According to the survey results so far we all do spend a reasonable amount of time walking each day - see the table below.
| less than 30 minutes | 34.1% |
| 30-60 minutes | 46.3% |
| more than 60 minutes | 19.5% |
Thank you to the many survey respondents - please encourage people you know to visit the site to leave a comment and fill in the survey.
3 comments:
The Wellington City Council wishes to encourage people to replace short car journeys (less than 2km) by walking. What would encourage you to do this?
Apply traffic calming techiques on major foot traffic routes, most particularly on Courtenay Place. Better phased traffic lights so that pedestrian aren't left waiting forever.
What do you enjoy about walking in Wellington?
The distances between different attractions are often short and interesting. The pedestrian only areas along the waterfront are truly marvellous and I love to see people walking the Oriental Bay footpath at the weekends. The number of steps and footpath shortcuts between blocks and up hills are great
What do you dislike about walking in Wellington?
Traffic lights that are badly organised and leave walkers waiting for long periods of time, particularly those to cross the Quays to the waterfront. Walking in the Manners St-Willis St-Lambton Quay area often feels precarious with the number and speed of buses going past, even with the 30km limit (is this enforced?).
What would you like to see the Wellington City Council do to make walking in Wellington more pleasant?
Stop making funding decisions car-centric and seriously consider pedestrian only areas as vital. The improvement of public transport systems so that people have better options for the longer parts of their travel - this could include making taking private vehicles into the central city more difficult, and replacing buses in the central city with an excellent light rail system.
I prefer to bicycle, but I presume that's equally OK to WCC. For biking, we need more bicycle paths - which can successfully be shared with walkers (as in Boston).
Pedestrian only areas are key; particularly covered ones if we want to walk all year round. On a sunny day the waterfront to Oriental Bay are great, but in winter they are less pleasant. Suggestions that areas like Manners Mall will become bus lanes contradicts the suggestion that the City Council wants people to walk more.
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