134 results found for "parking".

The Big Kahuna: Reforming the Resource Management Act

Kōrero Wellington | July 31, 2019

It’s now another government’s turn to have a crack at reforming the RMA. A couple of good summaries…

Just unbussable? Bus networks and Porirua

Kōrero Wellington | July 27, 2019

Train patronage is rising, but Porirua is driving more and more. What’s with the bus, then?

Getting denser better: NIMBYism and developers (dispatch from San Diego)

Scott Beyer | July 5, 2019

Worldwide, unreasonable neighbour resistance (“Not In My Backyard”) is one of the greatest hurdles to the land-use intensification that modern cities need to be sustainable, accessible, and liveable. Talk Wellington are looking at different ways to overcome it – here, profiling some progressive developers’ coalitions in San Diego, California.

Dear Wellington, we need to talk about driving

Talking Wellington | July 2, 2019

Surprise? Household emissions have risen, risen, and we can point the finger at how much we drive. So what can we do?

Safer space for cycling (scooting): what’s going onwith (some of) us?

Kōrero Wellington | June 24, 2019

A recent piece on the sudden scuttling of a flagship London project for safer cycling, and local e-scooter hoo-ha, sparked a few thoughts about local opposition to infrastructure for safer cycling – and e-scooting.

The future of (more) affordable city housing: lose the car parks

Wellington Talk | May 31, 2019

“We want and like cars, they suit our lives and the lives we choose to live.”

Get moving already: mass transit

Kōrero Wellington | May 28, 2019

The centrepiece of Let’s Get Wellington Moving is mass transit. Here’s some basic stuff for when you’re grumping to fellow Wellingtonians at the bus having missed your connection…

“It can’t be bad if Council keeps building it!”

Barb | May 23, 2019

Guest poster and nervous cyclist Barb picks up on a really interesting question in the judicial review hearing over Wellington city council’s decision to implement a parking-protected cycleway on a suburban main street.

“Community desires” and the vital dullness of process

Kōrero Wellington | May 21, 2019

Imagine a well-intentioned initiative to make your local main street safer. Fast forward through a messy process, and now a local group’s taking Council to court over it all. What’s going on – and more importantly, would this happen to something good but messy in your suburb?

Better places to live

Talkin' Wellington | May 20, 2019

What if there was a place to live where we could have really nice things, and have a good community around (but not too much inyaface)?