A Councillors perspective on verbal submissions
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Tips for making an Annual Plan submission
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Making Submissions tips and gudelines
Making submissions on strategies, plans and proposals is one of the most important ways of shaping your community.
Decision makers feel more accountable when they realise that people care about what they're doing, and are prepared to tell them what they think. The more people who support or oppose a plan, the harder it is for Councillors and others to ignore their views.
Here are some resources to help you write and present effective submissions. Browse through and find which ones will help you.
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Safer Journeys strategy launched
Submitted by liz thomas on Thu, 04/03/2010 - 12:05Transport Minister Steven Joyce has launched the Safer Journeys strategy.
Living Streets issued a media release supporting the main thrust of the strategy, but expressing disappointment that the issue of slower speeds is not being addressed right away.
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Safer Pedestrian Journeys
Roads will be safer for pedestrians when actions outlined in the Safer Journeys strategy are implemented.
“We applaud the move to change the give way rules for turning traffic”, says Peter Kortegast, President of Living Streets Aotearoa. “Drivers concentrating on oncoming traffic, and whether they have right of way to turn, often fail to see pedestrians crossing at intersections, with tragic results. Making intersections safer for all road users will cut the number of crashes.”
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2009 Walk21 New york - report and photo presentation
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Urban Design Protocol
The Ministry for the Environment launched the Urban Design Protocol in March 2005 and Living Streets became a signatory shortly afterwards.
The Protocol is a voluntary commitment to specific urban design initiatives by signatory organisations including central and local government organisations, private sector professionals, organisations and institutions.
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Julie-Anne Genter information
Julie is a transportation planner with McCormick Rankin Cagney consultants. She is passionate about sustainable transport and sees an extraordinary opportunity to achieve better economic outcomes and more liveable cities with innovative approaches to defining and solving transportation problems.
Her professional experience has centred on ground breaking research into rectifying transportation market distortions; including new methods of economic evaluation of transport and urban design, and strategic approaches to parking management.
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Martin Wedderburn information
Martin is Principal Transport Planner for Colin Buchanan consultancy. His work covers a broad range of policy, research and design experience. He has worked with professionals from a variety of disciplines to develop more holistic transport appraisal methods encompassing the wider economic, health, and environmental impacts of sustainable transport measures.
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Executive Council Minutes December 2009
Living Streets Aotearoa Inc
Minutes of Executive Council Meeting
Held on 14 December 2009
Meeting held by telephone conference call.
Present: Peter Kortegast (Nelson), Liz Thomas, Mike Mellor (Wellington); Rhys Taylor, Nina Arron (Lawrence); Daphne Bell (Hamilton); Andy Smith; Gay Richards (North Shore) took the minutes
Apologies: Carina Duke
Grant’s absence was noted and it was agreed that Peter would contact him.
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About Us
Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.
We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.