# Positive articles in the press

**URL:** <https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37>\
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**Created:** [6 February 2021 08:42 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37 "2021-02-06T08:42:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![frstep](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/frstep/32/152_2.png) [@frstep](https://spokes.nz/u/frstep)\
**Post date:** [6 February 2021 08:42 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37/1 "2021-02-06T08:42:55Z")

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Given that any positive articles about moving away from a car culture are vanishingly rare in the ODT, I’ll kick off with this one: [https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/124132139/imagining-a-wellington-built-for-people-not-cars?cid=app-android](https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/124132139/imagining-a-wellington-built-for-people-not-cars?cid=app-android)

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**Author:** ![frstep](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/frstep/32/152_2.png) [@frstep](https://spokes.nz/u/frstep)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2021 22:26 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37/2 "2021-02-10T22:26:42Z")

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“Six in ten users of pop-up bike lanes in Paris are new to cycling, says city’s government”

> **[Six in ten users of pop-up bike lanes in Paris are new to cycling, says...](https://road.cc/content/news/6-10-users-pop-bike-lanes-paris-new-cycling-280681)**
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> Majority of French capital’s residents want the temporary infrastructure, which has encouraged particularly strong growth in the number of women cycling, to be made permanent

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**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2021 00:01 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37/3 "2021-02-17T00:01:47Z")

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This has also been used with a lot of success in Auckland, as part of a gentle approach to introducing cycling infrastructure. It seems to work well, demonstrating the benefits to many and allowing problems to be fixed before a full commitment.

Note the contrast between the Island Bay fiasco in Wellington!

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**Author:** ![frstep](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/frstep/32/152_2.png) [@frstep](https://spokes.nz/u/frstep)\
**Post date:** [23 March 2022 05:10 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37/4 "2022-03-23T05:10:07Z")

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In our own ODT, an opinion piece by Elsbeth MacLean:

> **[Peddling a greener message](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/peddling-greener-message)**
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> Cyclist haters would have loved it. As soon as I decided to write about the joys of cycling in the age of soaring petrol prices (possibly...

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**Author:** ![heike](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/heike/32/239_2.png) [@heike](https://spokes.nz/u/heike)\
**Post date:** [23 March 2022 09:08 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/positive-articles-in-the-press/37/5 "2022-03-23T09:08:15Z")

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Great article - let’s all write supporting letters to the editor to use this positive vibe!