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Ebikes + community power = everyday magic
One of the many great local things to light up your pre-election world
Read Moree-scooters: don’t ban them by accident
A temporary exemption in official classifications means we get to have e-scooters in NZ. But that exemption’s expiring and there’s real “baby goes out with bathwater” risk, so pop in your 2c BY 5PM MONDAY 7th!
Read MoreGot a bad street? Good news: it’s now easier to reshape it!
As of today it’s finally way easier to try out retrofits to our bad streets – you know, the ones that make it generally yuk to do anything except be in a car. Get onto your local council – they’ve now got all the tools!
Read MoreThree housing things
Fixing our housing crisis: it’s a hot topic and it’ll be one of our election deciders… but it’s also really easy to misunderstand. Here are three useful things about housing to add to your brain food this week
Read MoreLet’s Get Wellington Moving: please, councillors, keep your eyes on the prize
A bunch of WCC councillors are poised to throw not just the proverbial baby, but our whole reproductive system out with the bathwater. Sounds stupid? It is. Yet here we are, so please help keep their eyes on the prize by writing in TODAY!
Read MoreDevelopment that can wash its own face
In NZ our most common urban landuse – the suburb – starts out looking financially good, then absolutely gobbles money from the city, i.e. everyone not living in the suburb. How’s that? And is there another way to do suburbs?
Read MoreParking and Profit: sensible swaps for smart cities
We’ve all heard about the pandemic hurting hospitality businesses, especially those in city centres. Those temporary street parking for dining space swaps – parklets – have thown up some surprises
Read MoreSensible speeds by schools & centres: for once, it’s simple
This is a SPECIAL REISSUE of this piece to reflect the recent raruraru around numbers for Wellington City speeds. Spoiler: it’s the same rationales. It’s the same result.
Read MoreYour handy submission guide: LGWM City Streets proposals
LGWM has 4 surveys open for feedback on city streets changes they’ll make soon! This is good stuff that should’ve been done years ago, so take a couple of mins to whack in your feedback by midnight TUESDAY 23!
Read MorePublic spaces today: familiar, but definitely not “neutral”
Public buildings illuminated with the trans flag colours, reinstatement of Māori place names, and rainbow pedestrian crossings have some people arguing this is “politicising” public space. But New Zealand public spaces have never been neutral – far from it.
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