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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Meet the candidates - Kayla Kingdon-Bebb, Opportunity Party candidate for Wellington Bays @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Public talk with @ianwalker.bsky.social this Friday. 6:30pm 9th October 2026 VUW Vivian Street, Pōneke. Join us: events.humanitix.com/motonormativ...
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Motonormativity: How we struggle to see the problems of car dependency
Motonormativity underpins car dependency and all the harms that entails. Prof Walker looks at how it arises, how it is shaped, and what we might do about it.
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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Click here to watch the full episode: youtu.be/jzqKI2tAKoA
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My Bike Ride from the Wellington Airport to Downtown
YouTube video by Active Towns
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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wellington Airport Ride Short: Alex Dyer @axleryde.bsky.social shows me an impressive Dutch-inspired protected intersection. youtube.com/shorts/Z2Xrv...
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Checking Out a New Protected Intersection in Wellington #shorts
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet the candidates: Julie Anne Genter MP is contesting Wellington Bays electorate for the Greens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDo4... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
Julie Anne Genter, candidate for Wellington Bays, NZ general election 2026
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meet the candidates: Karunā Muthu is contesting the Wellington Bays (Rongotai) electorate for National. Karunā says he is a fan of balance: balancing the needs of people who drive with those who bike. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
Patrick Morgan and Karunā Muthu
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Meet Olivia. She's hosting Cycle Forward, a fundraising event on Te Ara Tupua next weekend. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social #cyclingwitholivia
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jaaaaaaaames.bsky.social @jaaaaaaaames.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This would be cool - Miramar peninsula permanently nicer to walk and bike (while staying vehicle-accessible) www.change.org/p/reclaim-mi... cc @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
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Reclaim Miramar Bays Roads for pedestrians and cyclists
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A great biking network delivers benefits to everyone in our community. In the middle of a fuel crisis, a climate crisis, and an affordability crisis; WCC is proposing to slam on the brakes on cycling projects. Have your say. Submissions close tmrw! www.cyclewellington.org.nz/annual_plan_...
A mum with a child cycling behind her older son at in intersection in Wellington.
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Last Saturday morning our Co-Chairs Alex and Linda cycled out to attend the dawn blessing of Te Ara Tupua. This magnificent facility is opening on 16 May. We're looking forward to riding it and celebrating!!! 🥳💚🚲
Alex and Linda at Honiara Reserve at the northern end of Te Ara Tupua after the dawn blessing.
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Walk Ride Rochdale @walkriderochdale.org.uk · 30/04/2026
Sharing this excellent and thought-provoking #GCN video again. “A disconnected cycle network is almost as bad as no cycle lane at all” Ask your #LocalElections2026 candidates to support #ActiveTravel
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Are Bike Lanes Actually Ruining Our Cities?
Bike lanes are one of the most divisive topics in urban planning, often criticized for serving only a privileged few while making life harder for drivers. In this video, we dive into the data from…
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In a fuel crisis, in a climate crisis, in an affordability crisis, it makes sense to build bike lanes. Join us tomorrow to call for action. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Our April newsletter is now available; 📣 Submit on the 2026 Annual Plan 📣 🚲 Sign CAN's open letter 🚲 Popup bike lane *new date* 🚲 2nd Aotearoa Healthy Shift webinar 🚲 Project updates ...and more! www.cyclewellington.org.nz/april_2026_n...
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April 2026 Newsletter
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Option B is for bikes.
Option B is for bikes.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Keep funding the bike network, Ben. Insane to slow out investment in affordable ways of getting around in a #fuelCrisis! docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Call to build emergency bike networks
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Keep calm and don't carry on driving. #carDependency #fuelCrisis #citiesForPeople youtu.be/eXNLaHsKMz8?...
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When Oil Gets Expensive, Cities Get Better
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#ShrinkTheCars #carSpreading #petromasculinity #breakCarCulture www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Why do so many want to drive a ute when you live in a city?
We need to talk about the cars on our roads or more specifically the utes. Utes are brilliant vehicles for the farm, for tradespeople and for people who actually need the space - but more and more the...
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Cycling Action Network @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Breaking news! the first of Otago University's Transport Research Network webnairs for winter 2026 is here! Dr Giulio Mattioli: Car dependence: understanding barriers to change through the decades. See here: youtu.be/nUu-j8m9Jv0?...
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Dr Giulio Mattioli: Car dependence: understanding barriers to change through the decades
YouTube video by University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Start with the easiest win. Completing Wellington's popular bike lane network would enable more people to get around by bike and avoid high fuel costs. Let's do this. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social
Avoid pain at the pump.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A fuel price sign with the bottom row showing a bike icon and 0.0 price.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Don't Be Gaslit on Why Public Transport isn't better set up for the current fuel concerns.
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Can recommend getting a Bullitt. Have had mine for nearly 10 years. I chose to not renew my driver's license, 'cos I just don't need one now. 😊💚🚲
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm headed to Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend to attend CANDo 2026! There's a lot going on for #cycling at the moment. A lot of people are suddenly talking about how to save on #transport costs. Come join me to get stuck in and get more people on #bikes more often! www.can.org.nz/cando2026
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CANDo2026 — Cycling Action Network
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
They are severely hostile towards #walking, #cycling, #publicTransport, #passengerRail, rail in general, and coastal shipping (including ferries!) Let's make sure we demand better from future governments when we vote later this year!for us, and future generations!
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Being more resilient to fuel supply disruption is only one of the many co-benefits of properly investing in other ways of getting around. The current government has made things even worse by their policy choices and actions.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New Zealand's #carDependency has been a massive liability for decades. Most just put it off, or in the too hard basket. Some work to exploit it. theconversation.com/iran-oil-cri...
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Iran oil crisis: why NZ’s car dependence is now a strategic liability
New Zealand generates more than 85% of its electricity from renewable sources, but transport remains almost entirely chained to imported oil.
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The submissions guide from @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social on those NZTA rule changes is now available, and there's no time like the present to write your submission. Consultation closes: 5pm Wed 25 March. www.can.org.nz/submissions
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Submissions — Cycling Action Network
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Incredibly liveable and creatively buzzy’... 'Wellington is very pedestrian and ebike friendly.': Bret McKenzie’s guide to Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara share.google/ssKodaobrUER...
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‘Incredibly liveable and creatively buzzy’: Bret McKenzie’s guide to Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara
The Flight of the Conchords comedian shares the New Zealand capital’s best coffee, nature spots and the pastries he’ll queue out the door for
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Kasey @kaseymcdonnell.co.nz · 08/03/2026
Labour councillors told us climate change demands urgent action. Now that bike lanes are at risk, we must remind them of that promise. wellyclimatenerd.net/wellingtons-...
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Wellington’s bike lane buildout is at risk. We can do something.
If you care about Wellington taking climate action, you have to tell our city councillors ahead of a vote on Thursday. Contact councillors to support climate action On Friday last week, Wellington C...
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Cycling is under attack. Wellington City Council is moving to give up on building out much of the emerging #bike network, and other critical #climateAction work. We need to keep them on the right path. Sign and share. action.greens.org.nz/wcc_petition
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Stop the Climate Cuts
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The bigly worrying 15 Minute Cities conspiracy expertly analyzed by @thedailyshow.com youtu.be/cu6ozB7mKDQ?...
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Culdesac Is the First Car-Free Neighborhood and Conspiracy Theorists Hate It | The Daily Show
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible. I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.
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Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🔥 Must watch. 🔥 #Transport policy is #health policy, and #bikes are #climateAction. open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
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A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health
I hosted a 'Hoon' previewing The Reality of Everything symposium, examining the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"They don't have any connection 2 the lives of us. & I do think about Mark Zuckerberg sitting in the back of a blacked-out limo being driven .. past homeless ... thinking: 'These r a sub-species 2 me'. - @imranahmed.bsky.social Cars create more distance than they overcome. youtu.be/WU1kbOYIg-k?...
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Can Criticizing Big Tech Get You Deported by Trump?
YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Great video on the suburban arms race. youtu.be/JPm4de6-eTg?...
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How Boomers Ruined Cars
YouTube video by Climate Town
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I had the chance to get an early explore of the Te Ara Tupua path and corridor resilience project today. Very impressive and nearly finished! We need more projects like this that prioritise #walking, #cycling, and #publicTransport like #passengeRail. Ka pai to all involved!
Train passes by the new walking and cycling path near Petone on a sunny summer day.Painting path marking that indicates the cycling space and walking space.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Driving is a sedentary activity. Spending more more on entrenching #carDependency will lead to worse health outcomes for New Zealanders. Transport policy is health policy. youtu.be/0RjuKZk_2FU?...
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The science behind exercise and why it's good for our bodies
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Like all Wellingtonians, we're dismayed by the situation the Moa Point failure has created. We trust that our leaders will work to identify the true causes behind this failure and deliver solutions that ensure this doesn’t happen again.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Useful breakdown of the current disinformation cycle being pedaled about cycleways vs poos. Scapegoating investment in cycling infrastructure is a shit argument. 💩💩 youtu.be/O3O_K7PJuho?...
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The Narrative Laundering literally turning to shit...
YouTube video by Paul… The Other One
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Please sign. fossiladban.org/fossil-free-...
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Fossil Free Aotearoa - Fossil Ad Ban
Fossil fuels are the new tobacco. Tell politicians to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships.
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
You can't beat Wellington on a bike day. Let's celebrate. Join us at Queen's Wharf for Go By Bike Day tomorrow 7.30-9am. www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/go-by-b... @cyclewgtn.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social
Wellington and bikes go together
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We deserve better. This piece from @cyclewgtn.bsky.social calls for affordable transport solutions: (de)congestion charging, bus lanes, bike lanes wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=177146
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Tunnel vision: Cycle Wellington opposes second tunnel and roading changes
Cycle Wellington wishes to register our strong opposition to the proposed “SH1 Wellington Improvements Project”, including the second Mt Victoria tunnel, widening of Ruahine Street and Wellingt...
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Light the lanes bike rave Sat. 6 Dec. Meet @ Wellington Pukeahu War Memorial. 6-7pm Family boogie & ride 8pm Main rave & ride start 'Tis the season for glowing lights, excited crowds, and mysterious jingling sounds approaching from afar...that's right, it's time for another Wellington Bike Rave! 💃
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Our November newsletter is out! 📢 Proposed motorway extension - Suggested survey guidance 💃🏼 Light the lanes bike rave - December 6th 📢 New gap campaign 🏅 Wellington ranked 47th in global ranking of bicycle-friendly cities 🎁 Project updates ...and more! www.cyclewellington.org.nz/november_202...
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November 2025 newsletter
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A bike
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
How awesome is this!! Wellington and Christchurch are both ranked in the top 50 cities in the world for people on #bikes! In Asia Pacific region #Christchurch is 1st & #Wellington is 3rd!! Congratulations to all who have put in so much mahi making #cycling better for Kiwis! 💚🚲 copenhagenizeindex.eu
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Copenhagenize index
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
So much promise. So little progress. share.google/fOkBgS8IXUrw...
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Reviewed: The first (and only) 25 metres of the Golden Mile
In this flow state, you achieve enlightenment: a vision of the Wellington of 2040 beckons you forward. 'Dream to live in a better city,' it dares you.
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
How awesome is this!! Wellington and Christchurch are both ranked in the top 50 cities in the world for people on #bikes! In Asia Pacific region #Christchurch is 1st & #Wellington is 3rd!! Congratulations to all who have put in so much mahi making #cycling better for Kiwis! 💚🚲 copenhagenizeindex.eu
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Copenhagenize index
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Cycle Wellington @cyclewgtn.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We are calling on Wellington City Council, Waka Kotahi, and KiwiRail to improve the shared path on Old Hutt Road. People who will be using the soon to open Te Ara Tupua path need a safe and attractive continuation of this soon to be iconic seaside path. www.cyclewellington.org.nz/new_old_hutt...
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New Old Hutt Road Path
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Idealistic Planter Boxes @axleryde.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Cars suck, actually. Featuring @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social from @thewaroncars.bsky.social ! 🤩👊🏼 youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE?...
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America is Addicted to Cars, with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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