Jessica de Heij

Australia has had solar subsidies for so long that some of my Aussie colleagues are eligible for a second round of upgrades because it's been ten years.

NZ meanwhile, we can't have nice things. It might upset the status quo.

If a private company like Mainland Rail can see the good sense to drop their ticket prices, why can't Kiwirail?

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The problem is that Betterment Levies won't be allowed
That is if a Council rezones that BENEFITS the land owners Councils can not levy Value Capture Taxes

Socialise the losses
Privatize the gains

The post is for Webworm members, but I want to sneak this point from behind the wall (sorry David) because I think a lot of adults don't understand what social media is to today's young people.

A social media ban aims to separate kids from their communities.

Two minutes of footage of wheelchair users on bike lanes in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.

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Welp... I guess I'm not using Bluesky any more... no way am I gonna give them this info lol

If Labour truly - as I've been told and told and TOLD for at least a decade - wants to do what it takes to get into power and earn the political capital to reform our broken systems, literally the worst thing they can do is cut off the other left parties in order to paint themselves as Sensible

Slide from Brent Toderian at @toderianUW.bsky.social that says “If you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers. If you design a multi-model city, it works better for everyone, including drivers.”

Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.

If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.

INCLUDING DRIVERS.

The “war on cars” has always been a lie.

Yeah I just gave up at some point. 🤦‍♀️

Unlike Auckland Transport (which needs at least 5 requests and 6 months to fix things), Dunedin City Council does maintenance a week within sending a request. How good!!👏👏👏

Shared path overgrown, and all sorted now. 🥳😍

Town Belt proposal: Car-free area to be considered Pop-up yoga, nature play and AI monitoring technology could be part of a reimagined, car-free area in Dunedin’s Town Belt. Trialling active travel...

www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

How good would this be? 😍

“Town Belt proposal: Car-free area to be considered.

Under the proposal sections of Queens Dr and Braid Rd would be closed to through traffic for three months from January while a shared pathway connecting Roslyn, Mornington and City Rise is tested.”

Just in case I’m not hitting every single green stereotype today (I absolutely am) I am so excited to read DCCs proposal for the car-free town belt!

It’s so good, eh! Just a start, but good to see 😍

Wider inquiry into McSkimming saga not needed ‒ Luxon The PM says he is comfortable questions concerning the involvement of politicians have been answered. “For me, I'm more focused on what’s the solution ... this is an organisation that needs to make sure this never ever happens again.”

The PM says he is comfortable questions concerning the involvement of politicians have been answered. “For me, I'm more focused on what’s the solution ... this is an organisation that needs to make sure this never ever happens again.”

Over the hedge meme saying “what is this place?”

People from Vienna in the suburbs of Kansas City next year for the World Cup:

We've been noticing a lot of National Party adverts on Youtube - all boasting they've brought us 'Back on Track'. Electioneering already.

She is still at it, eh! 🤦‍♀️

Cowboy hat wearing cycleway sabatour putting these signs up all over Grey Lynn Shops and Surrey Crescent today, based on some completely deranged idea of whats happening.

Interesting whos hoarding (cough cough Mike Lee) was used to make these signs...

Has the National Party contemplated the bold step of them improving productivity by not being in power. There is more evidence for that than the justifications I am seeing in the media about worker holiday rights.

Look at all the things you can do in walkable cities.

Bollards with tables on top in Naples, Italy. Photo by me.

Bollard-top beverage tables are my niche brand of urbanism.

Long lines of mature London plane trees define roadway in north Utrecht.

Newly planted trees in newly repaved Amsterdammesstraatweg

Trees line a major road and bike path going under a railroad underpass

Utrecht has made space not just for bikes, but for trees.

Trees are prioritized, given space, and maintained by the municipality, not just in parks, but along every road that is developed.

A resilient city prepares for the future on a warming planet.

"'The Others Way showed...that with the right creative approach you can do things that you wouldn’t have thought were possible.' Like close down a major arterial for an event. Holloway thinks Karangahape Rd should close six to eight times a year for a wide variety of events. 'That’s the vision.'" 😍🥰

28°C to 32°C across the east coast of New Zealand

Nouveau Zealand el sorchio

Plenty if room between the pterodactyl droppings to ride ines bike

A longer shot ti show some of the view

One if the million dollar holes.

Unofficial extension to Alps2Ocean #cycling #A2O from Oamaru head towards beach road South to the old coast road.

Yes the one blocked to cars but excellent for cycling or walking. This is the real ocean bit of the ride. If Oamaru council had any vision they would be promoting this.

Honestly, with a lot of things happening right now, it's easy to feel down.

But then you go see (and celebrate) the great things that are happening, and cheer right back up :)

Need to talk up the good way more tbh!

28.6 degrees here in Ōtepoti Dunedin atm 🥵

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