Young Professionals - Leading the Change

PARK(ing) Space

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Collaborate to create urban spaces that make people happy. Temporarily transform metered parking spots into public parks. What sort of space would you love to create? This was the organising group for park(ing) day on 18 Sept 09. It's open for more.

Website: http://parkingday.org
Location: Nationwide
Members: 69
Latest Activity: Nov 25

A few tips

- You can find some info and posters adapted for NZ Park(ing) Day here.
- If want to get involved in Auckland please add comments in this discussion
- If want to get involved in Wellington please add comments in this discussion
- If you want to start organising in another location, you can start another discussion for your location.
- Within those discussions, you can also click on 'follow' on the right to get regular updates.
- You can also download this useful guide for tips on creating a good space.

Discussion Forum

Park(ing) Day Aotearoa 2009. What did we learn? 6 Replies

Started by Jasmine Cargill. Last reply by Nick Kiddey Sep 25.

Christchurch Park-ing was on Car Free Day 1 Reply

Started by Rhys. Last reply by Rhys Sep 23.

Auckland PARK(ing) Day 3 Replies

Started by Janine Jurji. Last reply by Rachael Patching Sep 17.

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Comment by Unity Finesmith on November 13, 2009 at 8:23am: There are some great traffic calming ideas on this website from the UK http://www.roadwitch.org.uk/ Maybe we could have a go at some of these in Auckland?

Comment by Lucy Gordon on October 27, 2009 at 3:30pm: Park(ing) on a massive scale. It would be cool to do this somewhere in NZ, maybe on the Auckland harbour bridge or another big main road. and btw I have to say that I'm intensely jealous of Sydney's bridge. Trains and footpaths! Awesome.

Comment by christina bellis on September 30, 2009 at 2:06pm: sweet slideshow. thanks for sharing.
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Comment by Louis Brown on September 30, 2009 at 1:58pm: Connect To Urban Space
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Comment by Kowhai Montgomery on September 25, 2009 at 1:54pm: These are my photos of what I chanced upon in High Street on my trip up to Auckland.

Great work everyone!

Comment by Nick Potter on September 24, 2009 at 2:05pm: Great work Nick and friends in Nelson! I love you space and free treats. Very stylish use of hay :)

Comment by Nick Kiddey on September 24, 2009 at 1:35pm: Great work from the big cities - love the fish pond and swingball! A friend and I decided fairly spontaneously to knock together a park(ing) space in inner city Nelson and it came together beautifully - an urban garden popped up in the morning and we gave out free gardening advice, cups of tea and packets of seeds for sowing with wild abandon. What fun. There's a nice article on the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board's 'Healthy As' blog: http://www.healthyas.org.nz/2009/09/parking-day/ Thanks for the heads-up Intersect folk!

Comment by Jasmine Cargill on September 24, 2009 at 10:11am: Hi Park(ing) Peeps. Congratulations everyone who contributed to a fantastic Park(ing) Day, the first ever in NZ! I've started a discussion called Park(ing) Day Aotearoa 2009. What did we learn? I think it would be useful to collect our experiences of what worked well and what we'd do differently next time. I'd also love to hear some of your highlights and favourite moments of the day.

A huge thank you and well done to the Heart of Auckland City crew, especially Nat and Janine, for your fabulous organising!

There's a set of Auckland photos here on flickr.

Comment by Nick Potter on September 18, 2009 at 10:27pm

Here's some more photos from Wellington (from a bigger set on Flickr tagged as "parkingday Wellington New Zealand 2009").

What an awesome day! I saw so many smiling faces, enjoyed loads of generosity, realised how huge one car parking space really is, and I have a warm glow from having so many friendly interactions with diverse people in my city who I normally don't interact with. Those of us who stayed on the street for the whole day are also very grateful to our new friends in shops/offices nearby who brought us cups of tea and made us feel welcome. Great work Wellycats!