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Cycling wins the lottery | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. June 26, 2015. Cycling wins the lottery. I’m late, I know. Everyone else has already covered the news of cycling projects moving forward by leaps and bounds this week. The Wellington City Council meeting was packed full of good things, which I’d summarised in anticipation in my previous post. Feel free to watch through the meeting, or at least skip to the good bits. The first big win was approval of the Long Term Plan. The secon...

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Councillor Young vs Skateboards | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. June 30, 2015. Councillor Young vs Skateboards. Councillor Nicola Young took another shot at kids skateboarding around Wellington yesterday. Tweet https:/ twitter.com/nmjyoung/status/615298019815133184]. She cites damage as her concern, but her previous comments. Had shown a desire to keep skateboarders in the skate parks, which strikes me as elitist. Tweet https:/ twitter.com/sustwelltrans/status/615307899498311680]. Yes Gregor...

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Mandy Hager - Writer: Occasional Political Rant

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Blood of the Lamb trilogy. The Nature of Ash. Singing Home The Whale. Run For The Trees. When it gets too terrible to joke. Just a quick note after a rather rabid twitter exchange today that started with me somewhat rashly taking political reporter Patrick Gower to task for a particularly silly tweet. Suffice to say I've been told to 'lighten up.'. Here's the thing: I like to laugh as much as the next person but, actually, there is just too much that really isn't. I believe the police actions are dangero...

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Getting to school safely | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. July 7, 2015. Getting to school safely. Last week, the Cook Strait News. Ran an article about making sure that kids can safely walk to school. In the 1980s more than 50 percent of children would walk or cycle to school and just a third would be dropped by car, Cr Free says. She says that these days those numbers have flipped and she would like to see a return to the days when the majority of kids would walk or cycle. On my last ...

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Guide to the RONS | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. Guide to the RONS. Guide to the RONS: a transport commentator is interviewed by a normal punter who is confused. That’s the Roads Of National Significance if you are Steven Joyce, but I’ve also heard roads of national silliness from some less enthusiastic punters. But how does he know they are nationally significant? Puhoi to Wellsford State Highway 1. Completion of the Auckland Western Ring Route (including Waterview). We sure ...

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Switched On Tours | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. August 4, 2015. Having been sidelined by a mix of winter illness and heavy workload*, I crawled out from under my rock a couple weeks ago to go for a bike ride. Not just any ride, but as a guinea pig for Switched On Bikes. 8216; tours. It was my reward for contributing some money as part of the their PledgeMe campaign. That, and stickers! I know, it’s all excuses. Wellington, New Zealand. Laquo; Getting to school safely. Reblogg...

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Kids these days | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. May 14, 2015. While walking home through Pukeahu last week, there were a bunch of people with skateboards doing exactly what you’d expect in the park. I thought it was great. People are making the space useful on their own terms. This is what happens in urban spaces. Not long after, I saw this tweet:. Tweet https:/ twitter.com/nmjyoung/status/597862734068252673]. It’s disappointing, really. The article that Councillor Young cited.

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Switched on Bikes for Wellington | Sustainable Wellington Transport

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Making good transport choices in Wellington, New Zealand. Guide to the RONS. May 4, 2015. Switched on Bikes for Wellington. WCC has a news article on supporting Switched on Bikes. Through the Smart Energy Challenge. Programme. They are running a crowd-funding campaign that is set to expire in 3 days with a goal of bringing electric bike hire to Wellington. At the moment, they’re approaching $5000 of their $7000 target on 96 pledges. Laquo; Photos: Parking failures. On May 4, 2015. On May 4, 2015. You are...