Category: Vision Zero

OPINION: The Numbers Game

Jul 25, 2024 | Cities, Contractors, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Spending, Global Agendas, Hamilton City, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Rates Increases, Safety and Well-being, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero, WEF

OPINION: Speed bumps are a public emergency

Mar 31, 2024 | Article, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Emergency Services, Hamilton City, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, News, Opinion, Safety and Well-being, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

Opposing the planned raised platform on Wairere Drive at the Karewa Place turnoff

Mar 28, 2024 | Article, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Letter Templates, Mode Shift, Protest, Resource Management Act (RMA), Resources, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

What are the disadvantages and negative impacts of “traffic calming”?

Feb 9, 2024 | Article, Auckland City, Christchurch City, Cities, Council Spending, Dunedin City, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Official Information Act, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Tauranga City, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero, Wellington City

What is “traffic calming”?

Dec 3, 2023 | Article, Auckland City, Christchurch City, Dunedin City, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Overview, Public Transport, Safety and Well-being, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Tauranga City, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, UN 2030 Agenda, Vision Zero, Wellington City

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Opposing the planned raised platform on Wairere Drive at the Karewa Place turnoff

Hamilton City Council recently (5th of March 2024) voted for a plan to install a large raised...

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OPINION: Why Vote Against “Safety” and “Free Money”?

Oct 1, 2024 | Auckland City, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hamilton East Ward 2024 By-election, Mode Shift, News, Open Letters, Opinion, Safety and Well-being, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero, Wellington City

By John McDonald (CityWatch NZ Editor and 2024 Hamilton East Ward By-election Candidate) The issue...

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NZ Herald articles: Removal of the Three Kings raised pedestrian crossing in Auckland

Feb 29, 2024 | Auckland City, Council Spending, Hostile Architecture, New Zealand Issues, News, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

Bernard Orsman at the NZ Herald has written a series of articles in January 2024 and February 2024...

CityWatch NZ responds to accusations from a Hamilton City Councillor

Feb 10, 2024 | Article, C40 Cities, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Traffic Calming, UN 2030 Agenda, United Nations, Vision Zero

Background Developed and launched in 2023, the www.CityWatchNZ.org website focuses on issues with...

CANDIDATE OPINION: John McDonald

Feb 9, 2024 | Council Spending, Elections, Hamilton City, Hamilton East Ward 2024 By-election, Hostile Architecture, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Public Transport, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

John McDonald’s Invited Opinion Piece [All candidates for the 2024 By-elections were invited...

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Category: Vision Zero

OPINION: The Numbers Game

OPINION: Speed bumps are a public emergency

Opposing the planned raised platform on Wairere Drive at the Karewa Place turnoff

What are the disadvantages and negative impacts of “traffic calming”?

What is “traffic calming”?

Vision Zero

Opposing the planned raised platform on Wairere Drive at the Karewa Place turnoff

OPINION: Speed bumps are a public emergency

NZ Herald and RNZ cover emergency vehicles being impacted by Auckland’s “traffic calming measures”

Waikato Times article: Firefighters spark up at loathed traffic calming measures

What is “traffic calming”?

OPINION: The Numbers Game

RNZ Article: Waka Kotahi puts funding for cycling, walking and public transport initiatives on hold

OPINION: Why Vote Against “Safety” and “Free Money”?

Vision Zero

OPINION: Why Vote Against “Safety” and “Free Money”?

Hamilton’s $689,000 raised crossing delayed

OPINION: The Numbers Game

Waikato Times article: Firefighters spark up at loathed traffic calming measures

NZ Herald and RNZ cover emergency vehicles being impacted by Auckland’s “traffic calming measures”

OPINION: Speed bumps are a public emergency

Opposing the planned raised platform on Wairere Drive at the Karewa Place turnoff

OPINION: Comparing the coalition’s draft transport General Policy Statement (GPS) with Labour’s version

Additional Posts

NZ Herald articles: Removal of the Three Kings raised pedestrian crossing in Auckland

CityWatch NZ responds to accusations from a Hamilton City Councillor

CANDIDATE OPINION: John McDonald

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