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🚲 rider & accidental active-mode activist; admin for Bike Owairaka; mum to 🐶🐱🐔; 💚🌏

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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Findings of new study – released as fuel prices for motor vehicles soar internationally – include fatality rates dropping, per 10 million trips, by 88% in Paris, 82% in London and 62% in New York City Meanwhile in Ontario…Doug Ford is demanding that bike lanes are removed! 😱
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Post-pandemic cycling boom in major cities, as cyclist safety improved thanks to more and better cycling infrastructure - Taylor & Francis Newsroom
Cycling in some of the world’s largest cities has continued to increase since the pandemic, thanks to safer and improved infrastructure which is also leading to a drop in fatality rates. Tracking data...
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Same text message as in the post, on a new poster from the Urban Truth Collective. Background image is a massive wide freeway, splitting neighbourhoods and filled with cars. #CarDependency #Traffic #Congestion
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NZ Transit Buzz @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#RailNews: AT have shared an updated CRL day 1 passenger count. At 5pm Sunday, approximately 61,000 people were recorded getting on the train network so far by door counters, which is well over three times more than was recorded by the same time last Sunday.
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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Who was nerdy enough to take a bike along for his first ride on the CRL? While wearing his nerdiest t-shirt?
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
First day of CRL in Tamaki Makaurau 🥳🚊 ‘Allo ‘Allo, who’s this at Orakei station? #multi-modetravel #nzpol
Train platform at Karanga-a-hape station Small white dog wearing muzzle on trainOrakei train platform with National Party announcement from Luxon, Bishop et al about new Transport Police force- if re-elected Chris Bishop and Mark Mitchell after National Party announcement
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Going Down 👎 The minuscule type (6pt?) in today’s inexplicably smaller format Sunday mag has rendered it unreadable 🧐😣 what’s the story, Matthew Hooton? #shrinkflation @stuff.co.nz
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
With cars, the math ain't mathin'
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Children are the most honest test about whether a community works. If getting to school is difficult for them, something about the system is broken" 👏🚲🛴 #bikebus #walkingbus #activemodes
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Unreal. This is the largest critical mass I’ve ever been apart of. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Bike Edmonton @bikeedmonton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Observations on day 1 of a Week Without Bike Lanes: Traffic is sooooo slow and inefficient. Got several compliments on my sign, and one "pop a wheelie!" from a truck bro. No nastiness or aggression so far. Taking the lane is even more fun with friends. #yegbike
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Bryce @brycepearce.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I knew the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway was going to be expensive but, potentially $9 billion expensive I wasn’t expecting. This is just eye watering. @greaterauckland.bsky.social www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/01/w... l
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Warkworth to Te Hana deal to cost us over $9,000,000,000? - Greater Auckland
A few weeks ago, I asked This differs from the ‘nominal value’, aka the amount of money that is actually paid (without adjusting for change in value due to inflation). In the MCERT documents, the brea...
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"94 crashes were recorded in the 5 years prior to installation incl. 5 serious injury crashes. Now 6 crashes pa, no serious injuries. The social cost of each serious injury is approx $1 million, so it's an excellent return on investment" 🤯 #nzpol #ohthepoorcars www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...
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Auckland speed table modified after complaints, claims of damage to vehicles
A resident group in a West Auckland suburb is fuming over the wasted tax and ratepayer money being spent to modify a new speed table ramp that was part of a million dollar project five years ago.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 19/08/2026
In Montréal, what started as an emergency pandemic response has evolved into the continent’s most ambitious car-free scheme. Across 9.3 kilometres of 11 commercial arteries in seven boroughs, entire corridors have been handed back to pedestrians, helping some 2,100 businesses thrive in the process.🧵
People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and dine along a pedestrianised street in Montreal. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.
People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and dine along a pedestrianised street in Montreal. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.
People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and dine along a pedestrianised street in Montreal. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Great news. Champagne time🥂 💐. The Auckland Motorway Network is complete (admits govt). Now it's maintain, optimise, and complete the missing networks: Rapid Transit and Cycleways. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/smar...
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What the actual...? ACT declares "Climate Emergency Over" and NZ First's Matua Shane says "we believe the climate narrative has assumed the features of a secular religion" and confirms they will remove NZ from the Paris Agreement 🤯 #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Political parties make their climate adaptation pitch
Political parties have made their pitch on how they will deal with climate adaptation if they are part of the next government.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bishops Fast track 2nd Auckland harbour bridge ideas #nzpol
Mock-up of cable cars crossing Auckland Harbour
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Loving the new Karanga-a-hape station 🥰🚊 but already obvious that bike parking is needed on Beresford Square 🚲 #CRL
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tamaki Makaurau city centre looking good! And making it easier for people to arrive by train and get around on foot and other active modes 🏙️🚆🚶🚲🛴 #cities4people #climateaction @aucklandcouncil.bsky.social ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2026/08...
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Then and Now: the city centre’s extraordinary transformation
"Our three station neighbourhoods in the city centre are ready for thousands of people who will ascend the escalators to street level" - Councillor Hills
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yes, it's true! And the kicker is that 18,000km of riding over 4 years has saved $4k on petrol costs alone💰😀 #cargobikes #dogsonbikes #activemodes #petrolbuster #climateaction
Cargo bike picking up groceries from supermarket collection areaCarbo bike collecting fertilizer from plant supply shopDog in front basket of cargobike with "Brownie's Pool", Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland central city waterfront, in the bgDog in front basket of cargo bike being dropped at Doggie Daycare
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... "the current car-dependent system cannot be sustained: it requires enormous amounts of money, space and maintenance... we need more choices so that people can have a good life without being dependent on the car" 🚶🚲🛴🚆🚌 #activemodes #climateaction
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Wellington not alone in struggling to get public transport up and running, Dutch expert says
It's not just Wellington - cities around the world struggle to change their transport infrastructure, an expert reveals.
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Bike Auckland @bikeauckland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Last day today for Local Board 3 year plans! Ask for safe, connected walking, cycling and micro-mobility options, and be specific. Name the street, the intersection, the gap. How to submit: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/07/…
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
C'mon tamaki makaurau #showyourstripes Beat the fuel crisis, cost of living crisis plus reduce carbon emissions and commute by bike #activemodes #climateaction
Graduated shades of blue and red stripes depicting yearly annual temperatures in Auckland, New Zealand from 1863 - 2025, clearly showing a dramatic increase in temp in the last 3 decades
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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
Examples of striking Dutch bike-lane and urban biking infrastructure via Modacity Life.
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
An InterCity bus ride taught me NZ egalitarianism is a fairy tale
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An InterCity bus ride taught me NZ egalitarianism is a fairy tale
Kiwi Battlers, a hooded hoiker and a 40-year-old with three teeth show me how much my life has narrowed....
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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"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...
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Why every American family should have an e-bike at home
There’s a sentence that still sounds slightly radical in much of America, even though millions of people elsewhere in the...
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth
“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.  — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"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...
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Dead cyclist’s son makes passionate plea for Wellington cycleways
He was speaking on behalf of his late father, with
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owgf.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy @owgf.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
By every measure, 1 hour cities, built for cars, suck when compared to 15 minute cities built for people. #Urbanism #UrbanTruth #theWarOnCars #NotJustBikes
Left Image: Bustling walkable street
Caption: This is LIVING!
In a 15 minute city you walk out your door and everything is there :-)
Right Image: Giant Freeway filled with Cars
Caption: This is LOSING!
In a 1 hour city you have to drive everywhere, even to buy a loaf of bread!Left Image: Lady cycling through a green park
Caption: This is LIVING!
A 15 minute city is filled with nature, people, life, joy, freedom
Right Image: Giant Freeway filled with Cars
Caption: This is LOSING!
A 1 hour city is filled with noise, toxic pollution, rage and frustrationLeft Image: People walking with bikes along a road
Caption: This is LIVING!
In a 15 minute city people feel connected and healthy
Right Image: Driver stuck in traffic
Caption: This is LOSING!
In a 1 hour city people feel lonely, isolated, and unhealthyLeft Image: People cycling through a green park
Caption: This is LIVING!
A 15 minute city is safer more healthy more enjoyable
Right Image: Giant Freeway filled with Cars
Caption: This is LOSING!
A 1 hour city is dangerous unhealthy frustrating
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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 👏📚🎉
Bike valet parking outside Aotea Centre Auckland Writers Festival schedule board showing sold out sessions with yellow post-it notes
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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
two images with text beside

image 1: person riding a cargo bike: if cyclists without helmets bother you
Image 2: painted sharrow: so should bike lanes without protection
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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...
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Police presence excessive at Auckland push bike ride
The organiser of an Auckland push bike ride that ended with several arrests and dozens of tickets handed out says the police presence was excessive and he plans to meet with them later this week. Four...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“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.”
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‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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.
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The Office: Michael Scott Bows and Says Thank You
ALT: The Office: Michael Scott Bows and Says Thank You
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Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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
Bottle of freshly made rhubarb cordial and tray of muffins on cooktop
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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Things that are not allowed in Auckland
Screenshot from Counties Manukau Facebook post..


Police are reminding anyone considering joining informal bicycle rides across Auckland in coming weeks that we will be taking action.

Inspector Dave Christoffersen, of Counties Manukau, says Police are aware there are a number of these rides across parts of Counties Manukau and Auckland city planned for weekends in May.

“We are aware of plans for this coming weekend, as well as four separate events in May,” he says.

“We will be monitoring and taking appropriate enforcement action against those who choose not to follow road safety rules or engage in any other anti-social behaviour along the way.

“Where we can do so immediately we will, otherwise this will be through follow up enquiries.”

Inspector Christoffersen says Police are concerned those taking part are showing little regard for anyone else on the road.

“Riders need to consider their behaviour and the risk they are posing to themselves and others,” Inspector Christoffersen says.

“Previous events have seen riders all over the road, blocking cars, doing wheelies and in some instances intimidating members of the public.”

Police want to remind the organisers of these events that roads are a shared space, and the road rules are there to keep everyone safe.

“It is critical everyone take these safety messages seriously,” Inspector Christoffersen says.

“Organisers should assist riders in their group to abide by the rules and keep themselves and everyone else safe.”

Police encourage everyone riding a bike to:

•  Wear a helmet

• When in a group ride in single file

• Stick to the left-hand side of the road

• The road rules apply to you the same as to a motorist
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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...
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Landmark report finds climate harming NZ now, will worsen with inaction
A major new report on the risks climate change poses to New Zealand has found targeted action now could avert the worst impacts, Marc Daalder reports
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Factoring in climate change should be a mandatory "overlay" on all government policy #nzpol #climateadaptation #proactiveplanning www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
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Climate Change Commission report urges 'decisive' action as major risks loom
"Decisive" action is needed, a Climate Change Commission report says, with weather already causing "long-lasting hurt, grief and fear".
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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
Bikes parked on the street outside coffeeshop
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Bike Auckland @bikeauckland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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
Media release from the Urban Truth Collective on the #1HourCityConspiracy.

“The campaign exposes the truth about those lies, while revealing that the real evidence-supported conspiracy, involving many of the same well-financed actors, is the one that’s created the one hour city. Rather than having life‘s essentials close by, in this one hour city, private sector lobbying and marketing over many decades has led to government decisions that separate and spread our communities out…”
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Patrick Morgan @patrickmorgan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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
People protected bike lane, Featherston St Wellington
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The tools for car-free travel are already sitting in Aotearoa’s garages 🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲🛴🚲 #activemodes #saferinfra #crisiswhatcrisis #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Cyclists call on government to implement better infrastructure amidst fuel crisis
An open letter with 470 signatures is urging politicians to support road controlling authorities to make changes to enable travel without the use of a car.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"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...
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An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?
Analysis: The storm is part of an increasingly familiar pattern reminding us that our communities and infrastructure aren't yet prepared to cope with what a warmer, wilder future holds.
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Here is a version for local use of the amount of officially declared States of Emergency for climate related reasons
The damaging events are on the right hand side of the graph. The right hand side of the graph is where we live now.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We dub this bike the DougalMobile for obvious reasons! 🚲🐶 #dogsonbikes #cargobikes
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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...
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Auckland school run chaos leaves 'hundreds late' to class
A principal of an Auckland school is frustrated that nothing has been done to fix the traffic chaos at one of the country's fastest growing suburbs.
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Jo Johnson @jojohnson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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
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