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Wellington adds two suburbs to sustainable transport network

Climate action15 Dec 2023

Wellington City Council has given the go ahead for two projects which include new raised pedestrian crossings, bus route improvements, and safer bike routes.

Green light to map what’s beneath Wellington’s streets

Digital twins03 Jul 2023

Programme aims to reduce disruption to Wellington streets by shifting from legacy records and outdated paper processes to a centralised online map-based library.

Wellington installs wildlife-friendly solar lighting

Lighting10 May 2023

The solar lights with charging panels integrated into the lighting poles will light the paths along a popular harbourside walking and cycling route in the city.

Wellington involves affected communities in climate adaptation

Climate action03 May 2023

The city’s six-phase Community Climate Adaptation Programme will create a series of local adaptation plans that have been developed by and for each community.

Beam to launch fifth-generation e-scooter in Wellington

Micromobility23 Jan 2023

The micromobility provider will replace its entire 400-strong fleet in the New Zealand city with the Saturn 5 model that features upgraded IoT capabilities.

Wellington approves public e-bike share scheme

Micromobility09 Dec 2022

The New Zealand city’s existing e-scooter providers Flamingo and Beam will be able to offer up to 150 e-bikes with the trial due to be evaluated in mid-2023.

Wellington installs recycled bus boarding platforms

Road travel11 May 2022

Part of the city’s road improvement plans, the footpath-height, accessible platforms are designed to allow people to get on and off buses safely and cross the new bike lanes to the footpath.

Wellington lays groundwork for circular economy road work trial

Resilience05 May 2022

The council-led project is using the untapped resource of unwanted clothing and textiles as a performance additive in asphalt on the New Zealand city’s roads.

Wellington announces suburb-to-city routes for lower carbon commutes

Planning and redevelopment28 Feb 2022

Street changes will support growing neighbourhoods and new ways of living in and moving around the city, as well as make the transport system more resilient in the face of major events.

Bloomberg announces winning cities in 2021-2022 mayors’ challenge

Resilience19 Jan 2022

The fifth edition of the worldwide competition recognises those cities which had designed the “boldest and most ambitious urban innovations” to emerge from the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Bloomberg names 50 finalist cities for 2021 Global Mayors’ Challenge

News16 Jun 2021

The cities chosen are considered to have come up with the boldest urban innovations emerging from the pandemic with the challenge aiming to spread the most promising ideas.

Auckland named most liveable city in the world

News10 Jun 2021

The New Zealand city ranks top in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Liveability index which explores the impact of the pandemic and assesses cities in five areas.

Asia-Pacific smart city project winners named

News11 Jul 2019

IDC notes a “surge” in cutting-edge future city projects being deployed across first-tier cities in developed economies across the 12 functional e-service categories.

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