from outer space (via a translator, obviously), “which things here are in charge of this place?” what do you think they’d answer?
Read MoreMy Favourite Commute – Seattle Freeze and Speed
This week’s My Favourite Commute comes from Talk Welly crew-member Chris Vogliano, who remembers discovering the magic of light rail in Seattle.
Read MoreOh, oh, Onzo! Will you whisk me across Welly?
We’re excited about a new bike-sharing service in town!
Read MoreOver the rainbow!
Wellington’s getting a rainbow pedestrian crossing! It may not seem like much, but it represents a giant leap for our road management bureaucracy. So let’s celebrate!
Read MoreGive it a whirl, let’s suck it and see!
Trying stuff out, seeing what works, giving things a whirl – it’s the best way to change streets cheaply, quickly and lightly. Urbanism wonks call it “tactical urbanism” (secret: it’s the same thing!). Here’s the great talk that inspired Braden’s post Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper.
Read MoreEight weeks is enough (and other ghost bus stories)
Regional councillors promise to fix their new bus network in eight weeks (even though they don’t think they would have introduced it any differently). But how do you address the broken buses in isolation to the even bigger revolution just around the corner; Let’s Get Wellington Moving?
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