Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Towards new human spaces https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383512#post383512 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383512#post383512 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:03:45 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383492#post383492 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383492#post383492 Auckland Transport has the funding and the imperative to change public spaces, but it dumped the relevant skill base to save money. ]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:04:39 +1200 Emerald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383429#post383429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383429#post383429 "I am wary of the perils of seizing on the current crisis as a signal that the time for our respective causes has come"
Thank you for making this point. There's a lot of opportunism on both sides of the political spectrum, and some borders on schadenfreude, which is just…

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:33:41 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383424#post383424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383424#post383424 Totally agree Hebe.

As a cyclist the shared paths have always been a nightmare. You never know if the dog will stay put or if the child will decide to run across the path in front of you and pedestrians can turn on a dime much quicker than a cyclist…

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:47:12 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383421#post383421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383421#post383421 One thing I hope will happen is that so many people are discovering they really can walk or cycle to the local market and they might just continue.

Cars are useful and valuable, but we've seen them dominate beyond their real value – no small part because of huge marketing…

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:34:32 +1200 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383395#post383395 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383395#post383395 Pedestrians and cyclists sharing paths is infuriating. Try walking with a dog and two pre-schoolers and three adults as we have done at times over the last year before the pandemic threat. No wins for anyone.
Add a codger with a quaked knee and it becomes almost a matter of…

]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2020 20:05:29 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383394#post383394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383394#post383394 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:45:20 +1200 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383393#post383393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383393#post383393 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 18:07:47 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383392#post383392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-towards-new-human-spaces/?p=383392#post383392 Discussion from blog post.

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