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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 10d

As National announces more roads

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.

Key quote from the great Lewis Mumford in 1955 — “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.”

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · Sep 1

Does your local grocery store look like this?

If not, it’s probably because:
1) zoning created large distances between housing & stores.
2) the streets between housing & stores are unsafe for biking.
3) there isn’t any/enough bike parking

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Laura’s Bunch bike is parked at the Seward Co Op grocery store along with about 6 other bikes of various types - one with a trailer

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yes this is sad 😔 I spent many hours there browsing the racks in the 80s/90s… obviously the same century Beck & Lee are living in- who in their right mind drives to Queens Arcade to pick up a CD? 🤯 #carbrain
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Marbecks Record Shop moves online after 90 years in business

"Marbeck has been an Auckland icon, and it's another one we're losing.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 30

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

View of the central Copenhagen pedestrian street where it widens into a gorgeous square with fountain

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 24

WATCH & SHARE: This is very good. A prominent youtuber is actually giddy (but also very thorough in covering the joys, advantages, issues and challenges) about how trying biking for transportation in London has changed his life.

Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.

I Cycled 2500km in London — Here's How It Changed My Life

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · Aug 5

Meadowbank, Auckland, residents have chosen safer speeds for their streets twice since 2021 – but Simeon Brown's Speed Rule forced faster traffic on them. So they started making their own signs ... www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/08/06/t...

This community chooses 30km/h - Greater Auckland

Meadowbank residents get creative to express the local preference for safer streets, after higher speed limits were imposed on the community.

www.greaterauckland.org.nz

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Bike-lanes mean business.

People riding bikes in a protected bike lane in downtown Vancouver

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Aug 2

Another day another #nziff movie 🎥🚲😊 #HollywoodCinema

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Aug 1

The best way to travel to the #nziff 🚲🎥 Beat the traffic, park for free, + chat post movie 💙🌛
👋 Simon Wilson @nzherald.bsky.social

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Spot the bollards and go moo 🐮🥛😊 @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

Red shed with cow sculpture on top and spotty bollards out front selling unpasteurised milk (Faith Farm, south of Ōtaki, New Zealand)

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Auckland Harbour Bridge would be the perfect place for this #vectorlightshow #climateaction #showyourstripes
showyourstripes.info/l/australasi...

Show Your Stripes

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

showyourstripes.info

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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · Jul 15

Many thanks to paying subscribers for pushing this over 100 likes. I've opened it up for full public reading, listening & sharing. It also includes an audio embed of an interview with Jesse Mulligan for RNZ Afternoons, which was broadcast today. Chocks away! Ngā mihi nui. Bernard #nzpol

Slash blamed in climate change-free flash-flood coverage

Pine forest waste dams rivers & wipes out campground in Tasman; Media coverage again fails to cite climate change; Power users demand reform; Govt wants 30,000 more working foreign students

thekaka.substack.com

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you! I was starting to think I was living in an alternative reality after reading article after article on RNZ about the recent flooding with no mention of #climatechange
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's actually unbelievable - at least 5 recent articles on RNZ citing "unpredictable" "devasting" "once in 100 years event" etc. and not one mention of WHY the floods might be occurring 😣 #JoinTheDots #climateaction

Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's actually unbelievable - at least 5 recent articles on RNZ citing "unpredictable" "devasting" "once in 100 years event" etc. and not one mention of WHY the floods might be occurring 😣 #JoinTheDots #climateaction

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 15

“Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events. Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says.”

Obviously.

That’s what #ClimateChange does.

Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.

More likely. And worse.

Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events

Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says

www.theguardian.com

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Elisabeth @affabletoaster.bsky.social · Jul 4

Drivers are afraid cyclists will be smug at them.

Cyclists are afraid drivers will kill them.

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 9

Guaranteed to make a cycling activist cry tears of joy 😂
C'mon Tamaki Makaurau, let's make this happen here too! #activemodes #morebikeinfra #climateaction @bikeauckland.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunB...

In The City of London Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars

YouTube video by Streetfilms®

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jul 4

The best way to travel to the #bigscreensymposium 😀🎬🎥📺🎞️

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · Jun 26

Politician plus woman plus leftie plus bicycle I guess. I’m not removing these names cos they posted in public on a Herald thread.

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Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social · Jun 26

So @legallyfeminist.bsky.social here’s an example for the abuse files - NZ Herald put up an article about my accident on their FB and while there are lots of sympathetic comments there are also quite a number celebrating or laughing or asking disingenuous questions. Herald has had to close comments.

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jun 25

Looking forward to getting back into this get-up once my broken foot heals 🙃 #ubersux

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jun 25

I definitely consider myself one of the 3% of urban Kiwis who are “committed” cyclists 🚲⛈️😀 There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing 🤣
www.rnz.co.no/life/wellbei...

How to bike to work in the rain (and not turn up a drowned rat)

About three percent of urban New Zealanders are considered “committed” bike riders, and even fewer get in the seat rain, hail or shine. But some do.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · Jun 23

Biking is on the up in Wellington, thanks to the network effect, and thanks to WCC. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

‘Good news story’: Wellington cyclist numbers well over double in two years

A cycling advocate said the swell of cyclists coming through the Basin Reserve was due to a new cycleway that opened mid-2023.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · Jun 22

Hey @bikeauckland.bsky.social Bike train on Te Huia would be a great #biketober event! 🚂🚲🥳

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · Jun 21

In the 1930s-1940s, the Bicycle Dealers Association of Southern California organized a number of Cycle Trains, which took riders and their bikes from Los Angeles to other cities for a change of scenery.

LIFE magazine followed one from Los Angeles to San Diego on August 11, 1946.

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Photo featuring a scene at a train station: On the left are the train's boxcars, and in front of them are a long row of bicycles and people. A man is carrying a sign that says, "San Diego Welcomes Southern California Cycle Train!"

All photos by Peter Stackpole for LIFE magazine.

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Akl City Centre Residents' Group @ccrg.bsky.social · Jun 21

What if this were High st?

Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · Jun 21

What is this was two parked cars instead?

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