Hataitai and Blogs
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Free Walking Solution- Hataitai to CBD
- Sarah Free
- Would more people walk to work or school from the Eastern suburbs if they didn’t have to use the dark, crowded, loud and smelly Mt Victoria tunnel?Here’s the idea: can WCC and GWRC work together to give walkers a free trip from one side of the Hataitai bus tunnel to the other?Once the bus system is up and running with a bit of spare capacity, think what a boon that could be for walkers.
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Hataitai Bus Tunnel, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Campaign Speech- Hataitai Candidates Meeting
- Sarah Free
- The candidates meetings have all been interesting, with good questions asked from the floor.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Campaign Speech- Hataitai Candidates Meeting
- Sarah Free
- The candidates meetings have all been interesting, with good questions asked from the floor.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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When Road Cycling is Illegal
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Following my recent post on fixing cyclist infrastructure, I received a reply that questioned the rationale of pushing cyclists into pedestrian space: @sustwelltrans Lets make roads that work for all vehicles - Arras underpass should have bikes ok - leave #footpaths for #pedetrians — Ellen Blake (@Windynell) April 05, 2015 Since I didn’t know how or why cyclist restrictions happen, I emailed WCC to ask. Cyclists can use all roads except for motorways, lanes reserved for Buses Only, pedestrian malls, and some tunnels. Cyclists are banned from these places due to safety concerns which derive from conflicts very high volumes of other users who have been formally given exclusive priority. Cyclists may use all normal Bus Lanes, but not Bus Only lanes. Motorways in Wellington City area are: State Highway 1 from the Karo/Willis intersection to Ngauranga State Highway 1 from Johnsonville to Porirua Bus Only lanes are: Throndon Quay southbound centre lane into Lambton Interchange Lambton Quay from Bunny St to Whitmore St (Lambton Interchange site) Lambton Quay southbound from Brandon St to Featherston St Hunter St-Customhouse Quay-Willis St southbound from Featherston St to Manners St Manners St from Willis St to Cuba St both directions Pedestrian Malls are: Cuba St from Ghuznee St to Manners St Tunnels where cyclists are banned are: Arras Tunnel (State Highway 1) Mt Victoria Tunnel road lanes (State Highway 1) Hataitai Bus Tunnel. I’m sure that there are plenty of points that could be contested within that list, but I’ll only touch on a couple. For the road tunnels, the conditions of the road are identical to normal urban roads, with the exception of ventilation and lighting. It’s not clear how or why the Arras and Mt Victoria tunnels would create an actual safety risk beyond that of normal urban cycling. If there is some exceptional risk, wouldn’t it be better to educate the motorists that cause the risk? The decisions are the responsibility of the appropriate Road Controlling Authority. For all urban roads Wellington City Council is the RCA, for the entire state highway network it is the New Zealand Transport Agency. The timing of decisions result from safety and management reviews on an as required basis. Both tunnels are part of SH1 and fall under NZTA’s authority. I’ve just sent an OIA request for justification of the exclusion. They have until May 15 to respond.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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When the media advocate racism to hide the real culprits behind bad driving
- Jack Yan
- This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late.
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Found a Facebook bot? Facebook wants you to leave it as reporting option vanishes
- Jack Yan
- Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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If the shoe doesn’t fit…. make haste to Willow in Hataitai
- Sarah Free
- I stumbled across this specialty shoe shop while visiting retailers in the Hataitai Village. They specialise in womens’ shoes, size 10 and above, and have a great range- smart work shoes, boots, casual shoes….everything really. I immediately thought of my daughter, who’s quite a bit taller than me and takes a size 10. Its often […]
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What next for the Hataitai Bowling Club?
- Sarah Free
- Fewer people play bowls these days it seems, and rather than see the Bowling Club sold, Hataitai residents worked together to see the assets of the club transferred into a trust-the Hataitai Community Recreation Trust-which will manage the assets on behalf of the community.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Other side of the Mountain
- Eye of the Fish
- Following on from the previous post about the goings on around the Basin, we’re pleased to bring to you some of the plans for the other side of Mt Vic – the flip side of the coin, if you will.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Look mum, no poles! Wellington’s trolley buses now have batteries
- Poneke
- The photo above is of Designline trolley bus 363 about to enter the Mt Victoria Tunnel en route to Miramar, Route 2. Of course, there are no trolley wires through the Mt Vic tunnel. Route 2 runs through the wired Hataitai bus-only tunnel.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The light at the end of the tunnel
- The Wellingtonista
- Although we would hate you to think that we had an unnatural love for tunnels, we think it's only fair to warn you that new lights have been installed at either end of the Hataitai/Mt Vic tunnel that are so bright that you'll think you are outside in the sunshine already, even at night. It doesn't make people honk any less though.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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