Living Streets Aotearoa Conference 2004

Getting around on Foot in NZ Cities & Towns

Thursday 25th November, 2004. Wellington, New Zealand

Overview

Program

Venue

Visuals

Sponsors

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8:30am Registration at Council Chamber Foyer, 1st floor, Wellington Town Hall
9:15am Mihi – Holden Hohaia
9:30am Welcome to Inaugural Living Streets Aotearoa Conference - Celia Wade-Brown, President LSA
9:40am Open conference – Hon Pete Hodgson, Minister of Transport
10:15am Keynote Speaker – Dr Brian Oldenburg, Professor, School of Public Health & Regional Director,
Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), Queensland University of Technology

Sponsored by Land Transport Safety Authority
11:00am Morning tea
11:30am Preventative Health
  • Obesity Action Coalition – Celia Murphy
  • 10,000 Steps, Rockhampton – Dr Kerry Mummery Professor, School of Health and Human Performance, Central Queensland University

Sponsored by
Health Sponsorship Council
 

 Maps, Signs & Information
  • Lyttelton Project – Wendy Everingham
  • Shortcuts to a Degree
  • Wellington Accessibility Map – Jenny Rains, WCC
  • GIS Journey Planner – Alex Campbell, Greater Wellington Regional Council

Sponsored by CityLink Ltd

 The good, the bad & the ugly
  • Barriers to Walking – Ina Smart, Sonia Richardson & Neville Wellbourn
  • Falls – Whose Fault? – Michael Wilson, ACC

Sponsored by
Accident Compensation Corporation
 
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Walk21 report back
International Walking Conference in Copenhagen
Dr Gordon Holden, Professor, VUW School of Architecture & Design
 		 Bringing it together – The essential role of co-ordination, encouragement & awareness
  • Travel Plans – Donna Goodwin, EECA
  • Safe Routes - Jane Mitchell, LTSA
     
2:15pm Living Streets Community Street Audit: Introduction – Steve Abley, LS Canterbury; Introduction to practical session – LS Wellington
2:45pm Guided Street Audit Walks (practical) in small groups
3:30pm Afternoon tea
4:00pm Next Steps - Panel Discussion on refining Street Audit process.
4:30pm Challenges Ahead Rodney Tolley, consultant & author on sustainable transport, founding Director of the Centre for Alternative & Sustainable Transport, Director of Walk21

Sponsored by Transfund
5:00pm Close of Conference
5:15pm AGM of Living Streets Aotearoa (members voting, all welcome) approx 40mins
   
7:00pm Informal Meal at local restaurant - "pay as you go"

 

We hope this is the final version of the program, but it is subject to amendment.

 

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