walking Archive

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    Labour plans to invest in transport look familiar - by frog



    As part of its response to the impending economic crisis Labour yesterday announced changes to it planned expenditure on roading.   Like Act they recognise a good idea when someone else has it and appear to have drawn heavily from the Greens: An enhancement of the existing Financial Assistance Rate for funding local roading would be [...] read more
    November 3, 2008 3:13 pm - 3 Comments
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    Our transport plan for Auckland - by frog



    The Auckland transport plan that the Greens released yesterday got good coverage in the Herald which covered how the MPs got to the launch: Metiria Turei: Small ferryboat chartered from the base of Te Atatu Peninsula to highlight its dearth of public transport services. Sue Kedgley: Train from Mt Eden. Keith Locke: Bike from Mt [...] read more
    October 16, 2008 2:17 pm - 18 Comments
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    A will but no way - by frog



    Today’s Shape New Zealand poll asked respondents a series of questions about what actions they have taken personally in the past year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help manage climate change.  Some of the transport answers are: Used alternative everyday travel options rather than use a vehicle – 25% Walked (rather than using the [...] read more
    October 15, 2008 11:23 am - 5 Comments
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    Walking to work - by frog



    It was fairly impressive this morning to see swathes of people people enjoying the Wellington spring sunshine as they walked  to work along the waterfront.  Sadly this massive increase in pedestrians was all due to entirely the wrong reasons.  No matter what you may think of Go Wellington’s industrial dispute with its bus drivers, a [...] read more
    September 25, 2008 8:13 am - 33 Comments
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    I can’t recall - by frog



    Oh, this is bad, bad news for politicians with dirty laundry: MEMORY loss is widely considered as one of the banes of old age, but a world-first Australian study suggests that people over 50 who walk for just 2 1/2 hours a week can halt and even reverse it. West Australian researchers found that over-50s [...] read more
    September 3, 2008 2:11 pm - 4 Comments
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    Walking to work - by frog



    Entirely coincidentally and fortuitously, just a week after Russel asked the Minister of Transport this question: Dr Russel Norman: Has the Minister received any advice that there is a connection between the woeful underfunding of public transport in this country and the fact that five party leaders of five political parties in this Parliament are [...] read more
    July 9, 2008 8:17 am - 13 Comments
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    Land transport funding - by frog



    Earlier this week Russel noted that the government spends 6 or 7 dollars on roads for every 1 dollar on public transport.  Subsequently there was some debate about where Dr Cullen’s buy back of the Rail network fits in this calculation, so I thought it would be useful to go to the Green’s parliamentary advisory [...] read more
    May 28, 2008 2:49 pm - 3 Comments
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    Esther James’ walk for Buy Kiwi Made - by frog



    This week is the 76th anniversary of the Esther James beginning her walk from one end of New Zealand to the other; the first recorded person to have completed this feat. And she made this walk, from Kaitaia to Bluff and then across Stewart Island, to promote kiwi made goods. James was also New Zealand’s [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 9:46 am - 19 Comments