GeorgeWeeks2014
@georgeweeks2014.bsky.social
🇪🇺British/New Zealand urban planner & university teaching fellow living and working in Auckland. Twitter refugee. Interested in most things, esp. architecture, energy, accessibility, sustainability, comedy and health. My views are my own.
New cycleways nearing completion in Canada St, East St and Mercury Lane.
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New cycleways nearing completion in Canada St, East St and Mercury Lane.
On a long drive from Rotorua to Auckland yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of listening to @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on the Adam Buxton podcast.
Caitlin's most salient point (for me) was the importance of humour. It is a seriously effective way to reach out to any audience and be engaging.
Caitlin's most salient point (for me) was the importance of humour. It is a seriously effective way to reach out to any audience and be engaging.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
On a long drive from Rotorua to Auckland yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of listening to @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on the Adam Buxton podcast.
Caitlin's most salient point (for me) was the importance of humour. It is a seriously effective way to reach out to any audience and be engaging.
Caitlin's most salient point (for me) was the importance of humour. It is a seriously effective way to reach out to any audience and be engaging.
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Brexit costs the government around £90bn.
Without Brexit we could have tax cuts and spending increases. We would have hope & optimism, not gloom & despair.
Brexit harms the British people, especially the poor & vulnerable. No politician can support Brexit and claim to care for ordinary people.
Without Brexit we could have tax cuts and spending increases. We would have hope & optimism, not gloom & despair.
Brexit harms the British people, especially the poor & vulnerable. No politician can support Brexit and claim to care for ordinary people.
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Brexit costs the government around £90bn.
Without Brexit we could have tax cuts and spending increases. We would have hope & optimism, not gloom & despair.
Brexit harms the British people, especially the poor & vulnerable. No politician can support Brexit and claim to care for ordinary people.
Without Brexit we could have tax cuts and spending increases. We would have hope & optimism, not gloom & despair.
Brexit harms the British people, especially the poor & vulnerable. No politician can support Brexit and claim to care for ordinary people.
A frequent objection to cycleways is that they will slow down emergency services. But this very rarely happens and often they have the opposite effect. Less traffic = less traffic jams.
The majority of an Irish city’s new protected cycle lane schemes do not impede ambulance drivers and have, in some cases, enhanced accessibility for emergency services, a new report has found
Majority of new cycle lane projects “maintained or enhanced” ambulance accessibility in city, new report from Irish council finds
The designs “effectively facilitated the movement of emergency vehicles by ensuring adequate carriageway widths and junction radii” while also enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety, Limerick City Co...
road.cc
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A frequent objection to cycleways is that they will slow down emergency services. But this very rarely happens and often they have the opposite effect. Less traffic = less traffic jams.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
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Share your views with the Department for Transport on its next 5 year strategy for walking, wheeling and cycling!
This is a rare opportunity to shape future policies and funding to make things better.
Deadline is 15 December actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
This is a rare opportunity to shape future policies and funding to make things better.
Deadline is 15 December actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Help make cycling and walking the fun and easy options!
In June, Transport Action Network won a historic victory in the Court of Appeal, the most significant case for active travel in English legal history. Following this, the government is consulting on a...
actionnetwork.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Share your views with the Department for Transport on its next 5 year strategy for walking, wheeling and cycling!
This is a rare opportunity to shape future policies and funding to make things better.
Deadline is 15 December actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
This is a rare opportunity to shape future policies and funding to make things better.
Deadline is 15 December actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen:
James
Gene
Pixies
Rage Against the Machine
Super Furry Animals
James
Gene
Pixies
Rage Against the Machine
Super Furry Animals
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Patti Smith
Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen
Laurie Anderson
Rickie Lee Jones
Patti Smith
Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen
Laurie Anderson
Rickie Lee Jones
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
The Osmonds
Neil Diamond
Green Day
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
The Osmonds
Neil Diamond
Green Day
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen:
James
Gene
Pixies
Rage Against the Machine
Super Furry Animals
James
Gene
Pixies
Rage Against the Machine
Super Furry Animals
Two weeks ago I parked my bicycle at the well-used bike stand outside BNZ (formerly Deloitte) tower in Auckland's Queen St.
Today I tried the same...and the bike parking has been removed 😠
What the hell?!? Why no bike parks?
@bikeauckland.bsky.social @greaterauckland.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social
Today I tried the same...and the bike parking has been removed 😠
What the hell?!? Why no bike parks?
@bikeauckland.bsky.social @greaterauckland.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two weeks ago I parked my bicycle at the well-used bike stand outside BNZ (formerly Deloitte) tower in Auckland's Queen St.
Today I tried the same...and the bike parking has been removed 😠
What the hell?!? Why no bike parks?
@bikeauckland.bsky.social @greaterauckland.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social
Today I tried the same...and the bike parking has been removed 😠
What the hell?!? Why no bike parks?
@bikeauckland.bsky.social @greaterauckland.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social
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Electric assisted handbike tricycle in Paris with a rear-mounted crutch. Comme quoi un tricycle avec une bèquiiie ça existe mais le jeu de mot n’est pas traduisible ;)
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Electric assisted handbike tricycle in Paris with a rear-mounted crutch. Comme quoi un tricycle avec une bèquiiie ça existe mais le jeu de mot n’est pas traduisible ;)
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This www.transportxtra.com/publications... by The Car Expert ed made me so angry I replied: www.transportxtra.com/publications...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
Cutting the cost of motoring is expensive for communities
It's rare I'm ever incensed enough to write in to the august pages of respected publications such as TransportXtra, but Stewart Masson's opinion piece on t
www.transportxtra.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This www.transportxtra.com/publications... by The Car Expert ed made me so angry I replied: www.transportxtra.com/publications...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
I'm fed up of rhetoric from gov & motoring 'lobby' that we must never unfairly hurt poor drivers in pocket. That reducing "running costs for ordinary families" means...
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Devastating article from @eastangliabylines.co.uk
Leaving Europe was, and remains, a very bad idea. Let's hope the UK is returning to rationality.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@peterthurlow.bsky.social
@annadamski.bsky.social
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Leaving Europe was, and remains, a very bad idea. Let's hope the UK is returning to rationality.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@peterthurlow.bsky.social
@annadamski.bsky.social
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Devastating article from @eastangliabylines.co.uk
Leaving Europe was, and remains, a very bad idea. Let's hope the UK is returning to rationality.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@peterthurlow.bsky.social
@annadamski.bsky.social
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Leaving Europe was, and remains, a very bad idea. Let's hope the UK is returning to rationality.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@peterthurlow.bsky.social
@annadamski.bsky.social
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner
“Until such time as men realise that they don't own their women, nothing's gonna change,"
#nzpol
“Until such time as men realise that they don't own their women, nothing's gonna change,"
#nzpol
Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner
Report shows in Australia and New Zealand, 24.5 percent of women have been sexually or physically abused by a partner.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner
“Until such time as men realise that they don't own their women, nothing's gonna change,"
#nzpol
“Until such time as men realise that they don't own their women, nothing's gonna change,"
#nzpol
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Isn't it time Nigel Farage
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Isn't it time Nigel Farage
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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The London Cycling Campaign has updated its Dangerous Junctions mapping, highlighting across London and by borough the most dangerous junctions for cycling, walking and wheeling for Londoners. lcc.org.uk/news/dangero...
Dangerous Junctions 2025 update - London Cycling Campaign
lcc.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The London Cycling Campaign has updated its Dangerous Junctions mapping, highlighting across London and by borough the most dangerous junctions for cycling, walking and wheeling for Londoners. lcc.org.uk/news/dangero...
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A bunch of great people having an insightful conversation at the NZ Government Roundtable session at the 21st @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social conference in Whanganui-a-Tara today!
@richardhills.bsky.social @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social @rachelbrooking.bsky.social Celia Wade Brown and Vida Christeller
@richardhills.bsky.social @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social @rachelbrooking.bsky.social Celia Wade Brown and Vida Christeller
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A bunch of great people having an insightful conversation at the NZ Government Roundtable session at the 21st @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social conference in Whanganui-a-Tara today!
@richardhills.bsky.social @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social @rachelbrooking.bsky.social Celia Wade Brown and Vida Christeller
@richardhills.bsky.social @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social @rachelbrooking.bsky.social Celia Wade Brown and Vida Christeller
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If the UK government was really serious about online safety they would have banned Twitter/X instead of implementing the Online Safety Act. That would've removed a major source of extremist hate but preserved small website communities and forums that offer safe aid and advice.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If the UK government was really serious about online safety they would have banned Twitter/X instead of implementing the Online Safety Act. That would've removed a major source of extremist hate but preserved small website communities and forums that offer safe aid and advice.
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Good thread
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Good thread
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Policies can prove unpopular at the time & be bitterly opposed.
I remember being told Ken Livingstone would lose in 2004 because of the congestion charge & several people told me I would lose in 2024 because of the ULEZ- we didn't lose!
I remember being told Ken Livingstone would lose in 2004 because of the congestion charge & several people told me I would lose in 2024 because of the ULEZ- we didn't lose!
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Policies can prove unpopular at the time & be bitterly opposed.
I remember being told Ken Livingstone would lose in 2004 because of the congestion charge & several people told me I would lose in 2024 because of the ULEZ- we didn't lose!
I remember being told Ken Livingstone would lose in 2004 because of the congestion charge & several people told me I would lose in 2024 because of the ULEZ- we didn't lose!
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My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
In terms of population density, GDP/head and urbanisation rate, Finland is the nearest equivalent in Europe to New Zealand.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths in a whole year.
NZ could aim for something similar if it wanted, but public policy is stymied by intense levels of #motornormativity.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths in a whole year.
NZ could aim for something similar if it wanted, but public policy is stymied by intense levels of #motornormativity.
Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In terms of population density, GDP/head and urbanisation rate, Finland is the nearest equivalent in Europe to New Zealand.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths in a whole year.
NZ could aim for something similar if it wanted, but public policy is stymied by intense levels of #motornormativity.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths in a whole year.
NZ could aim for something similar if it wanted, but public policy is stymied by intense levels of #motornormativity.
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Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…