Katy Wakefield

Illustrator & Painter

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@RichardHills_ This is amazing news, thanks @RichardHills_ !

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@GreaterAKL I actually thought this was a newly released video and got so excited. Could cry that it still isn’t built. How can anyone see this and not agree this would have been perfect?

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@kentslundberg @lennartnout Omg this is horrendous! What year was this from?!

[scoot! @ScootFoundation]

Queen Street 100 years ago is magnitudes cooler than most of Auckland today

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@Samhood8 @BikeAKL To be honest, no - I would never choose to go somewhere like this, I would always choose a route near other people, even if it’s just the odd car passing by or houses along the way. Interested in what other women have to say though!

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@BikeAKL Thoughts on safety/usefulness after dark for women? I always feel a bit sad seeing these projects get funding ahead of really good on-road cycleways, which have more eyes on the street providing safety/crime deterrence... a la CPTED principles... https://t.co/szTIFuomKf

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@StuartBDonovan @DarbyatCouncil Yeah. I think cycle 'superhighways' in big cities get such high patronage because there are already eyes on the street giving that sense of security and backup, buildings surrounding, buses going past alongside...just safer. I don't think you'd get high patronage on this one tbh.

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@StuartBDonovan @DarbyatCouncil Lighting still wouldn't persuade me - just too isolated. The CPTED principle of 'see and be seen' applies...some good examples in this link... https://t.co/szTIFuomKf

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@StuartBDonovan @DarbyatCouncil Agree w @StuartBDonovan - I'd also add that cycle highways like this are not really useful for women after dark...I'd personally never use this to commute home after work in the dark. On road is always best and should be built first. Projects like this are just a 'nice to have'.

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@richardhills777 Totally agree!
Please submit on our campaign for Light Rail on Dominion Road - we believe Light Rail would be the best option for everyone...
https://t.co/I3Jnh43k7B

[Greater Auckland @GreaterAKL]

Also paris
https://t.co/CHDWwaNh7j

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@progtwit Thank you for this John. Please do submit on the petition link below the article if you think Light Rail would be the best option for everyone!

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@andersen_ellen @emmawehipeihana @NevakRogers @rnz_news Omg! Ever since the daily lockdown announcements, whenever @rnz_news comes on my two year old now exclaims “It’s the Prime Minister! Jacindadern!”

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

I helped out on this campaign for Light Rail for Dominion Rd in Auckland. I really believe that Light Rail is the future for this city, we used to have an amazing comprehensive tram network which got ripped up to make way for cars. Cars aren't working any more. Let's build LRT.

[Women in Urbanism Aotearoa @WomenInUrbanism]

Light Rail down Dominion Road needs to be about connecting communities, not just about speed from the city to the airport.

Sign our petition here:

https://t.co/TqkQdD9uwH

#Auckland #LRT #LightRail

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@ScorpionWind @WomenInUrbanism That is true - feeder services would still be needed, even if we had a comprehensive LRT system across the city, to join the dots. What I meant was that I don't think Metro + feeder services would be as effective (catchment-wise) as simply implementing LRT.

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@ScorpionWind @WomenInUrbanism @PhilTwyford @phil_goff @jacindaardern @JulieAnneGenter @GreaterAKL @BikeAKL I respectfully disagree, and I have outlined all the reasons why in the campaign (which I helped work on). LRT could definitely be expanded. We don't need more feeder services. We need Light Rail.

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@ScorpionWind @WomenInUrbanism @PhilTwyford @phil_goff @jacindaardern @JulieAnneGenter @GreaterAKL @BikeAKL Light metro would have far fewer stops along the way than LRT (which would stop at roughly the same distances as buses do), so it wouldn't be providing a very useful service for everyone on the line at all. Check out the campaign for all the reasons why LRT works for everyone.

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@GraemeGun 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Katy Wakefield @katy_wakefield]

@GraemeGun @AklTransport @GreaterAKL It is a complete joke.

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

“The airplane should no longer be a means of transporting [people] in 1 hour 15 minutes which could be done at lower cost of CO2 by train in 2 hours 30 minutes. This must be the rule and we will enforce it.”
— #France's finance minister
Exactly—bravo!
https://t.co/5ljV6JmIZK