Golden Foot Walking Awards 2022
Nominations are now OPEN for our 8th Golden Foot Walking Awards.
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Ellen Blake
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Design and planning
Submission on Ageing Strategy 2018
Submission
Living Streets Aotearoa Inc. (LSA) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed Ageing Strategy.
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LSA notes that Age Concern prefers the term “older people”. LSA would recommend that the Ageing Strategy refers to ‘older people” rather than “seniors”. LSA will use the term “older people” in this submission.
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Walking at night - how CPTED can be used to make the night walk-environment safer and more pleasant
Join us for a walk-shop looking at the issues of walking at night and how CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) principles can help make the walk environment safer and more pleasant.
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Fusion Virtuoso bar - 2 Manners St, Wellington
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Walk-shop starts and finishes at Fusion bar, 2 Manners St
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Ellen Blake
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wellington[at]livingstreets.org.nz
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Face to face
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Walking research from NZTA
New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) commissions transport research in New Zeaaland. Walking is one of the areas researched. This is a list of the most relevant reports. The links will take you to the NZTA website where you will be able to read a summary and the full report.
Environmental impact
Detailed observations and validated modelling of the impact of traffic on the air quality of roadside communities
Report 516 (February2013)
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Living Streets submission to Wellington Regional Land Transport Plan
Here is the Living Streets Aotearoa submission for the draft Wellington Regional Land Transport Plan 2015.
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Affordable housing needs walkable, compact and well-designed neighbourhoods
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/02/2015 - 23:08I recently sent this letter to Minister Nick Smith following some comments from him about urban design and footpaths. High quality urban design that encourages walkable neighbourhoods around public transport nodes is essential for the future or our cities. Good urban design makes economic sense both for individuals and communities as a whole.
Here is the letter I sent. I will post the response when it arrives.
Andy Smith - Living Streets Aotearoa President
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Daniel Sauter talk in Wellington November 2014 "The flaneur and the sojourner - their place in a liveable city"
Submitted by ellen.blake on Sun, 09/11/2014 - 13:44A highlight of the Wellington 2014 walking year was this talk from international walk researcher Daniel Sauter. Daniel spoke about the important 4 "I's" of walking - Inspiration, Identity, Infrastructure and Institutional arrangements. He noted the joy of walking and 'being' in a place, were as important in a liveable city as moving through spaces, and had some interesting research to show how we spend our time. He commented that he particularly enjoyed the debate during his presentation - thanks to those attending.
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Intersections - What pedestrians need
Intersections - Living Streets Aotearoa - Policy May 2014
Traffic lights – No Green Cross light and Green traffic light (for turning traffic) should be on in the same direction. Start Green Cross light before vehicle's green light (at least 5 seconds).
Countdown walk signals to inform pedestrians of time left to cross
At all intersections pedestrians should be able to cross using all 4 sides.
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Submission on Wellington City Council Annual Plan 2013
Submitted by ellen.blake on Thu, 16/05/2013 - 14:45This is our submission on the 2013 Draft Annual Plan for Wellington City Council. Our submission covered the lack of priority and projects for pedestrians, supported the Miramar development to provide better pedestrian facilities, and supported the further development of 'the Promenade' waterfront walk from the railway station to Kumutoto to improve pedestrian access.
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Submission on Transmission Gully resource consents
Submitted by ellen.blake on Sun, 06/11/2011 - 12:05This is Living Streets Wellington submission on the Transmission Gully resource consent
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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.