Russley Rd/ Memorial Avenue Intersection submission on options for Change March 2010
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Living Streets Aotearoa
Safer Pedestrian Journeys
Roads will be safer for pedestrians when actions outlined in the Safer Journeys strategy are implemented.
“We applaud the move to change the give way rules for turning traffic”, says Peter Kortegast, President of Living Streets Aotearoa. “Drivers concentrating on oncoming traffic, and whether they have right of way to turn, often fail to see pedestrians crossing at intersections, with tragic results. Making intersections safer for all road users will cut the number of crashes.”
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2009 Walk21 New york - report and photo presentation
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Review of Walk for your life book
Submitted by cindy.carmichael on Thu, 18/02/2010 - 16:21Walk for your life: Restoring neighbourhood walkways to enhance community life, improve street safety and reduce obesity
By Marie Demers, PH.D
Foreword by James O. Hull
Vital Health Publishing 2006
What a great book! Excellent for those new to walking advocacy.
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Success for walking advocates
Submitted by liz thomas on Mon, 15/02/2010 - 15:51It's worthwhile taking action when you notice a problem area for pedestrians. Sometimes you can make a difference! Recently a walking advocate identified a problem at the entrance to a Khandallah supermarket car park. There was no indication to motorists that they were crossing a footpath and there weret even in/out arrows for cars painted on the footpath! He wrote to the supermarket but never got a reply. However, the other day he was walking past the supermarket and noticed that they had done everything he had suggested including burning the arrows off the footpath, marki
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Submission on the upcoming Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy
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Submission to CCC re Hagley Park for Annual planning process
Submitted by chrys.horn on Mon, 15/02/2010 - 10:15This submission was unsolicited but arose from observations that a Spokes submission some years ago (which is included in this submission, into which a great many good observations and ideas had been completely ignored. This may become an annual submission
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Christchurch City Council Open Space Strategy Submission from LS Canterbury
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Julie-Anne Genter information
Julie is a transportation planner with McCormick Rankin Cagney consultants. She is passionate about sustainable transport and sees an extraordinary opportunity to achieve better economic outcomes and more liveable cities with innovative approaches to defining and solving transportation problems.
Her professional experience has centred on ground breaking research into rectifying transportation market distortions; including new methods of economic evaluation of transport and urban design, and strategic approaches to parking management.
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Martin Wedderburn information
Martin is Principal Transport Planner for Colin Buchanan consultancy. His work covers a broad range of policy, research and design experience. He has worked with professionals from a variety of disciplines to develop more holistic transport appraisal methods encompassing the wider economic, health, and environmental impacts of sustainable transport measures.
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About Us
Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.
We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.