Category: Traffic Calming

Whanganui Chronicle reports that Aramoho speed bumps were removed following community-led petition

May 31, 2025 | Emergency Services, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, News, Petitions, Safety and Well-being, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Whanganui District

Christchurch’s planned $590,000 raised crossing will only cross part of road due to disagreement between community boards

Apr 29, 2025 | Christchurch City, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record

OPINION: Gold-plated White Elephants

Mar 30, 2025 | Auckland City, Contractors, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Law and Legislation, LGFA, Local Government Reform, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Professional Managerial Class, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

OPINION: Consult or Insult?

Mar 23, 2025 | Consultation, Council Meetings, Hamilton City, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, Mode Shift, Opinion, Professional Managerial Class, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

OPINION: Thomas Road/Hukanui Road-Horsham Downs Road Roundabout – An Investigation

Feb 28, 2025 | Cities, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Law and Legislation, Mode Shift, Opinion, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Hamilton’s $689,000 raised crossing design replaced with a $546,000 “at-level” crossing

Feb 28, 2025 | Consultation, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record

OPINION: Giggles & Failure – How Hamilton City Council Approved Another Raised Platform on Wairere Drive

Feb 28, 2025 | Consultation, Council Meetings, Emergency Services, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, Opinion, Resource Management Act (RMA), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record

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Hamilton City Council Long-Term Plan Hearings: Day 3 Highlights

Jun 10, 2024 | Article, Consultation, Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Rates Increases, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Selected speakers from the 3rd day of the public hearings for the Hamilton City Council Long-Term...

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OPINION: Safety or Ideology?

Nov 1, 2025 | Consultation, Council Spending, Cycleways, Hamilton City, Law and Legislation, Mode Shift, Opinion, Safety and Well-being, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor Hamilton City Council has begun consultation on a...

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OPINION: A City on the Move — But Not in the Right Direction

Jul 7, 2025 | Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Spending, Hamilton 2025, Hamilton City, Hamilton East Ward 2024 By-election, Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward By-election 2024, Opinion, Rates Increases, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By Horiana Henderson (Hamilton East Ward Candidate) In the hushed hall of Fairfield Baptist Church...

OPINION: Wairere Drive Speed Reduction Submission

Feb 27, 2025 | Consultation, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Open Letters, Opinion, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By Geoff Kreegher (Hamilton Ratepayer) [Excerpt from Geoff Kreegher’s Submission for the...

Consultation Closes 7 March 2025: Lowering Speed Limit on Wairere Drive, Hamilton

Jan 30, 2025 | Consultation, Disruptions, Emergency Services, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, News, Resource Management Act (RMA), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

The public consultation for lowering the speed limit on Hamilton’s Wairere Drive closes on 7...

OPINION: Speed bumps for Wairere Drive

Dec 8, 2024 | Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Opinion, Resource Management Act (RMA), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor Despite Mayor Southgate’s promises of no more speed...

BOP Times Article: Welcome Bay residents call for removal of speed bump due to vibration impacts

Dec 8, 2024 | Contractors, Council Spending, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, News, Property Rights, Tauranga City, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Summary According to the Bay of Plenty Times: Locals on Osprey Drive in Welcome Bay are...

$1.4 Million Raised Crossing Project Increases Congestion on Thomas Road-Horsham Downs Road, Hamilton

Nov 27, 2024 | Article, Council Funding, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Previously the roundabout at the corner of Thomas Road and Horsham Downs Road allowed 2 lanes,...

Hamilton’s $689,000 raised crossing to be redesigned

Nov 2, 2024 | Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record

On 23 October 2024 Hamilton City Council voted to redesign the planned crossing on Heaphy Terrace....

BOP Times Article: Tauranga raised pedestrian crossing ripped out after vibration issues, returned to original design

Nov 2, 2024 | Council Spending, Hostile Architecture, New Zealand Issues, News, Tauranga City, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Summary A raised pedestrian crossing in the Matua suburb of Tauranga is being removed and replaced...

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...

Hamilton’s $689,000 raised crossing delayed

Oct 1, 2024 | Consultation, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Emergency Services, Hamilton City, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero, Voting Record

On Thursday (26 September 2024) Hamilton City Council voted to delay a decision on the plans for a...

Wellington City Council looks to reduce numbers of raised crossings in Thorndon Quay plan

Aug 31, 2024 | Article, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Emergency Services, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Petitions, Rates Increases, Safety and Well-being, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record, Wellington City

Opposition to Wellington City Council’s plan to install five raised pedestrian crossing along...

OPINION: The Fight Against Speed Bumps Rolls On

Aug 18, 2024 | Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Opinion, Safety and Well-being, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Voting Record

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor Hamilton City Council’s Infrastructure committee...

Opposition mobilises against the five raised crossings on Thorndon Quay, Wellington

Jul 29, 2024 | Article, Council Spending, Disruptions, Emergency Services, Greater Wellington Region, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Petitions, Public Transport, Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

Summary Further opposition mobilises against Wellington City Council’s plan to install five raised...

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

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor Council Maths is… different. Figures for Hamilton City...

The Spinoff and The Post cover a planned $55 million project to install five raised crossings in Wellington

Jul 25, 2024 | Council Spending, Disruptions, Emergency Services, Greater Wellington Region, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Public Transport, Rates Increases, Safety and Well-being, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

Summary Wellington City Council is planning to install five raised pedestrian crossing along...

Hamilton City Council Long-Term Plan Hearings: Day 1 Highlights

May 30, 2024 | Consultation, Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Mode Shift, News, Rates Increases, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Three Waters, Traffic Calming, UN 2030 Agenda

Selected speakers from the 1st day of the public hearings for the Hamilton City Council Long-Term...

OPINION: What to keep and what to cut in Hamilton’s Long-Term Plan?

Apr 20, 2024 | Consultation, Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Spending, Crime, Hamilton City, Hamilton East Ward 2024 By-election, Mode Shift, Opinion, Parks and Reserves, Rates Increases, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Taking Action, Three Waters, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By John McDonald, 2024 Hamilton East Ward By-election Candidate One of the main narratives being...

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

Apr 16, 2024 | Council Spending, Emergency Services, Hamilton City, Health and Safety, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, News, Protest, Public Transport, Safety and Well-being, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

Headline: Firefighters spark up at loathed traffic calming measures Authored by: Stacey Rangitonga...

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

Mar 31, 2024 | Auckland City, Emergency Services, Health and Safety, Hostile Architecture, Interview, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Safety and Well-being, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

Headline: Kiwi firefighters raise alarm on speed humps installed by Auckland Transport slowing...

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

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor When Hamilton City Council began its Waka...

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

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

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

Mar 23, 2024 | Cities and Regions, Climate Change and Weather, Consultation, Elections, Global Agendas, Incoming Legislation, International Organisation, Local Government Reform, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Overview, Public Transport, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, UN 2030 Agenda, United Nations, Vision Zero

By John McDonald, 2024 Hamilton East Ward By-election Candidate and CityWatch NZ editor The...

OPINION: Speed bumps coming to Wairere Drive

Mar 23, 2024 | Article, Council Meetings, Hamilton City, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, Opinion, Protest, Resource Management Act (RMA), Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

By Andrew Bydder, Hamilton City Councillor Half of Hamiltonians use Wairere Drive regularly. For...

Consultation finishes on 2 April 2024 for the draft GPS on land transport

Mar 7, 2024 | Cities, Cities and Regions, Consultation, Core Services, Council Funding, Incoming Legislation, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, News, Public Transport, Regions, Safety and Well-being, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Taking Action, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading

Send your feedback to the Ministry of Transport before noon on the 2nd of April 2024 regarding the...

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

Common sense and experience would tell us that “traffic calming” measures, such as installing...

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...

Dec 11, 2023 | Cities and Regions, Climate Change and Weather, Council Funding, Council Spending, Mode Shift, New Plymouth District, New Zealand Issues, News, Public Transport, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Vision Zero

Authored by: Robin Martin Published on: 4 November 2023 Published by: RNZ Headline: Waka...

Pamphlet about the Access Hamilton Strategy

Dec 8, 2023 | Hamilton City, Information Sheets, Mode Shift, Resources, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Traffic Calming

A pamphlet created in December 2023 to inform the people of Hamilton City about the Hamilton City...

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