Get your local on!

by Talk Wellington

One of the boring-est sounding documents is definitely worth a few minutes  – especially this year. It’s your local Long Term Plan, and it’s even worth missing a few minutes of MAFS.

Improving Wellington’s Rail Network – Part 3

by Harriet Gale

 There’s no better way to move lots of us around our region.  While the lion’s share of investment’s been going to roads, Wellington’s rail network is finally getting a little love.  Greater Auckland’s resident trainspotter Harriet Gale takes a look at our proposed improvements. 

Money makes us do stuff, money lets us do stuff…

by Harriet Gale

We all know the Wellington region needs more cash for public transport, plus discouragement from driving that clogs the roads (we said it loudly too).  But how do we get it? One tool is congestion charging.  Auckland’s thinking hard about it – is it a tool our region should use too?  Auckland’s Harriet Gale has some...

Taxes and Tolls and Trains! Oh My!

by Kōrero Wellington

The government’s Policy Statement on Land Transport is now open for public input.  Talk Wellington observes the responses – including some doomsaying, fear and trembling.  Should we care, and if so should we all be crying “Hooray!” or “Help!”?

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Weekend reading 17.3.18

Alexandra van Dyk | March 17, 2018

 The feedback on Let’s Get Wellington Moving is out, so the theme for this weekend is transport. Toot toot!

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Let’s Get Wellington… baby-stepping, maybe sideways

Talk Wellington | November 17, 2017

Talk Wellington was at the much-anticipated event of the week: the launch of the four “scenarios” that Let’s Get Wellington Moving has been preparing to sort out transport in the CBD. Ahhh Wellington… our capital city.  Your natural advantages have been compromised by some short-sighted infrastructure decisions back in the day (airport & hospital locations,…

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X-ray goggles and imagination: what do we see in our towns?

Isabella Cawthorn | November 3, 2017

Seeing your hometown with fresh eyes is always a good thing, even (especially) when that’s a bit uncomfortable. Lured by the challenging concept of “Re-Māorifying”, Talk Wellington’s Isabella Cawthorn found some home truths and fresh perspectives about Porirua – and all our towns.   It was too good to be a coincidence. I was reading…

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