IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

An InterCity bus ride taught me NZ egalitarianism is a fairy tale

"Sure, not every person and not every trip. Maybe not even as a complete replacement for cars. But as a standard household tool? Absolutely!" Bikes (electric or non) can replace (dare I say it) transit trips. Especially in dense cities depending on where you're going. electrek.co/2026/05/18/w...

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

"This city is not safe for cyclists and it's your responsibility." 😭 Every council in Aotearoa should take note! #SaferInfrastructure @bikeauckland.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/595...

By every measure, 1 hour cities, built for cars, suck when compared to 15 minute cities built for people. #Urbanism #UrbanTruth #thewaroncars#urbanism#NotJustBikes

Thanks @bikeauckland.bsky.social for the valet 🚲😊 Rocked up to #AWF2026 with 5mins to spare and my ride was efficiently whisked away 👍🤣 Great to see so many sold out sessions - denoted by yellow post-it’s 👏📚🎉

Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Big ups to #bikelifecollectivenz organiser Kimami Ngaluafe 👏 Describes safety briefing to riders, addresses lack of helmets (no $$) plus responds to Lisa's query if it's possible to keep the riders in bikelanes - "not all road have bikelanes"... #saferinfra #nzpol 🚲🥷😄 www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

“The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a point of no return that will see it surrounded by ocean within decades due to the #ClimateCrisis, a stark new study has concluded.” The consequence of believing we “can’t afford #ClimateAction.”

Have you recently parked your car in favour of commuting by bicycle as a result of high gas prices? We would love to chat. Please send us a DM.

Let's shift the development paradigm from #Placetaking to #Placemaking through #PlaceLedDevelopment and #PlaceCapitalism. We've loved learning from, and supporting, the #PlacemakingAotearoa and #PlacemakingAuckland conversations and communities.

Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb 🤣 3 sticks from the garden have made a bottle of cordial plus muffins (great way to use up the leftover pulp) #wastenotwantnot #frugalbaker

Things that are not allowed in Auckland

Good morning! The Climate Change Commission has just released the first National Climate Change Risk Assessment in six years – and I've read the key document. In short: Climate change is here, we're not ready, but there's lots we can do to prepare. For more: newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/07/l...

Factoring in climate change should be a mandatory "overlay" on all government policy #nzpol #climateadaptation #proactiveplanning www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Lovely morning to catch up for a coffee on K Rd with @bikeauckland.bsky.social @lockydock.bsky.social and talk about all things bikey! Plus commuting out to Henderson afterwards it was fab to see so many smiling people on bikes 🚲😄 #activetransport #crisiswhatcrisis #nzpol

Road deaths and life-changing injuries affect thousands of families each year. Aotearoa's streets *must* get safer. 👉 Find out more at roadsafetyweek.org.nz Image: ghost bikes in Tāmaki Makaurau represent the children and adults killed while riding their bike in one year.

Making people rely on cars alone was “one of the great planning mistakes of the 20th century. Car travel was a symbol of freedom but now people have cars because they have to.” #TheFutureIsRail #nzpol

MEDIA RELEASE: “The 1-Hour City Conspiracy.” If you are traditional or new media and would like to write, talk, or post about the REAL conspiracy in cities, read our media release, and send us a DM for more information. It’s already making BIG waves! And allies, please help share this. #UrbanTruth

What do you do when your city cancels bike lane plans? You build a people-protected bike lane. We put our bodies on the line. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

The tools for car-free travel are already sitting in Aotearoa’s garages 🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲 #activemodes #saferinfra #crisiswhatcrisis #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"The only way to stop more extreme events is to stop adding greenhouse gases to the air, esp. carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning. Anything our govt can do to move away from fossil energy we would all be thankful for." #climateaction #electrifyNZ #activemodes 🚶🚲🛴🚌🚆🌏 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Here is a version for local use of the amount of officially declared States of Emergency for climate related reasons

We dub this bike the DougalMobile for obvious reasons! 🚲🐶 #dogsonbikes #cargobikes

CarBrain is alive & well! "We need 2 entries in and out of Scott Point because it would halve the traffic." #InducedDemand 🤯 The real problem is the closed walkway/cycleway so parents say: "You can't let a 5-year-old walk these streets cos construction's going on." www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/592...

Lively panel discussion in the hood tonight on how we ensure our transport system is sustainable for the future 💚 Vote Greens of course! 🚲🚶🛴🚌🚊⚡️☀️ #activemodes #freePT #electrifyNZ

"Keat said that had two components - 100 percent renewable electricity generation and slowly electrifying the transport fleet. "Most other countries in the world outside MAGA US states and New Zealand are doing that now, at pace. For some reason, New Zealand's going down the 1980s path."

"The opportunity for a cultural reset, establish a more resilient, healthier & cheaper way of living in NZ. Why is none of this on the government’s agenda?" 🤯 It's so blindingly obvious, surely someone in the Beehive is thinking like Simon?🦗 #nzpol #climateaction #costofliving #fuelresilience

C'mon Kiwis: “avoid, shift, improve” are essential for both decarbonisation and energy resilience #climateaction #fuelcrisis #nzpol

“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”

One other thing, watching Jacinda in action, not an actor playing her but by crikey her with behind the scenes snippets never made it more obvious how much of a leadership vacuum we are in, Jacinda would never have failed us in a crisis, it should be complicity viewing #NZPol

Oil reserves last for weeks. Solar panels last for decades. It’s time that we got serious with solar! #EnergyRevolution #iran action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/sol...

In Nov 2025 Chris Bishop removed the incentives that existed under the Clean Car Standard to encourage the import of fuel efficient cars and penalize gas guzzlers. This move cost Govt $264m. And increased NZ's fossil fuel use and emissions. Dumb and dumber www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/clean-c...

I mean, it was obvious the numbers were going to look like this, but it's still startling to look at them and be confronted by what an absolute fantasy this whole thing is.

People rushing to drop $50k on a new EV and commit to years of payments, insurance, registration, WOF, etc. I'm trying to decide whether to replace the $7 kickstand feet on my "EV" or wait another month. Cargo e-bikes would probably work for a lot more people than you'd think.

This does not rock

When cars kill, it's just the cost of doing business. When e-bikes get popular, suddenly we need strict ordinances to stop "accidents".

Being able to take my scooter on the bus absolutely crushes the travel duration - cutting the walk time down to almost nothing, so instead of 1hr 10 to get from one end of the city to the other, it'll take me just 40 minutes. 30 minutes of that 1hr 10 is just walking to and from the bus stops.

I reckon this InterCity April Fool is a bloody great idea! 🧐The 1st bicycles were panned + banned in many places, but today they're a cheap & "green" travel option, a high-profile sport & every kid's rite of passage - graduating from training wheels to 2wheels 🚲🌏💚 www.facebook.com/share/p/1FhC...

Even without insane and illegal wars, the thing about any dependency, including car dependency, is that once you’re dependent, they can do whatever they want with the prices. Real freedom is choices. #UrbanTruth

“I feel I have done my job. People can see through the lies because they see, live and breathe it and they see things are better for them.”

It's confirmed: Kiwis are #carbrained 🤯 NZ tops the 30 countries surveyed in car usage, ahead of famously car-dependent USA. 51% of peeps in Aotearoa said it would be impossible to live without a car; 66% said it was their primary mode of transport 🚗 Will the fuel crisis make a difference? #nzpol

57.7% of NZers, 2.9 million people, can reach public transport within a 10-minute walk. Auckland hits 87.8%. The govt's new fuel subsidy targets 143,000 families. Free fares could reach 20x as many. NZ has the access. What's the argument against?

Very occasionally I agree with our Mayor... "To pay people to carry on doing exactly what they did before, when we know it's not a good idea to have everyone driving into the city, strikes me as dumb, really." 🚌🚆🚲🚶 #PT #activemodes #crisiswhatcrisis www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

I’m sharing this because gatekeeping in the cycling community has to stop. If our collective goal is to get people out of cars, we cannot attack the exact tools that make a car-light lifestyle possible. E-cargo bikes eliminate excuses. Let people use the tool that works best for them.

I biked 2 months in New Zealand in my 20’s. I took a car/bus through some of it. (Our plan exceeded our biking legs.) The land I biked I still feel with an intensity/intimacy that driving can’t match. Read this article.

You should read this. It’s excellent communication & story-telling. “I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more. Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off...” #UrbanTruth From @irishtimes.com

I would add to this. If you’re unfamiliar with safe cycling routes where you live and find this a daunting task, I recommend contacting your local cycle advocacy group. They may* be able to help you plan the safest route for you to take. * even if this isn’t advertised, most groups will have

Mike Casey spells out some obvious reasons and ways to electrify NZ. The current govt “got caught with its pants down” is charitable. youtu.be/X5RXdQyqikM?...