National level

Submission on draft guidelines for facilities that assist blind and vision impaired pedestrians (RTS) 2008

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 26/06/2008 - 14:33

Submission from Living Streets Aotearoa

On draft guidelines for facilities that assist blind and vision impaired pedestrians (RTS 14)

Organisation: Living Streets Aotearoa

Contact person: Carina Duke

Address: PO Box 1696, Christchurch

Email: carina.duke at livingstreets.org.nz

Phone: (03) 375 4303

Date: 22 January 2008

Document Type: 
Submissions
Region (NZ): 
National level
Institution: 
Living Streets Aotearoa

Media Resource Kit

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 22/06/2008 - 19:15

This Media Resource Kit is a tool to help Living Streets members and advocates get their message out to people through the media. It is an evolving resource, which we want to be as useful as possible. It is also available as a PDF (attached below).

We welcome feedback on the usefulness of the kit based on your experiences, together with any suggestions for improving the resource.

Document Type: 
Advocacy Tool
Region (NZ): 
National level
Institution: 
Living Streets Aotearoa

Children Want to Walk to School

Living Streets Aotearoa says the recent Ministry of Health report A Portrait of Health is an indictment of New Zealand's urban form and transport options.

Fewer than half of children aged 5 to 14 years use active transport (walk, run, cycle, scoot or skate) to get to school.

"The journey to school offers an easy way to be active and forms the active transport habit early", says Councillor Celia Wade-Brown.  Children can also get exercise by walking part of the journey to the bus or train.

Region (NZ): 
National level
Institution: 
Ministry of Health
Free tags: 
children
walk to school

Executive Council Minutes May 2008

Living Streets Aotearoa Executive Council
Minutes of Meeting held 12 May 2008 at 6.00 p.m.
Meeting held by telephone conference call
Present: Celia Wade-Brown, Liz Thomas, Mike Mellor (Wellington), Daphne Bell (Hamilton); Andy Smith, Graeme Easte (Auckland),  Scribe: Gay Richards (North Shore)
 
Apologies: Ralph Chapman, Carina Duke  
 
1. Welcome
Celia welcomed members to the call

2. Conflicts of Interest
None noted

Document Type: 
Minutes/Agenda
Region (NZ): 
National level
Institution: 
Living Streets Aotearoa

Executive Council Minutes April 2008

Living Streets Aotearoa Executive Council
Minutes of Meeting held 12 April 2008 10.00 am
At St John’s Convention Centre, Dixon Street, Wellington
Present: Celia Wade-Brown, Liz Thomas, Daphne Bell, Carina Duke,  Andy Smith, Mike Mellor, Ralph Chapman, Gay Richards  (Scribe).
Also present: Carol Comber and Lily Linton, LSA Projects Officer and Administrator respectively.
Apologies: Graeme Easte, apologies for lateness: Ralph Chapman & Carina Duke
 
 Welcome
Celia welcomed everyone to Wellington.

Document Type: 
Minutes/Agenda
Region (NZ): 
National level
Institution: 
Living Streets Aotearoa

Articles on the economic benefits of pedestrian areas

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 31/03/2008 - 21:23
Articles on the economic benefits of pedestrian areas - Document - Adobe PDF
A short summary of items and case studies regarding the economic benefits of walkable commercial areas, with URLs.
Author(s):
Andy Smith
Publisher(
Region (NZ): 
National level
Topics: 
Walking strategies
Policy
Economics
Institution: 
Government Department
Free tags: 
pedestrian-friendly
Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
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--1.05 NZ strategy research

Cities must change to protect our health

Cities must be redesigned to make it much easier for people to be physically active as part of everyday life. This is the main finding in a report about to be released.

The report’s author, John White, says that submissions to the recent Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes had a very strong message. “We need to make walking and cycling the easy and natural choice by the way we design urban areas”, Mr White said.

Region (NZ): 
National level
Topics: 
Design and planning
Health
Free tags: 
obesity
diabetes

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.

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