Lobby Groups and Transport
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Paekawakawa - have you voted?
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- We all know Paekawakawa is the most progressive ward in Wellington so let's make sure we get the vote out.
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WCC voting recommendations
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's the Island Bay Healthy Streets voting recommendations for the 2022 Wellington City Council elections First, a caveat - these are progressive recommendations for progressive voters.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Report card Part II: how the candidates voted
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's how the Wellington City Council candidates say they would have voted on some key issues facing the city I recently published an analysis of how the current Wellington City councillors voted on some key issues.
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We need to talk about Paul
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's why I don't think Paul Eagle is a good candidate for MayorPaul Eagle's 7 years on the council were defined by trying & failing to stop a cycleway being builtWith the campaign now in full swing there's really only three serious contenders for Wellington Mayor:newcomer Tory Whanauthe current Mayor Andy Foster, andformer councillor and current Rongotai MP Paul EagleTory Whanau is the only fresh-face there but looks qualified to do the role and has a very progressive set of polic [...]
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Meet the candidates
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- I watched a two hour Meet the Candidates meeting so you don't have to The Island Bay & Owhiro Bay Residents Associations held their candidates meeting for Mayor, Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Paekawakawa/Southern ward on 25 August.
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Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WCC election 2022 resources
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's some resources to help with deciding who to vote for Spreadsheet: WCC candidate social mediaA list of all the candidates websites, Facebook pages & Twitter accounts.
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Report card Part I: how the councillors voted
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's how the current Wellington City Council voted on some key issues The Dominion Post recently published a pretty good analysis of Wellington City councillors' performance over the last 3 years that largely aligns with my Fab 5 blog highlighting the 5 progressive councillors I think we need to re-elect.
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The Fab 5
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- WCC isn't dysfunctional, it's just diverse & these are the 5 current councillors we must vote back inThis is an important local body election for Wellington.
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Show me the money
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Money can't buy you the Wellington Mayoralty, but it sure helpsMoney plays a big part in deciding who will be Mayor of Wellington.
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Ain't no party like a car-truck party
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- A classic tale of how car dependency multiplied by status quo bias leads to crappy city-makingA group of six Wellington businesses who are taking Wellington City Council to court over plans for a temporary cycleway from Newtown to the CBD have won an injunction to stop the work until the judicial review can be heard in September.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A plan for parking
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- The two things WCC shouldn't even hesitate to do to get The Parade Upgrade over the lineOn Wednesday 2 March WCC's Traffic Resolutions Hearings Panel will hear public feedback on the proposed changes to The Parade.
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Fact check: IBRA AGM Chair's report
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- It was disappointing to read the IBRA Chair's report for the upcoming AGM and realise it contains a number of factual errors and mis-representations regarding the current WCC consultation on The Parade Upgrade.
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Island Bay Residents Association AGM
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- The Island Bay Residents Association is holding their AGM on Monday 7 March and if you live in Island Bay or Southgate you should get involved.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Oops!... they did it again
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here comes another consultation on the Island Bay cycleway.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Let’s Get Wellington Moving: give your views on four mass transit and State Highway 1 options by Friday 10 December
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving: time to give your views on four mass transit and State Highway 1 options that affect the Basin Reserve precinct Six years after the Basin Reserve flyover proposal was finally defeated in the High Court, Let’s Get Wellington Moving has announced four options for mass rapid transit and State Highway One […]
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A City For People Welcomes the 'Our City Tomorrow' Proposals
- A City for People
- Through Let’s Get Wellington Moving, the District Plan, and the Bike Network Plan, implementing the right transport and housing package for Wellington will ensure that everyone has access to affordable, quality housing along active and public transport routes that reduce emissions and connect our city.
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A City For People Welcomes the 'Our City Tomorrow' Proposals
- A City for People
- Through Let’s Get Wellington Moving, the District Plan, and the Bike Network Plan, implementing the right transport and housing package for Wellington will ensure that everyone has access to affordable, quality housing along active and public transport routes that reduce emissions and connect our city.
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1,500 days of nothing
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Friday marks 1,500 days since WCC agreed to upgrade The Parade, without a single shovel in the ground sinceThis Friday (5 November) is 1,500 days since Wellington City Council voted 13-1 to upgrade The Parade.
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Reasons to be cheerful
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Here's 8 reasons to be optimistic about Wellington City Council's new Bike Network PlanYesterday Wellington City Council voted 14-2 to consult on their new Bike Network Plan.
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An open letter to Wellington City Councillors
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Kia ora tātou, Listening to all the amazing presentations on cycleways last week was heartening.
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Save The Basin’s March 2021 Briefing For Transport Minister Michael Wood
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- With the big Let’s Get Wellington Moving decisions on Wellington’s transport future expected later this year, it’s time to review how we got here and look ahead.
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LTP presentation to WCC
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- On Thursday 20 May I spoke to Wellington City Councillors about their proposed Long Term Plan.
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Support healthy streets in WCC's LTP
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Wellington City Council's Long Term Plan consultation is an opportunity to make our city more liveable, healthy & inclusivePublic and active transport infrastructure is an investment in the common good.
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Complete cycleway network? Rate it!
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Wellingtonians spend $1.
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Support a WCC voting records database
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- If you are interested in local government in Wellington please support this call for Wellington City Council (WCC) to create an electronic database of councillor voting recordsIf you're already on-board you can go straight to the bottom and sign up.
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The Parade Downgrade
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- At Wellington City Council's Long Term Planning meeting on Thursday they finally showed their hand and tried to kill off Island Bay's long overdue Parade Upgrade for good.
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Cycle-killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- Wellington City Council's draft Long Term Plan is a kick in the guts for cyclingWellington City Council has just released their draft 2021-31 Long Term Plan and Budget for consultation and it doesn't make pretty reading for cycling.
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Save the Basin Campaign recommends four Wellington mayoral candidates
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The Save the Basin Campaign today named its preferred candidates for Wellington Mayor and other local body positions, based on responses received to a survey sent to all candidates.
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Golden Mile – TODAY!
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- LGWM – Golden Mile Deadline – 5pm TODAY (Sunday 9th August) – pick one of 3 super quick ways to submit: Jump to the end of the web submission pages: https://yourvoice.lgwm.nz/have-your-say?page_id=4#edit-form-wrapper-f5Email – goldenmile@lgwm.nzCall – 04 499 4444
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