Wellington City Council and Transport
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Safer pathways for students in Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- With over 30,000 first year students coming to study in Wellington and travelling between their university campus and the CBD, Wellington City Council has partnered with the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) to support student-led initiatives, including making some of the most used walkways into town safer.
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Help fine-tune the Newtown and Berhampore parking scheme
- Wellington City Council
- Community feedback has already resulted in significant proposed changes to the planned new Berhampore and Newtown parking scheme, and from today there is another opportunity to help refine the draft scheme before changes are introduced in stages from mid this year.
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Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council rolls out Go by Bike Day breakfast and launch of Aotearoa Bike Challenge
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is coming together with a range of local businesses and organisations to host a Go By Bike Day breakfast on Thursday 1 February – and the launch of Aotearoa Bike Challenge in Pōneke.
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Shell Lane changes will make the street safer for everyone
- Wellington City Council
- Shell Lane off The Terrace will soon have a new two-tier bike shelter, more space for pedestrians, a little more motorbike parking, better lighting and improved security.
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Shell Lane, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Penguin check, seawall action and night road closures coming up in Evans Bay
- Wellington City Council
- Work to strengthen two seawalls around Evans Bay at Little Karaka Bay and Balaena Bay is getting under way – and will ramp up as soon as we get the all-clear there are no kororā (little blue penguins) living in the work zone.
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Balaena Bay, Roseneath, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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City street parking switches to Pay by Plate from January
- Wellington City Council
- The city’s ageing parking meter system is being updated with new technology, with the new meters installed and going live next week.
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Ministers, Mayor and Chair reach mutual agreement to end Let’s Get Wellington Moving, find areas of collaboration
- Wellington City Council
- An agreement to dissolve Let’s Get Wellington Moving has been reached by Infrastructure & Housing Minister Chris Bishop, Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Mayor of Wellington City Council Tory Whanau, and Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council Daran Ponter.
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Newtown parking plan approved in principle
- Wellington City Council
- Community feedback has led to some significant changes to the draft Newtown Parking Management Plan, which was considered and approved in principle by Councillors yesterday (30 November).
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Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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License to ride, with Wellington High
- Wellington City Council
- “What’s the most important thing? Is it parking, or the environment?” The question is raised by one of the teens from Wellington High School, Fern, after a class trip along Wellington’s newest stretch of bike lane from the Basin Reserve to the waterfront.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Landfill has a new front-end loader – and it’s fully electric
- Wellington City Council
- The recently introduced front-end loader at Wellington’s Southern Landfill is the first of its kind at a landfill in New Zealand, and will reduce emissions by up to 15 percent on the site.
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Wellington Southern Landfill, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Big upgrade under way at busy Kilbirnie intersection
- Wellington City Council
- Expect to see work going on around Kilbirnie as one of the city’s least pedestrian-friendly intersections gets a revamp to make it better for everyone.
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Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pay by Plate parking meters coming to Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council is updating the city’s parking meter system with new Pay by Plate meters.
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Wellington planning for protest activity
- Wellington City Council
- A number of protest groups are converging on the capital’s CBD on Thursday 28 and Saturday 30 September – so a number of road closures and diversions will be in place.
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Trial starts to remove ghost road markings
- Wellington City Council
- Ghost markings left behind on roads may be a thing of the past with Wellington City Council trying new treatments that could remove old marks in a faster, more effective and cheaper way.
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Forty years of public art in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- From Len Lye’s water whirler, to the Zephyrometer (orange needle) on Cobham drive, to the silver fern ball in Te Ngākau square – public art has become a key part of Wellington’s identity. But where did these works come from?
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Have your say on proposed parking scheme and bike routes
- Wellington City Council
- It’s time to help shape plans for climate-friendly transport connections that will complete routes from the west and south.
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Newtown Greengrocer adopts ebike delivery
- Wellington City Council
- Newtown Greengrocer, a busy local store on Riddiford Street, is embracing the future with a fresh mode of delivery – electric bike.
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Lychgate Mall, 100, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Work starts on Kilbirnie walking and biking connections
- Wellington City Council
- Improvements to walking, bike and bus connections in the wider Kilbirnie area are getting under way with work starting on safer new crossings in Rongotai, and a new shared path alongside Ākau Tangi Sports Centre.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington wins Breakthrough Biking City of the Year Award
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau is delighted the city has taken the mantle from regional neighbours Hutt City, to claim this year’s Big Street Bikers’ Breakthrough Biking City of Year Award.
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Help fine tune climate-friendly street changes for Brooklyn
- Wellington City Council
- A safer bike connection up Brooklyn Road to the shops and lots of safer new crossings for people on foot are among the latest climate-friendly street changes open for feedback from today.
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Brooklyn Road, Fitchettown, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington City Draft Speed Management Plan withdrawn from public engagement
- Wellington City Council
- Public engagement on Wellington City Council’s Draft Speed Management Plan has been halted after a significant error found in consultation papers.
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Traffic disruption on Victoria Street as tower crane is installed at Te Matapihi
- Wellington City Council
- As part of the Te Matapihi Central Library strengthening and refurbishment project, L.T. McGuinness is preparing to install a tower crane onto the Victoria Street site from Monday 12 - 15 June (weather permitting).
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Explore Pōneke by e-bike
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council introduced an inaugural e-bike tour earlier this year – it was such a success a series of bookable tours will be a regular fixture on the calendar.
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Airport exhibition takes off at Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- With the launch of the newly digitised Ronald Cameron Airport Collection, we take a look back at a version of Rongotai that no longer exists.
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Kilbirnie Library - Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington wins global prize for bike network vision and roll-out
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington and its innovative bike network has gained global recognition, $650,000 in prize money, and a place on the prestigious Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI).
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Green light to have your say on reducing speed limit
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has today given the green light to consult on reducing speed limits and also approved the city's first Zero Waste Strategy.
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Council to discuss reducing speed limits on roads
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council will next week discuss plans to consult Wellingtonians on reducing speed limits as part of Aotearoa’s Road to Zero.
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Help shape more sustainable transport options in Thorndon and Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians have made it clear they want better transport options, action on climate change, and more housing.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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It’s time to give shared e-bikes a go
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians and visitors to the city looking for low-carbon ways to get around will be able hire and ride pink and purple e-bikes using app-based services from tomorrow 22 February.
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Explore Wellington’s arts spaces by bike
- Wellington City Council
- Check out some of Wellington’s artist-friendly and bookable community spaces and projects at sites by bike on two inaugural active artists e-bike tours this month.
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