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Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 15:12

Abstract Remit

The 2 km Auckland Harbour Bridge that connect the north and south shores in Auckland City New Zealand does not have any walking or cycling on it. It is for motorized vehicles only. Originally the paths were planed but were never built as the money was not available. The bridge was built with 4 lanes in 1959 and later in 1969 another 4 lanes were clipped on the original structure.
Since that time walkers and cyclists have advocated for a way across.
I am part of the current push to get this access.

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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Presenter:

Andy Smith

Session or Keynote:

Plenary

Organisation or Business:

Walk Auckland

Session slot:

Tue p.m. early

TOD not TAD - Creating Great Places for People in New Lynn

Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 15:08

Abstract Remit

Increasingly, major sporting events are looking to walking as the main mode of access to venues and as a link to public transport. Good pedestrian planning can have a signficant impact on the success and public experience of a sporting event.

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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Presenter:

Robert Lipka

Session or Keynote:

Modelling

Organisation or Business:

Waitakere City Council

Session slot:

Tue p.m. early

Adelaide Walkable Experience

Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:57

Abstract Remit

During January 2010 I had the opportunity to attend a transport conference in the City of Adeliade South Australia. I would like to share the interesting and innovative pedestrian facilities which I discovered throughout this city.
In particular I would like to suggest the need to better integrate our urban design, urban form and pedestrian facilities.
I will discuss pedestrian school slow zones, tabled pedestrian crossing, quality urban design and some Australian research about what people enjoy on off-road shared paths.

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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Presenter:

Peter Kortegast

Session or Keynote:

Urban Design

Organisation or Business:

Opus Consultants

Session slot:

Mon p.m. early

Presentation about New York and the 2009 Walk21 conference

Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:56

Abstract Remit

The 2009 Walk21 conference in New York was an opportunity to see at first hand the pedestrian revolution taking place around Times Square and other areas of Manhattan.
The main driver for New York’s plan was not pedestrian congestion, but road safety. In 1990 there was one pedestrian death every day on the cities streets. This has been reduced to the lowest figures since records began in 1910, with senior fatalities on the pavements dropping 43% in just one year, due to the ‘streets for seniors’ plan.

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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Presenter:

Robyn Davies

Session or Keynote:

Plenary

Organisation or Business:

Transport and Main Roads Queensland

Session slot:

Mon p.m. late

What is the recipe for Walking? Designing the built environment case study Perth

Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:49

Abstract Remit

There is considerable evidence to show that the built environment is strongly correlated with levels of walking for transport. Moreover, its widely understood that walking is the most accessible form of physical activity, which can contribute to improved public health. However, significantly less is known regarding the relative influences of the built environment on walking for leisure. This paper begins with a discussion of physical activity and the health benefits of walking.

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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Presenter:

Ryan Falconer

Session or Keynote:

Urban Design

Organisation or Business:

Arup

Session slot:

Mon p.m. early

How can a Council encourage walking? The Glen Eira experience

Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:48

Abstract Remit

The City of Glen Eira is located in Melbourne's south-east suburbs, about 7 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD.
It encompasses a total land area of about 38 square kilometres and is an established residential area that is continuing to attract housing development.

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2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Free tags:

Council investment

Valuing walking

Presenter:

Matthew Harridge

Session or Keynote:

Urban Design

Organisation or Business:

O'Brien Traffic

Session slot:

Mon p.m. early

Paving the Streets with Gold

Submitted by peter.davis on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:30

Speaker Profile

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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Conference:

2010 Dollars and Sense of Walking

Free tags:

Valuing walking