Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So we could have had an awesome $120 m golden mile upgrade, with a $60m cost to council. Instead we are looking at a $40m max upgrade with a $40m max cost to council. Yep the $20m-40m extra is real $$ but this is a huge lost opportunity to transform CP. Truly visonless stuff. 050
Reposted by Yvette TaylorRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today confirmed that we have gone from $60 million government co-funding for the Golden Mile to an assumption of $0 government co-funding for its replacement 137219
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026whipping themselves into a frenzy about a part time bus lane that will make everyone's bus trips faster and benefit the many people who want to go to te papa, takina, the waterfront the many office buildings on the quays. They don't understand city geometry 0111
Reposted by Yvette TaylorEmathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from. 933711918
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If the Labour actually believed in anything, they'd campaign on a job guarantee policy, especially for young people 011
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A few tears seeing all the heartwarming pics from people on the first CRL trains 🥹 What a day for all of us who believe our cities can be better. Thinking of all the people who dreamed big and had the political courage to make it happen 🚆🏙️ 🎉 000
Reposted by Yvette TaylorKent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I had a thing or two to say about the utter lack of any economic strategy from the two major parties, because – like everyone else – I'm tired of listening to them bang on about the government deficit as if it's the only thing that matters #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...thepost.co.nzMajor parties’ obsession with arbitrary deficit figure is not an economic strategyOPINION: We’re continuing to talk about the government deficit because we’re refusing to talk about a national economic strategy, says Kent Duston. 45722
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wellington has gone backwards cause decisionmakers are opposed to absolutely everything that means cars having to share space with other road users.This bus lane is so tame(2 lanes of a 6 lane road, not even operating all day!) And obvious to anyone who catches a bus on lambton quay that it's needed 0223
Reposted by Yvette TaylorRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Last term we looked at closing a community centre, a pool and sell airport shares amongst other savings. Local MPs of various stripes, including Labour & National, intervened to save these. They might want to cap rates but are the first to try and stop us doing what that requires. 108724
Reposted by Yvette TaylorThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Democracy takes many forms, and giving the bus its own lane so 40 people on a bus can sail by a handful of people driving alone in private cars is one of them. 91346224
Reposted by Yvette TaylorBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, land-use sprawl, too many cars driving too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense. 727877
Reposted by Yvette TaylorBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath 11479239
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Andrew Little and Labour councilliors cutting cycleways in Wellington to try to show how responsible they are with public money have got it all wrong 000
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Curiously, I haven't seen boomers complaining about the loss of 200 car parks on Vivian St.. 030
Reposted by Yvette TaylorJoel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Wellington's failure to build an obviously needed upgrade to its dilapidated main streets is a damning and demonstrative example of a capital city self-immolating through incompetence and political cowardice. 27918
Reposted by Yvette TaylorJoel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The conservative minority on Wellington City Council never had the votes to kill the Golden Mile, so instead they played for time, demanding more reviews and consultation to delay it until a conservative won the mayoralty. Andrew Little has played right into their hands. 58727
Reposted by Yvette TaylorMagpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 11/11/2025It cost Casey Costello $4500 to hire a room to meet with Irish anti-trans activist Helen Joyce. $1000 for a council social event to unveil a painting is peanuts & much more positive bc it involves sthg tangible (painting) & supports a local artist. 0237
Reposted by Yvette TaylorPeter Tulip @petertulip.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Greens, socialists and other leftist opponents of zoning liberalisation insist on big spending on social housing instead. Their mistake is viewing upzoning as an alternative to social housing. No, it is a precondition. 1111
Reposted by Yvette TaylorAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The fact that people are allowed to store their cars in the street is really weird - after all, a car is an individual's own private property and their responsibility. I can't think of a single other item you can store in public in this way. 5850670
Reposted by Yvette TaylorRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 17/10/2025It won’t be the big story today and I am not the big winner, but so proud of my team. Even with a shift to a different party, we won 1386 more first preferences than last election. All without saying a bad word against anyone. Thank you 💚 3663
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Mums and dad's across NZ already own the assets when they're in public ownership 030
Reposted by Yvette TaylorRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I want to emphasise the importance of anyone with a progressive or even a fair-minded bone in their body in the Wharangi Onslow-Western ward giving me their first preference. Please hit up friends in Karori, Ngaio, Wilton, Northland, Wadestown, Khandallah etc to check they voted 27429
Reposted by Yvette TaylorHayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Feel like our priorities on what's urgent may be a bit skewed 820763
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Imagine if this was a story about how the motorway system hadnt been built in Auckland, and how the central city and suburbs like Newton, western springs, Newmarket, Greenlane weren't destroyed 000
Reposted by Yvette TaylorTory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Better Wellington were aggressive and abusive toward Rebecca. An audience member said many there felt unsafe. This abuse is no longer limited to the internet and why I haven't attended these events. Imagine a council dominated by BW and Independent Together. We can't let this happen. #nzpol 210737
Reposted by Yvette TaylorBen Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Ironically the Regulatory Takings clause in the proposed Planning Act would enable developers to sue the arse off Seymour for denying them the enjoyment of property rights 0248
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Crazy seeing roads in Wellington's city suburbs jammed with cars and owners only having to pay $300 per year for a permit. So much inner city public road space taken up for private use to the detriment of public transport, cycling etc, but very little incentive for car owners to change 000
Reposted by Yvette TaylorBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2025What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc). Graphic via Seattle Subway based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago. 720075
Reposted by Yvette TaylorTim Gummer @timgummer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025"24 year old planning student got up and said he lives in a damp mouldy flat in a special character area and older people are preventing the change we need. Troy Churton, from a local board, started shouting at him." NIMBYS ARE PSYCHOPATHS. 073
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The big question is why did they decide to change the plan for the hierarchy of comparators to remove those from outside the sector or industry..when they were originally going to be included? All the advice is redacted. This effectively wipes out a teachers claim, so it would be very good to know. 000
Yvette Taylor @yvettect.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I've spent all morning reading these docs and its totally outrageous. There's about zero mention of the benefits of life changing pay equity settlements and how it is a GOOD THING! 000
Reposted by Yvette TaylorHenry Peach @henrypeach.bsky.social · 17/06/2025More detail on our plan here 💚 021
Reposted by Yvette TaylorThomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 19/05/2025The absolute number one thing the city council can do for public transport is bus lanes, including most crucially the Golden Mile, Harbour Quays and eastern suburbs connection. Serious candidates committed to public transport need to commit to advancing the bus priority plan with no more delays. 2/ 0313
