Safety

Tim Jones talks about threats to pedestrian safety

LSA President Tim Jones talked to Stuff about pedestrian safety this weekend. There have been five pedestrians killed in motor vehicle crashes so far this year.

From the article: "Tim Jones, president of walking advocacy group Living Streets Aotearoa, said every pedestrian death was a tragedy.

He said vehicle speed was the generally the biggest factor for pedestrian injuries and death: A person was four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured if hit by a car travelling at 50kph compared to 30kph."

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Media Release: Stand Up For Safer Speeds

Living Streets Aotearoa is looking forward to New Zealanders telling the Government that they want safer speeds in their communities.

The Government today announced that vehicle speeds would be increased on a number of state highways, including those in urban areas. It also announced that public consultation on the speed limits on 49 sections of state highway will begin tomorrow.

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Media Release: Raised Pedestrian Crossings Make The Streets Safer For Everyone

Living Streets Aotearoa, the national organisation that represents pedestrians, is disappointed that Auckland Transport has paid attention to online noise instead of the evidence in its decision to reduce t

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Speed Kills Pedestrians. Help Councils To Slow Cars Down.

Submitted by timjones on Tue, 03/10/2023 - 19:45

Speed kills, and in particular, speed kills pedestrians. Reducing urban road speeds from 50 to 30 km/h hugely improves pedestrian survival rates in accidents.

Speed vs stopping distance diagram

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Submit to make state highway speeds safer for pedestrians - submissions close Monday 12 December

Do you want traffic speeds near schools, marae, and other community facilities reduced to make the streets safer for pedestrians and for all road users?

Then submit by Monday 12 December on NZTA / Waka Kotahi's Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan (ISMP).

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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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Submission on proposed Orewa College Enrolment Scheme Amendment, July 2018

Submission on Orewa College Proposed Enrolment Scheme Amendment

Living Streets North Shore welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on Orewa College’s proposed enrolment scheme amendment. Living Streets North Shore (LSNS) is the North Shore walking action group focusing on walking issues in Auckland north of the Harbour Bridge.

LSNS makes this submission in support of the families of Red Beach which will be significantly impacted by this proposed amendment.

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Submission on proposed Orewa College Enrolment Scheme Amendment, July 2018

Submission on Orewa College Proposed Enrolment Scheme Amendment

Living Streets North Shore welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on Orewa College’s proposed enrolment scheme amendment. Living Streets North Shore (LSNS) is the North Shore walking action group focusing on walking issues in Auckland north of the Harbour Bridge.

LSNS makes this submission in support of the families of Red Beach which will be significantly impacted by this proposed amendment.

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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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Media Release 30 March 2014 - Coroner blames Pedestrian for her death?

Living Streets Aotearoa is concerned that yet again a coroner’s inquest has laid the blame squarely at the foot of the dead woman. The inquest into the pedestrian death of Vanessa Green in Wellington has found no blame on the driver. It is very difficult to determine a cause of this crash or any other crash after the fact, and it is too easy to blame the victim.

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