Transport / November 2011
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Te Araroa Trail to finally be opened
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- At Shorland Park in Island Bay this Saturday at 10am the Governor-General, Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae will declare open Te Araroa, the Long Pathway.
- Accepted from Wellington Region Cycleways
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Bikes on Buses in the draft GWRC Long Term Plan
- Cycling in Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council has included the implementation of bike racks on buses in its draft Long Term Plan, to be investigated and implemented where practical starting in 2017. It has been included in the ‘out years’ of the plan in order that high priority (and costly) upgrades to the rail commuter network may be completed in the short term. It is hoped that the provision of bike racks on buses will encourage cycle commuting by providing a safe, fall-back option for cyclists who are caught out by bad weather, failing light or mechanical problems.
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Still under mediocrity rule
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- 50% of people are below average by definition, and tonight nearly all of them voted National.
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For a richer New Zealand
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Spotted in Levin tonight. For a richer New Zealand. Back with bicycle related posts after tomorrow’s kerfuffle.
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The obligatory election commentary
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- On Saturday this site has to go off-line for the day so to stay within the electoral laws (I don’t understand why, and it seems pretty dumb to me) and I hope you all turn the voting experience into a positive activity, by walking or cycling to your nearest booth and casting your ballots.
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Palmie Chic
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- You may or may not be aware of the cycle chic movement – and here are some examples – such as Copenhagen Cycle Chic, or closer to home Auckland Cycle Chic.
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Save the Basin – Today!
- Cycling in Wellington
- This just in: Save the Basin – Public Protest Thursday 24 November 5.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Two Things You Should Do This Week
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Thing One… Come to the Basin Reserve this Thursday, 24 November, from 5.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dealing with Wgtn traffic on a wing and a prayer
- Architectural Centre Inc
- I’ve been re-thinking. What if, concerning the whole Basin/Option X thing, we went right back to the fundamentals of the situation and began from there? Forget flyovers and tunnels, Options A, B, X, X+, and KY(!); forget Sussex Street, Memorial Park, and even the Basin itself. What are the fundamental issues?
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mandatory helmets, cycling policies and who to vote for.
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The good people at Helmet Freedom have taken perhaps the inevitable step of subtitling the Fall of Berlin movie, noting the failure of the Melbourne and Brisbane helmet schemes especially in regards to mandatory bike helmets.
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Save The Basin public protest -Thursday 24 November, 5:30-6pm
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- With elections coming up, let's make sure that our voices are heard on saving the Basin and opposing the roading plans.
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Group proposes reinstating steam train to Manhattan’s High Line
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- If you haven’t noticed there’s been a bit of an interesting (and sometimes ugly) debate about the Rimutaka Incline Railway group who want to destroy the Rimutaka Rail Trail for cyclists and their upcoming proposal to the GWRC Cultural and Social Wellbeing Committee.
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Transmission Gully – knight in shining armour or Trojan horse?
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- I have a friend who lives at Paekakariki. When he bought his house it was a small, quiet seaside town. Now it is a small seaside town, but not quiet. The main road traffic roars past day and night, ruining his peace. And there are many people in Pukerua Bay, Plimmerton, Mana, and Paremata telling the same story. It is these people who have been pushing for the Transmission Gully Motorway (TGM) – the knight in shining armour that will rescue them from the traffic baddie.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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