Policy

Minister Bridges meets us in Auckland

On Friday Feb 12 we meet with the Minister of Transport Simon Bridges in Auckland. There were 8 in our delegation representing organisation concerned that the footpath should not get crowded out with new vehicles. Just that day NZ Post talked about their new delivery tractors going nation wide.

The meeting was good and one of our focus points was asking the Minister to make the NZTA Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide adopted as a standard.

Following is our briefing paper.

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Policy

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Living Streets Aotearoa

Living Streets Aotearoa executive committee meeting

Living Streets Aotearoa executive committee first face to face meeting for 2015.

Let us know what you think? What are your top priorities for walking?

Town/City:

Christchurch

Contact person:

Andy Smith

Contact details:

info@livingstreets.org.nz

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Face to face

Region (NZ):

National level

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Policy

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Study on a sample of Wellington walkways as published in the NZ Medical Journal.

Submitted by andysmith on Fri, 13/03/2015 - 14:32

The attached study on a sample of Wellington walkways was published today in the NZ Medical Journal. It shows that while lighting of street-connecting walkways at night is generally good – there was a quarter of walkways where it was inadequate (ie, it was too dark to see your feet or to see the steps).

In the “Discussion” section of the attached – various options for improving things are outlined, in case the Council wishes to consider these.

Hope this is of interest.

Nick Wilson

Region (NZ):

Wellington region

City/Town:

Wellington

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Policy

Daniel Sauter talk in Wellington November 2014 "The flaneur and the sojourner - their place in a liveable city"

Submitted by ellen.blake on Sun, 09/11/2014 - 13:44

A highlight of the Wellington 2014 walking year was this talk from international walk researcher Daniel Sauter. Daniel spoke about the important 4 "I's" of walking - Inspiration, Identity, Infrastructure and Institutional arrangements. He noted the joy of walking and 'being' in a place, were as important in a liveable city as moving through spaces, and had some interesting research to show how we spend our time. He commented that he particularly enjoyed the debate during his presentation - thanks to those attending.

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