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@georgeweeks2014.bsky.social Fancy a new book to review?

Derek discovers the secret sauce of transit success: service!

Interested in how to get public transport that works, even in traffic-heavy suburban cities? My book lays out the ins and outs of transit planning, with theory and practice grounded in years of experience on what works. Now available in print and eBook formats: www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0GRPZ4VHD/

Ever see an underground station that looks like it was built to survive a direct hit from an atomic bomb? Well this one was!

For anyone like Orsman worried about “only” 19,000 people an hour using the city rail link at peak, just note that’s equivalent to double what the northern, northwestern and southern motorways *combined* can deliver to the city centre. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands...

@greaterauckland.bsky.social’s 2017 Congestion Free Network. 8 years ago. What could have been…😔

Say what you like about German cuisine, they sure do have a competitive meat-bread ratio.

In this article, I make a not-entirely-serious case for ripping out Spaghetti Junction in Auckland, replacing it with a motorway tunnel, and redeveloping new city streets and neighbourhoods above it instead. www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...

So turns out Goff does have a pair after all?

PSA: any food with the word butter in the name is not a healthy everyday food for children.

So let me get this straight, the government is negotiating to pay Hyundai an extra $300m to make the boats smaller and deliver them four years later than scheduled? So much for the Nats business acumen.

I think the title “bus driver” doesn’t do bus drivers justice. What should we call these heroes instead? -Bus captains? -Bus commanders? -Bus masters?

Queenslands 50c fare initiative has raised patronage by 20% after six months, at a reported cost of $181m in forgone revenue. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Check out my latest article: Does the New Zealand rail network actually serve New Zealanders? I looked into data on how many kiwis might be able to travel by train… if we ran more than a handful of them each week. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-n... via @LinkedIn

Can somebody please teach Seymour how human people smile.

BREAKING NEWS: Following outrage as teenagers ride bikes to the beach in summer, top investigative journalist identifies rich teenagers have expensive bikes. www-news-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.news...

Looks like Trump will rapidly find out if Americans think punishing Colombia for not taking a plane load of undocumented migrants is worth the price of coffee going up 50%. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When you drop Ketamine at the party and forgot you're supposed to make a speech.

I took a ride on a giant gondola in Taipei, and wrote some thoughts on the experience of using cableways for public transit. Check out my latest article: Gondolas for mass transit? www.linkedin.com/pulse/gondol... via @LinkedIn

Cook Straight Tunnel? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... @nicolas-reid.bsky.social

Empire of the realm of New Zealand. For strategic security.

People of the central north island. We need to find who is responsible for this abomination and bring them to justice.

There are 365 days until Christmas and people already have their lights up! Unbelievable.

Interesting theory, retail operators think all their customers come by car because drivers are more vocal about how terrible their transport is.

Wow, hope this is a trial to test the waters for a permanent service!

Yeah well you can’t beat Auckland on a good day either!

Ok someone help me out here. It looks like Te Waihorotiu station doesn’t have an entrance from either side of the street corner. Is this correct?!

Speaking of ... it seems sensible to start small, in order to start at all... www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2021/05/05/t...

Strangely, the mayor seems to be suggesting that the chargers to top up the ferries should be located somewhere where ferries don’t go?

Much wider scope for transit oriented development, upzoning, etc when a connected multi-modal network is considered.

thought it'd be interesting to look at how ~30-year-ish rapid transit plans have evolved in auckland over the past decade (2014-2024)

Strong Auckland Light Rail bad vibes: overdesign, risk aversion and lack of in-house capacity (relying on consultants).

So I’ve been in the Auckland city centre this week after some time away… what’s happened to Queen street?! -people everywhere -buses work great -hardly any traffic -all the shops open -new cafes and bars -no crackheads screaming at demons -clean and tidy

Nothing makes me feel at home like the view from the top of a double decker bus going over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

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