Talk Wellington / June 2023
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Let’s Get Wellington Moving: please, councillors, keep your eyes on the prize
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- A bunch of WCC councillors are poised to throw not just the proverbial baby, but our whole reproductive system out with the bathwater. Sounds stupid? It is. Yet here we are, so please help keep their eyes on the prize! What’s happening on Thursday? Wellington city councillors have to vote whether to support or oppose...
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Development that can wash its own face
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- In NZ our most common urban landuse – the suburb – starts out looking financially good, then absolutely gobbles money from the city, i.e. everyone not living in the suburb. How’s that? And is there another way to do suburbs? The western world has been doing the “suburban experiment” for a few generations now and...
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Parking and Profit: sensible swaps for smart cities
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- We’ve all heard about the pandemic hurting hospitality businesses, especially those in city centres. Those temporary street parking for dining space swaps – parklets – have thown up some surprises Toronto is relatable for here. A pretty car-centric (i.e. normal) Canadian city, and its citywide association of business improvement areas (what we call BIDs) has...
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Sensible speeds by schools & centres: for once, it’s simple
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- ****** This is hard for us! This blog luuuurves to nerd out on things. We love saying things like “there’s more to it than meets the eye” and unpacking technical details, arcane legal stuff, political machinations. But for once, there’s an issue where it really is very simple – despite lots of folk trying to...
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