Motonormativity underpins car dependency and all the harms that entails. Prof Walker looks at how it arises, how it is shaped, and what we might do about it.

In this issue, we talk about a new rule that’s come into effect that puts pedestrians at risk, introduce new Executive Council Member Peter Lee-Grey, share some upcoming events, and more. We want more...

A new rule that allows bikes to be ridden on the footpath will put pedestrians at risk. This rule permits children up to 12 years of age and adults accompanying them to ride bikes on the footpath, and...

The number of people with dementia in NZ is set to more than double in the next 25 years. Luckily, the medical world is learning more about treatment and prevention.

The west Auckland road is busy during summer when visitors flock to the beach side village in the Waitākere Ranges.

This is a guest post by Tim Adriaansen, a transport strategist and Executive Director of The results are currently under review, but we can give a few tasters ahead of publication. One of the fastest ...

Residents of a lower North Island retirement village were celebrating when roading officials heeded their pleas to lower the speed limit on the state highway past their gate.

On 19 April 2026, Auckland Transport reopened part of Queen Street, the block between Wellesley and Wakefield, the country's most visible pedestrian-priority space, to general traffic every night from...

The shriek of kids playing outside, the call of "car!", the scrape of scooters on the footpath. For many urban neighbourhoods, those sounds have largely disappeared.

Far North District Council will add warning signs at a disputed Paihia corner.

Eight years after he was hit by a person riding an e-scooter, Mark Smith still suffers daily pain that limits his ability to work.

Living Streets Aotearoa believes it is important that New Zealand has national policy that supports walking and pedestrians. Back in April, we sent a series of policy questions to political parties and asked for their responses in advance of the 2026 election. We received responses from the Green Party, Labour Party, National Party, and Opportunity […]

In this issue, we talk about Living Streets Aotearoa’s new Executive Council, the upcoming footpath rule change, party responses to LSA policy questions, and more. We want more people walking and enjo...

First up, it's expected 10,000 public service workers will go on strike today. The panel talk to Josh Trlin, PSA Organiser and Lead Advocate for PSA members at MSD. Then, Living Streets Aotearoa are c...

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Living Streets Aotearoa, the national walking advocacy organisation, is concerned about the recent announcement from the Government that new lane use rules that will allow some children and adults to ...

We want the Ōpōtiki town centre to be a vibrant area that reflects the past, present and future communities.

Tāhunanui Hills residents who are sick of responding to crashes outside their homes are fighting plans to scrap a speed bump trial in their neighbourhoods.

Waipā is reviewing 12 raised safety platforms after concerns about performance.

The streets that make a neighborhood harder to walk may also make it harder to connect, and harder on the planet. New research explains why.

Why are New Zealand’s roads getting more expensive while delivering less economic bang for their buck? Because the first road is the cheapest, faster roads demand disproportionately more engineering,...

How do we manage after trauma? Without these small first steps, there’s no opportunity for the bigger steps that must follow.

What is daylighting, and how can cities use it to increase street safety?

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

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In the following interview, Living Streets Aotearoa talks with Ron Ross, the leader of Tuesday Lunchtime Walks in Wellington. This series of lunchtime walks was started by Celia Wade-Brown in 2004. Ro...

A device travelling at 25km/h has been legally required to share space with pedestrians while being banned from the infrastructure actually built for vehicles moving at that speed. NZ Transport Agency...

A transport advocate says Auckland risks not making the most of its multi-billion-dollar City Rail Link investment because of an ongoing trial to allow more cars in the city centre.

In 55 countries, the popular video game has been used to engage children in the process of urban design.

Mayor Faylene Tunui said there had been conversations in the community for some time about whether to consider lowering the speed limit as new roads were built and new industries grew up along the hig...

Purpose. Past urban transportation safety efforts have largely focused on controlling road user behavior through tactics such as speed management and separating users in space and time. This research ...

The proposed formal crossing would remove six car parks outside businesses.

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Pedestrian death rate in Australia has increased over multiple consecutive years, following decades of relatively consistent decline, while car-occupa…

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A group of primary school students have achieved something in minutes that many adults have attempted for decades - quick change through council on a contentious issue.

A new book posits that physical space, rather than policy, is the primary constraint for urban transport. I speak to the authors to learn more.

In this issue, we talk about lowering speed limits, how we can make streets better for children, and upcoming consultations and events. We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they y...

Primary schools say a pilot programme that allows them to close nearby roads during drop off and pick up times is helping to curb dangerous driver's behaviour.

Pedestrianized spaces can help support local businesses, give public spaces back to people and retrieve them from cars.

Obeying speed limits can save over six million gallons of fuel and fifty thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide per day with minimal delay, based on analysis of more than one hundred twenty million ...

Living Streets Aotearoa Wellington has prepared submissions on the consultations on changes to Bunny Street and Brooklyn Street in Wellington. Here is the summary of their positions on these changes: ...

Pedestrian group Victoria Walks wants $150 million spent over four years to install or upgrade crossings, so people can safely cross the road.

In Part I of this blog series, we discussed how car-dependent thinking and decision-making leads to unsafe streets and how this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy keeping kids off the streets and in c...

Tomorrow’s meeting of Auckland Council’s

A terrifying few hours searching for his missing son taught Dan Keane a valuable lesson in landmarks and third spaces.

Reflections on Auckland's transformation, the opening of the City Rail Link, and what one remarkable mid-sized city can teach the world about changing its trajectory.

Transport poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand is worsening with recent fuel cost rises limiting access to healthcare, food, education, employment and social connections. Long-term investment in low-carbon...