Talk Wellington / October 2022
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Who should pay for what, so we and stuff can get around?
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- Who pays for what is always a really vexed question. The Ministry of Transport is trying to “input crowd… output insight” right now, and you should have your 2c by 4th November! Because we’ve funded much of our transport system from a tax on petrol and diesel, as we (finally) start to reduce the amount...
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Bringing cars up to our level: How crossing design gives cars the power
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- Different countries handle crossing the road differently: some with ease and others chaotically. Wherever you are there are subtle ways crossings communicate who’s entering whose domain. This video from Not Just Bikes shows how crossing design makes streets dangerous where it doesn’t have to be. Depending on where you are, crossing the street can be...
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Integrated ticketing for public transport: eavesdropping on nerds
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- At long (looooooong) last, Wellington’s getting integrated electronic ticketing for our PT. And soon a nationwide system will replace it! Is it all worth it? We had a great time nerdily eavesdropping on an even nerdier Twitter debate, with some interesting takes on nationwide integrated ticketing, public transport operating costs, and government procurement. (For a...
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House the People! Tune into the webinar tonight!
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- Come along to the free webinar tonight (13/10/2022) at 6:30 pm! A talented panel will discuss our current crisis, lessons from overseas and what we need to secure quality affordable homes for our communities. Join us tonight for a fantastic online panel discussion, House the People! The event is free and starts at 6:30 pm,...
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MOVIES: dive into cool places
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- two/fiftyseven welcomes you to a free film series on the places we live, our relationship to them, and how we make them our own Wellington’s grooviest collaborative space – above Unity Books – is showing some ace movies! The next one is Wed Oct 19th – short NZ films about our place. November’s is called Ever...
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Better growing, everybody! Direction-setting in a messy environment
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- Greater Wellington is setting its Regional Policy Statement, with some bold direction-setting. It needs and deserves a general thumbs up from us the citizenry – do it by 14th! TL; DR – tell me what to do while I wait for my coffee Good onya. Scroll to our faithful friend, the typing cat! Greater Wellington...
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Buckets of money vs real world change: transport edition
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- Money and effort goes in, lots of good sounding words are crafted, then… some strange stuff happens on the ground. What’s going on? GreaterAuckland’s Heidi O’Callaghan takes a look into the machinery This month we’re hearing a lot from wannabe local leaders about “doing this or that with transport money”, including “we’ll pressure Waka Kotahi...
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Go on, do the vote thing
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- This is a post from your friendly editor Isabella. If you’re like me, you’re putting off voting cos it’s complex and a bit depressing. This post gives you a broad steer, and some top tips. Go on, do the vote thing! A top tip from all voting advice is: have a broad sense of the...
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