Give people attractive and enjoyable places to walk and soak up human interactions and experiences and they tend to find them.

For active transport, don’t remove - improve www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Aotearoa has reached new maturity levels in Planning: No submitters opposed the proposal to carry over National Policy Statement on Urban Development requirements to not set minimum car parking. www.hud.govt.nz/documents/su...

PPE is the lowest rung on the hierarchy of controls. Elimination is the top. So if we design streets around schools to permanently reduce speeds, behaviours will change. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Connecting Activity Centres with public transport options to improve accessibility and reduce dependency on vehicle trips = no brainer. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

No local authority in England has demonstrated an "established culture of active travel"

When the very, very, very red lines appear on the Google street maps this may be what it means?

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.” Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social

Best way to get to and from that end of year gig? a) Bus b) Bus and Train c) Train All are acceptable.

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Wed, Dec 3rd, at 2 pm EST for my chat with @healthtepi.bsky.social from Perth, Australia, about the institutional subsidization of motonormativity that directly contributes to epidemic levels of physical inactivity. youtu.be/ZGIatCdRQVY

"It's estimated in the inner city something like 40 per cent of the current car parking spaces aren't being used" In Perth, for multiple dwellings, that figure is a solid 30%+. It's ridiculous to still hear "but we need those spaces" in development project meetings. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

So, NSW pedestrian and cyclists deaths are up on annual differential and looking at the three year average trend? That's not exactly "Towards Zero" www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files...

Nice sentiments, but design controls are key. Typically in Perth, this means 4 basic 3x2 beds replacing one house on a big lot with each unit having 2 car bays and limited mode shift away from car trips. We have enough of those. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Nothing in this is unfamiliar to every other major Australian urban area. A systemic combination of financial, planning / development, and strategic / political biases in how our urban areas evolve to prioritise commercial gain has led us to this. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Happy Metro Tunnel Opening Day for all those who celebrate! 🚇🥳 Better, reliable, accessible, fast, frequent, connected public transport opens up access to opportunity, and gets more people off the roads and out of the traffic. #Melbourne #MetroTunnel

Really?

Day 1 of the #ashes in Perth and the trains heading into Perth and then out to the Stadium are absolutely buzzing.

Joel McManus is 100% bang on here.👏 "But when we use terms like “CBD”, we ingrain the idea that city centres exist merely for businesses. People become an afterthought in a concrete world of functional efficiency. And when people suffer, so do businesses". thespinoff.co.nz/business/18-...

Scrolls the #Copenhagenize index looking hopefully for Perth. Wait, what, Wellington?! momentummag.com/the-30-most-...

There is such a thing as a “good” tax.

Not every day is pure transport planning…

Fair to point out that a number of these station precincts have had increased height allowances and design guidelines for density controls over them for a number of years. Also fair to point out that some of them haven't. www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/wes...

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Saving lives deemed "rubbish" and "stupidity". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.

Naturally, wanting to save lives through a simplistic yet proven and effective measure, is not popular. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Interesting how the infrastructure advisory body goes into this level of detail for a key part of the transport network rather than "we should do a plan that..."👏 www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/recommendati...

“It’s a great initiative, with positive sides for our health and our planet, so I hope with time these issues get resolved.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Check it out. New simple parklet area for Korean restaurant being set up on Newcastle Street replacing a parking bay and no one has lost their marbles over it. Simple = ✅

Totally thought they were going to say remove parking minimums. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

File this under “decent pedestrian priority - in a car park”

Starting trying to count car parks with more than 80 spaces here and gave up through sheer volume 🫤

"One of the other neighbours said, 'Oh, we knew as soon as that train came in that it would bring trouble'," Jean told reporters. Right, Jean. 🤦‍♀️🤦🤦‍♂️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Hmmmm….. Location is everything.

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer

Welcome to Perth, have a nice stay.

“cycling rates in Australia were low – about 2% of trips to work – and had barely shifted in the past 20 years, despite state and local government ambitions” That’s the quote that sums it up really. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some school runs are just naturally better than others. #schoodle #schoolrun

Salient points on planning in here. We have these really wide corridors called local streets. Could always rip up half the carriageway and increase planting all while reducing bitumen and not impacting ability to travel through those corridors? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths: "It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die." "[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

That’s the realistically easy part done. Now, let’s start to add value to what’s been built with maximising opportunities up to 10km from Perth, not 45km. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

All the more reason to get on your hiking boots, or jump on a bike and take a slower route through some of the amazing Hills around Perth and the South-West. Grab the train to High Wycombe and then the 275 or 276 and hop off for a walk.

It’s instructive that really good priority infrastructure for peds is often seen in private spaces and car parks. They realise the need to provide appropriate priority in those areas to keep people safer. Try do this in a public setting though and expect barrier after barrier and reasons for “no”

Plans unveiled for a new ferry terminal with docking for five electric ferries, along with facilities for high voltage charging.

May look like a weather post but actually means today (like every day) is a great day for a 🚶🏼🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼🚶🏼‍♂️or 🚲🚲🚴‍♀️🚴🚲🚴🏻‍♂️🚴‍♀️!!

Great redevelopment....but don't touch the car park.... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

“about 5:15pm, a two-year-old was hit by THE DRIVER OF A Mitsubishi Pajero station wagon near the intersection of Weerwar Crescent and Landor Street” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Nothing beats teaching the next generation of entitled drivers that it is absolutely acceptable to park your Landcruiser on a footpath and yellow line and obstruct the driveway to staff area AT A SCHOOL.

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Now this is a sport! What a time to be alive. 😑 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...