Cycling and Government
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Ain't no mountain high enough for college enviro-club
- Wellington City Council
- With the school located on the city-side of Mount Victoria, students could take the shorter but narrow, noisy and fume-filled shared path through Mt Victoria tunnel, or navigate an unmaintained, steep track over the hill, scale the 2metre-high fence at the bottom, and hopefully get to school in one piece and on time. The college’s enviro-club members wanted a way for students from the eastern suburbs to get to school that was pleasant, safe, convenient, and good for the environment. Lucy and Maya, two enviro-club leaders, say: “We often walked over an extremely steep track which was completely impossible to bike up. We wanted to make it more accessible for people to bike and walk to our school so they could have a nice commute through the bush, instead of the fume-filled tunnel.”
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Wellington East Girls' College, Austin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington workplaces take on the saddle
- Wellington City Council
- New bike lanes being built as part of the bike network Paneke Pōneke are making it easier for people to move in more sustainable ways. Workplaces are also key in helping us rethink how we get to and from mahi (work).
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WCC Long Term Plan 2024 submission guide
- Cycle Wellington
- https://www.cyclewellington.org.nz/wcc_ltp_2024_submission_guide
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No bike? No problem!
- Wellington City Council
- We’re lucky to have a range of bike routes across the capital that make it easier to get from A to B, and beyond. If you’re keen to get started on your biking journey but not sure where to start, check out the different ways to access pedals in Pōneke.
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Council rolls out Go by Bike Day breakfast and launch of Aotearoa Bike Challenge
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is coming together with a range of local businesses and organisations to host a Go By Bike Day breakfast on Thursday 1 February – and the launch of Aotearoa Bike Challenge in Pōneke.
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Grab your wheels! New pump track lands in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- The track is on the site of the old duck pond.
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Aotea Lagoon, Papakōwhai, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Second-hand bike programme saves 3000 bikes from landfill
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua Green Bikes Trust working hard to give bikes a new life.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Welcome to new partners for Upper Hutt Bike Recycling Project
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Following six successful years in partnership with Rimutaka Prison, Upper Hutt City Council today farewelled one of its founding partners from the Upper Hutt Bike recycling project and thanked them for their efforts.
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington wins Breakthrough Biking City of the Year Award
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau is delighted the city has taken the mantle from regional neighbours Hutt City, to claim this year’s Big Street Bikers’ Breakthrough Biking City of Year Award.
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New-style bike shelters for park and pool goers
- Wellington City Council
- Pool, beach, park and gym-goers will now be able to lock and keep their bikes under cover near Freyberg and Kilbirnie pools using new relocatable bike parking shelters manufactured locally by Tilley Group in Rongotai.
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Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre, Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Metlink bike rack practice point encourages cycle savviness
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A bus bike rack installed by Greater Wellington allows Wellingtonians to practice attaching their bikes to Metlink buses - without worrying about stopping traffic. The rack is affixed to a near-life-sized image of a Metlink bus on the Bike Space workshop, a city-council sponsored bike repair shop on Cable Street next to Waitangi Park.
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Waitangi Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Smokin gets some long overdue love
- Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
- <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > Smokin has been getting some long overdue attention thanks to Ranger Mark Kent and the team from TGL Contracting Limited. If you’re starting out mountain biking, Smokin is a great option for helping progress onto intermediate trails. It’s a gentle gradient with no scary drop offs on the side of the trail to distract you! This work is particularly focussed on improving the switchbacks and the flow by rebuilding berms to allow riders to safely carry more speed as they improve their skills. Thanks to Wellington City Council for funding this work as part of their commitment to Mākara Peak. Check out Smokin on Trailforks at https://www.trailforks.com/trails/smokin-20917 Help us do more great things at Mākara Peak by signing up to the Trails Wellington app or donate at https://givealittle.co.nz/org/makarapeak The track is still raw in places, so take care. Maybe even stay off it, if too wet, especially if the forecast is a bit dodgy.
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Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council votes for consultation on the Brooklyn Road bike lane
- Wellington City Council
- Pūroro Āmua – the Planning and Environment Committee has unanimously voted today to start the process of formal consultation on the future of the Brooklyn Road Bike Route Trial.
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Brooklyn Road, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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More Wellingtonians commuting by bike – helping reduce city emissions
- Wellington City Council
- The number of Wellingtonians commuting by bike continues to grow with the latest data showing more people than ever riding into the central city during the busy morning peak.
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New bike racks help meet growing demand
- Wellington City Council
- Just over 50 new bike racks and six cycle repair stands are being installed around the central city and suburbs during the next few months to help meet growing demand.
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North Island Robins spotted in the park
- Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
- There have been several sightings of Robins around Mākara Peak recently which is exciting! These birds are very susceptible to predation and are usually only found on islands and in predator free areas.
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Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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March 2021 NEWSLETTER
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- Kia ora koutou –It is no secret that Wellington City and it’s Council face some significant challenges justnow.
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Pedal, pump, jump – Bike Fest is your carbon reduction month
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Locals are checking their brakes, pumping up tyres and fastening helmets for this October’s Kia Eke Paihikara Tātou Greater Welly Bike Fest, a month that celebrates climate friendly forms of transport.
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CBD pathway opens in Porirua
- Porirua City Council
- The first of a four-stage project connecting Porirua's CBD to Titahi Bay has opened.
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council to stop collecting low grade plastic
- Wellington City Council
- Due to a changing global market and a glut in low quality plastics, Wellington City Council will only accept plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5 in kerbside recycling, Public Place Recycling bins, and at the Recycle Centre from Monday 20 July.
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Southern Landfill bulk Recycling Centre reopens
- Wellington City Council
- The bulk Recycling Centre at Wellington’s Southern Landfill has reopened to the public with traffic controls in place to ensure Covid-19 Alert Level 2 guidelines are maintained.
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Spicers Landfill, Tawa, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Kerbside recycling collection to resume in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- Kerbside recycling collection will resume in Wellington on Tuesday 12 May, but the scenarios will differ depending on the Government’s Alert Level status announcement this Monday.
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Mayoral update on recycling
- Wellington City Council
- Kia ora Wellington. Let’s talk recycling. You’ve all been asking about it, you’ve all been waiting for it to resume. I know I have.
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Open letter: Innovating Streets proposal must create a safe Essential Workers’ Route
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- Full text of letter sent to Wellington City Councillors on Tuesday 5th May 2020 at 7:15pm Kia ora Councillors, Firstly, thank you for your work with Officers in producing the Innovating Streets proposal to be presented on Thursday 7 May.
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No change to recycling collections at Level 3 for Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s kerbside recycling collection will remain on hold when the country moves into the new Alert Level 3 phase proposed for next week by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Letter to Councillors in response to Covid-19 Pandemic Response Plan
- Cycle Wellington
- The following email was sent to Councillors in response to the plan outlined in the meeting agenda here.
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Health and safety at heart of decision to put recycling on hold
- Wellington City Council
- Tens of thousands of beverage bottles that have touched people’s mouths isn’t what the average person would want to be handling during a life-threatening pandemic.
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Wellington Cycling Framework: progress or procrastination?
- Cycling in Wellington
- On 21 April, a rally of over 350 people who cycle demanded that WCC “get on with it” and start building cycling infrastructure. On 30 April, Council will debate the Wellington Cycling Framework, the “master plan” for developing cycling in Wellington. Is this the start of the progress that the rally demanded, or is it another exercise in procrastination?
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Public support lifts public transport and cycling up priority list for transport improvements in the Wellington region
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Public transport and cycling are big winners in a new transport plan for the Wellington region approved today by the Regional Transport Committee but some major strategic roading initiatives will also put some muscle into economic growth, Committee Chair Fran Wilde says.
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