We have submitted on this closing of QE2 square as we want the new park identified. When we lose QE2 square where will the new one be?
Here is the presentation to the Council committee
Here is the video on the presentation and then the questions.
The Nelson Street cycleway will link the Upper Queen Street bridge to Quay Street via a shared path and separated cycle lanes.
Northern Corridor Improvements
The NZTA are putting in new paths and an extension to Albany on the busway. They want your comments. Please see this link.
Footpath parking is not OK
It is on again ‘but I can park on the footpath I have a flash car’.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11501042
Dear NZ Herald
Your article opens with cars being fined for ‘ 2 wheels on the curb’ yet the photo shows a Land Rover parked on the footpath. Is Morgan Tait also a footpath parker with his car centric comments. Footpaths are for people and you can see our campaign at Living Streets Aotearoa.
Parking on footpaths is illegal for a good reason, it is inconvenient for wheelchairs, prams, groups and forces people into the stream of traffic. Footpath parkers use excuses like ‘it was safer and more courteous’’ and ‘’its being considerate for people using the road’ which actually means ‘I am worried my car will get scratched’. I ‘have to go really slow’ when I drive past legally parked cars, well lower speeds in residential streets is a good thing. There would be “No Parking” yellow lines if the road did not have enough space for the parked cars. Morgan Tait was out there with a measuring tape, is he also a urban planner? Footpaths are for people who walk and cars should stay on the road. Also don’t even think about blocking the path by parking on your driveway because it is still the public footpath.
Its not all about you, think how you fit into our society, not the other way round.
Ponsonby Rd petition
This is what transport blog thinks about Ponsonby Road.
receives Good Citizen Award from Waitematā Local Board
Good Citizen Award
brings with him the passion, of a now, fulltime, walking advocate. He lives by his values and has chosen workplaces and homes over the last 15 years that has allowed him to walk between them. This created an interest in all things to do with urban walking which saw Andy join Living Streets Aotearoa and then become its president. Living Streets Aotearoa is New Zealand’s primary advocacy organisation for pedestrians, representing the rights of those who walk, and helping to develop walking-friendly communities as well as promoting the many benefits of walking. Andy has also been the president of Walk Auckland, a charity that stands up for pedestrians, to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk for a number of years. Under Andy’s leadership of Walk Auckland, he played an instrumental part in achieving the reduction of the speed limit along Ponsonby Road to 40km which was no mean feat.
When the idea of building a walkway and cycleway over the Harbour Bridge was first floated Andy immediately saw the benefits and rolled up his sleeves to help turn the dream into a reality as a trustee of Skypath. With Andy’s help, since 2009, this important and complex project is being brought closer to realisation.
Not content with just walking and cycling, Andy has been a Morris dancer since the 1980s, and his group, the City of Auckland Morris Dancers, has been seen and heard, bringing our streets alive, in Aotea Square, on the Auckland Art Gallery forecourt and other sites within Waitemata.
Andy is also currently the treasurer and dance programme coordinator of the annual Auckland Folk Festival.
Sign the petition – Make Ponsonby Road A Street for People
Online Petition http://www.actionstation.org.nz/ponsonby-for-people
An urgent review of pedestrian amenity along Ponsonby Road is required.
We request that Auckland Council / Auckland Transport make the following changes in order to make the street a safer and more enjoyable environment for people of all ages and agility. Pedestrian amenity is important given the increasing retail and residential development in and around the neighbourhood.
Specifically we the undersigned request:
- The reinstatement of a Barnes Dance (all-ways) crossing at the intersection of Pondonby/Richmond Roads and Picton Street.
- Marked pedestrian crossings to replace the existing pedestrian refuges in the vicinity of Pember Reeves, Norfolk, Brown and Mackelvie Streets.
- Enforcement of the existing 40kph limit along Ponsonby Road
- Prohibiting U turns along Ponsonby Road
- Raised tables along the side streets entry –in line with the footpath.
- Request that the implementation of the Ponsonby Plan (Outcome 3) is sped up to improve pedestrian safety and amenity.
Boardwalk connections between Holly St in Avondale and Heron Park in Waterview
The Whau and Albert – Eden local boards are planning to undertake design and feasibility work on the boardwalk connections between Holly St in Avondale and Heron Park in Waterview. The boardwalk has been proposed as a concept for a number years but is now ready to go into a detailed design and consenting phase with possible construction (budget pending) over the next two financial years.
Please see an information flyer that is being distributed to key stakeholders and members of the public inviting feedback on the project.
If you would like more information or can provide feedback please feel free to contact me.
Ian Lamont l Parks Project Advisor
Open Streets – Red Carpet
This is how you make people feel special when Walking.
Hire 20 meters of Red Carpet, 2 sets of velvet ropes on chrome poles and give people permission to walk the red carpet.
You are a VIP because you walk.
Open Streets on April 12
Quay st will be closed for us to play.
Walk Auckland will setup a Red Carpet for you to walk. There will also be paparazzi there to show that walking is very important. See you on the road.
