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Hoping to change the world, one carpark at a time. Averaging a tweet a month...

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Sponsoring The Future Is Rail Conference today. And testing our purpose statement. What do you think? https://t.co/1PbOOMaDNM

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We only have a couple of spaces left for this Urban Economics course taught by the great @StuartBDonovan and Shane Martin. Last year's course had glowing feedback. We are not sure when we will be in Aotearoa with this course so don't miss out!

Just a rem…https://t.co/vzK8jOwndK

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This doesn’t get a lot of airtime but business land is a key consideration in planning the future of our cities. Shane Martin talks about why planning for business land is really important (and really hard!).

Interested in your thoughts? Are we ignoring…https://t.co/dj0AhP7z7R

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We recently released our purpose statement with our mission “to create a world where anyone can thrive without a car”.

We’ve received a lot of support and positive feedback, plus a couple of challenges. Thanks to everyone who has…https://t.co/ufNY7YNxx9 https://t.co/4y2z3Wmow0

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I am excited (and maybe a little nervous!) to announce that we are publicly sharing our company purpose. We believe it's important to take a stand and draw a clear line, even if it may seem polarizing or risky.

As a company that strives to make a positi…https://t.co/0EQhI02ceq

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If you are interested in learning more about B Corp, we are going to be speaking at this ACE New Zealand webinar. @thegrowgoodco will be there so guaranteed it will be entertaining!

If you register you will receive a link to the recording (even if you ca…https://t.co/CqVOmEea2G

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A great paper by Anthony Cross and Pippa Mitchell.

I've lost count of the number of times that an amazing PT improvement project doesn't live up to its potential because some of these details are overlooked. This is disappointing for those who work on t…https://t.co/n7eRC02OiA

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The work of @StuartBDonovan and @JulieAnneGenterinspired me to join MRCagney so many years ago. They were focused on many areas of sustainable transport but parking reform was a big one for me. Check out this video about parking that they recorded.

I was…https://t.co/inxhcO1Qys

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Super excited to share this news to start 2023!

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Darren on many projects over the last 10 years or so. He’s a brilliant transport planner who has been involved in many transformational projects across the country but…https://t.co/QZBcq0yM55

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We are thinking about running this urban economics course again. Do reach out if you are interested. https://t.co/beEFSGzY8O

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I normally just stick to transport and urbanism posts but I'm sharing this because I'm not seeing enough of this perspective in our media at the moment.

No one wants increased crime but there is a need to understand some of the underlying causes. Can we…https://t.co/FRCxEy1lso

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For anyone attending the Transport Knowledge Conference this week. https://t.co/8IaBKUGSiG

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We've just released our Induced Demand tool.

This is something the MRCagney transport planners and data scientists have been working on for a while now. Induced demand needs to be a massive consideration in transport planning and emissions reduction.

W…https://t.co/sxlcH5K6Ty

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A few people have asked who helped us with our B Corp journey. The answer is @thegrowgoodco. Tim is super knowledgeable about the B Corp process and was fun to work work with.

We just did this podcast chat with him where see some of that fun. We talked…https://t.co/2yfzHzPXI7

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With the removal of minimum parking requirements in Aotearoa, parking management is going to be critical for towns and cities. This is a great opportunity to hear learnings from Auckland Transport and Wellington City Council in this area. https://t.co/WP0oD5x9L3

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It’s great to finally be able to share this tool that we have been working on with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

Climate Change is the most important issue facing the planet. Part of the challenge in effecting change is how we communicate the scale o…https://t.co/VyEDxR1IFw

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I'm really proud of the team at MRCagney for becoming a Certified B Corp. I've always thought we were a special company and now we have evidence to prove it!

We didn't just pass, my understanding is that our score is one of the highest in the country.…https://t.co/rchsuhvwF5

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@CampbellPentney But this is likely to be driven by Govt response to the crisis, not the impact of the crisis itself?

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Minimum parking requirements have always been a massive (but not obvious) subsidy for private vehicle use. It's incredible that Aotearoa won't have minimums in the future. I still struggle to believe this at times!

The removal of MPRs and parking reform…https://t.co/acdVLxmfTC

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This worked really well last month (and it has felt like a long month since then!) so we are giving everyone another day off tomorrow.

We will be back on Monday, hopefully a little more rested and energised for the busy period before Christmas.

Thanks a…https://t.co/AgPOdu7oOW