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The following posts are filed under: Island Bay.
The Traffic Jam Episode 7: Absolutely Positively Newtown (and Berhampore)
Beloved voice of Radio NZ Nights, Bryan Crump, looks forward to the next steps now that 935 people have submitted on the Newtown Connections (aka WCC having a better go at safe cycling in the southern suburbs).
Read MoreWhy Island Bay and the “Newtown Connections” matter for us all
Why does stuff in the Southern Suburbs matter when it’s not my backyard, and when there are other cycleway type projects happening elsewhere in the region to pay attention to?
Read MoreThe Traffic Jam episode 1: On the Buses
The beloved voice of National Radio’s Nights programme, Bryan Crump, is a secret transport geek. His new podcast, The Traffic Jam, is not only punny – it’s getting answers to some of the really gnarly questions about how Wellington gets around. The Traffic Jam’s first episode is “On the Buses”
Read MorePlaying with the Possibilities
Wellington kids have access to great playgrounds, with a brand new one about to be built for kids in the south. All the talk of new and improved play spaces has us pondering playground possibilities.
Read MoreOff to a good fresh start: Newtown Connections
Conversations about more bikeable streets in Newtown, Berhampore and Mt Cook suffered from being in the “fallout zone” of the Island Bay cycleway conversations. Four years later, Wellington City Council is having another go. This time, they’re asking people well before there’s anything tangible on the table. Guest poster Baz gives his take on the first…
Read MoreMaking streets better: starting with good kōrero
It was 2014 the last time the council asked people about cycling in Newtown and Berhampore, since when “the c word” has barely been heard there. But they’re asking again, now, til Tuesday 5pm, and you should leap in there because things have changed, folks. They’re doing it right!
Read MoreA Bike Encounter in Three Acts
Transport economists, behavioural psychologists, engagement strategists, city councillors – you can go home now, the kids get it! Island Bay local Pablo recently blogged about some wisdom his cycling-happy kids shared with him. We stumbled across his original blog post, and thought you might like to hear what his kids had to say…
Read MoreFighting the “greater good”: protest, civics and civility
People around Levin stand to have their homes bought by force because they’re in the way of a new expressway. Talk Wellington ponders the local reactions when a local landscape is changed in the greater good – and features a post from a vastly different conflict environment
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