Is Our Council Anti-Car?
With the rise of speed bumps, low speed limits and cycleways, it often seems like the council is making life harder for drivers. Why slow cars down? Why spend on gold-plated, over-engineered cycleways? Why not just focus on roads and keeping traffic moving? Is our council anti-car — or is there more we need to understand about how transport shapes our cities?
In this talk, we’ll explore what other places are doing to tackle congestion, address climate change and create more liveable cities. Are our transport planners anti-car, or do they know something we don’t?
Bio
Dr Simon Kingham is Ahorangi o te Matawhenua | Professor of Geography at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | the University of Canterbury. He teaches and researches on a range of issues related to the impact of the urban environment on wellbeing, with a specific focus on transport. For six years till May 2024 he was seconded to Te Manatū Waka | the Ministry of Transport as their Kaitohutohu Matua Pūtaiao | Chief Science Advisor. His role there was to try and ensure that policy was evidence-based.
Event
Tuesday 16 September, 8:00pm @Two Thumb Colombo, 380 Colombo Street, Sydenham 8023
Also speaking at this location at 6:30pm is Dr Joce Nuttall
