Living Streets Canterbury Submission re Northern Arterial and QEII drive 4 laning September 2010
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TOD not TAD - Creating Great Places for People in New Lynn
Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 15:08Abstract 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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Robert Lipka
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Modelling
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Waitakere City Council
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Predicting Walkability
Submitted by Jenny-Kaye Potaka on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 15:03Abstract Remit
Quantifying the quality of the walking environment is possible using the NZTA Community Street Review methodology but the required resources to undertake citywide surveys are significant. Practically speaking, it is unrealistic to consider a local authority would undertake large area or citywide surveys. The problem is if a local authority doesn’t understand the quality of their walking network, they may not be able to identify areas that are affecting suppressed demand, links that reduce the overall environmental success of an area, or specific el
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Steve Abley
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Abley Transportation Consultancy
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Mon a.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 - 14:49Abstract 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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Ryan Falconer
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Arup
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Paving the Streets with Gold
Submitted by peter.davis on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 14:30Speaker 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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Martin Wedderburn
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Living Streets Dunedin Submissions
Submitted by Judy Martin on Sun, 15/08/2010 - 21:47Living Streets Dunedin have made a number of submissions to the DCC. Some were posted previously, but seem to have been lost in the website shift. In this meantime, here is our latest, on the future of John Wilson Ocean Drive, a Dunedin landmark:
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Submission on Takapuna Strategic Framework
Living Streets North Shore
A Walking Action Group / Branch of Living Streets Aotearoa
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Takapuna Strategic Framework Discussion Document, March 2010
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Nominations close for Golden Foot Awards 2010
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Jenny-Kaye Potaka
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awards@livingstreets.org.nz
Review of Lynn Sloman's book: Car Sick
Submitted by cindy.carmichael on Tue, 20/04/2010 - 16:43Car sick
By Lynn Sloman
Green books ltd, UK, 2006
This book is pretty in depth so would be best for someone with some experience in pedestrian and transport related issues. If you live in Christchurch it is available from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology library.
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Russley Rd/ Memorial Avenue Intersection submission on options for Change March 2010
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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.