Critical Mass Ōtepoti Dunedin

We’re not blocking the traffic, we ARE traffic! Advocating cycling from Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.

[Critical Mass Ōtepoti Dunedin @CriticalMassDUD]

@BikeAKL Wishing you an awesome rave, cycling whānau! 🚲🎶🚲🎵🚲🎶

[Bike Auckland @BikeAKL]

All kicking off for #BikeRave on the new Southern Path!

[Bike Auckland @BikeAKL]

Ata mārie Tāmaki-makau-rau.
https://t.co/JgWJtSqapv

[Walk Wheel Cycle Trust @WalkWheelCycleT]

Millennials are fuelling a boom in #cycling according to a recent survey of mobility habits and attitudes in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Berlin, via @roadcc. https://t.co/io2IJqZ8cr

[Critical Mass Ōtepoti Dunedin @CriticalMassDUD]

You are a legend, @domwhiting! (When are you coming to #Dunedin #NewZealand for our #CriticalMass?!)

https://t.co/rTDKUOVsvO

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Motorists woke up one mid-70s morning to find new 1-way streets made direct crosstown journeys impossible by car. 40 years later #Groningen boasts 2/3rds of all trips made by bike… & the cleanest air of any big Dutch city.”

Groningen has a lot to teach. https://t.co/tEh7OvPfB7

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

This will sound unbelievable to most people. (Not to me!)
A Danish study followed 30,000 people of all ages for 15 years.
Those who cycled to work were 40% less likely to die (of all causes)
over the study period.
https://t.co/Xzfazon3Td

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

Rue de Rivoli! A street I always dreaded crossing b/c of the car traffic. Hard to believe how much #Paris has changed.

[Martyn Schmoll @martynschmoll]

As we watch these car lobby protests play out in cities all around the world, it’s a good time to remember what it took in the Netherlands to get to the kinds of people-first streets many of us aspire to now. It didn’t just happen. It was a years-long, bloody battle. Armour up.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Our new book ‘Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives’ will be released by @IslandPress on June 29, 2021.

It argues for an end to auto-dependency and supremacy, through the lenses of equity, wellbeing, resilience, and social cohesion.

https://t.co/25cpF1u9ng

[Critical Mass Ōtepoti Dunedin @CriticalMassDUD]

This month's #CriticalMass ride in #Dunedin is this Friday! Meeting at 5.30 pm outside the Otago Museum. Don't forget to bring lights! #wearetraffic

[ⓑιcιcletⓞ @Bicicleto_ZGZ]

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⠀⠀Meanwhile in Verona (Italy)...
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[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

‘Safe streets have emptied my emergency department — we should keep them.’ It’s not a stretch to argue that safe streets should be funded through public health. https://t.co/SYUyc8ibz7

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Each and every day in Amsterdam—a city of 850,000 residents—half a million people hop on their bicycles and collectively ride over two million kilometres; that’s 50 times around the earth!

Not because they think it’s the right choice. But because it’s been made the easy choice.

[Spokes Ōtepoti Dunedin @SPOKESDunedin]

The glass industry is trying to get glass excluded from the Container Return Scheme.
A petition has been created aimed at @DavidParkerMP in support of an all inclusive scheme, not a watered-down version.
Sign for the sake of our streets and inner tubes...
https://t.co/wfLgYWyL7A

[APPG for Cycling & Walking @APPGCW]

From The Guardian:

“Opponents of LTNs claim they delay emergency services – but look at the facts”

‘One thing is clear: there is virtually no evidence that low-traffic neighbourhood schemes hold up emergency vehicles’
https://t.co/F7pHnWkfEp

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

What if the tables were turned?

[Bike Auckland @BikeAKL]

A bike ride to the Vegan Food Festival? What a way to spend your Sunday! 🌍

Our free bike valet parking service will be there to care for your bike while you shop and eat to your heart’s content! Come & visit between 10 - 4 at Corban Estate Arts Centre in Henderson 🥑 🌶️ 🥕