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"Protagonists on both sides of the bitterly-disputed Lovelock Ave debate have returned to their corners, and now await the judges' decision.
A resource consent hearing into the issue - reconvened following two days of hearings earlier this month - was adjourned yesterday, after a right of reply from Dunedin City Council planner Darryl Sycamore, and closing submissions from council counsel Michael Garbett.
Commissioners Roger Tasker and Allan Cubitt and city councillor Colin Weatherall plan to undertake a site visit and, barring calls for more evidence, should then consider the...
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Oct
This is a link to an article in the Timaru Herald today:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4733925a6010.html
Many of us in the district will have had contact with the Bakers. This is of course very tragic and sad as always in such a case. I'm contacting you
to seek your feedback with a view to Squeaky Wheel making some kind of media
statement. This case relates to a bit of a 'pet topic' of mine, the Pleasant
Point highway, (being the highway I use all the time), that has oodles of
room along most of its length for an off-road cycle-walkway, or at least for
a...
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9:08AM Tuesday Oct 21, 2008
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash which left a south Canterbury cyclist on a training ride dead at the weekend.
Alice Swainson Baker, 24, a laboratory technician, of Rosewill Valley, northwest of Timaru, was among five people killed on New Zealand roads over the weekend.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10538611&r...
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Here's a bunch of biking events in November and December coordinated by WCC.
Cycle into Summer is back
Kick-start your summer by discovering the fun and freedom of cycling!
We have lots of workshops, events and courses to get you and your
friends and family on bikes and having a blast. Even if you don't have
a bike you can borrow one for some of our events. Sharpen your skills
in mountain biking or road riding or learn the art of commuting to
work. Learn to keep your ride in top shape at our maintenance...
20
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"Hundreds of cyclists, walkers and roller-bladers took advantage of a sunny spring day to welcome the opening of the extension of the harbourside cycleway-walkway to Maia, on the harbour's edge in Dunedin yesterday.
Harbour Cycle Network co-ordinator Steve Walker said he had cycled the 1.3km extension from Maia to the Ravensbourne Yacht Club and said it reinforced his views the cycle-way was "one of the most beautiful in the world".
The extension, which cost about $350,000 and was funded from a national pool for such projects, was started in May and finished recently.
It...
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Oct
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Contents in this issue are: 01: New Director for the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector. 02: Assessment of government responsiveness underway. 03: International authority Steven Rathgeb-Smith shares relationship insights in NZ. 04: ‘Living’ document lists examples of NZ efforts to build better government engagement. 05: November date for next Good Practice in Action seminar. 06: Glenda McCallum makes the change to ChangeMakers. 07: Keeping it Legal online, but out of print. 08: OCVS Analyst notes similarities &...
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Oct
Bike Wise 2008 went off!! Congratulations to everyone who took part in Bike Wise activities during 2008 – we hope you had an enjoyable experience and are still out there on your bike!
Bike Wise is a nationally coordinated event that promotes safety and biking as a sustainable, fun, healthy and enjoyable means of transport. Bike Wise is funded by the NZ Transport Agency and the Ministry of Health.
Bike Wise would like to thank all the event coordinators, schools, workplaces and community groups that ran events. Well done and thank you for all your efforts in making Bike Wise a...
16
Oct
Oct
VACANCY - CAN Technical Advisor
A position exists within the CAN volunteer group for someone interested in assisting in providing technical (traffic engineering and transportation planning) leadership and advice for CAN.
Having access to up-to-date and accurate technical information is important for CAN's advocacy. It helps to give our submissions and meetings credibility and influence. The Technical Advisor helps to provide this information.
Are you interested in all or part of the following?
Advising CAN on technical issues related to the design and funding...14
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Oct
The workshops are at WCC council committee rooms
13/11/08 12-1pm 17/11/08 5-6pm 26/11/08 12-1pm 4/12/08 5-6pm
Things I was thinking of including
Gear - what you need, dont need, can have, covet Bikes - lights, racks, trailers etcRoutes - best one, maps Guides -BUGs, Employer Guides
Practice on the weekend, get a buddy Please give any more ideas....
13
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Special meeting Tuesday 14 October 6-7.30 Southern Cross Tavern, Abel Smith Street
1.Report back from recent Cycle Submissions – update from councils
a.Highlights – 153 cycling submissions, 71 walking ones
b.WHAT ARE the Essential things to lobby for change.
c.Oral Submissions – coordinated approach – 14 -
d.Things CAW could do better next time
2.Regional Cycle Forum – items for meeting
a.Regional Cycling Forum survey results
b.Bike Wise programme
3.Report back from CANDO...
9
Oct
Oct
The Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans of Barcelona has published the results of the 2006 Daily mobility Survey. The research was focus on regional patterns of mobility and even though is all about Catalunya you may find useful information.
I strongly believe in look outside our own, daily reality and find out what is going on in the rest of the world. Hope you find this document interesting.
The Regional Studies Institute is a great source of information and they have a section in English! http://www.iermb.uab.es/
Magdalena
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Oct
text below form an email from Eldad Collins regarding traffic on the RCA signup page that is hosted by RideRotorua.com
Hi everyone
I’ve just spoken to Gary Sullivan about the number of people registered through the riderotorua.com webpage. Unfortunately there’s only 15 people registered. Obviously we need to do something about this. Anyone know a good viral marketing strategy?