Smart Transport NZ

For smarter transport options for New Zealanders

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

The Uber #driverstrike is about stealing the narrative. #uber #uberdriverstrike https://t.co/4YfKYmJcEj

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

Actual #scootershare lifetimes are jawdroppingly short - calling both their ecological and business #sustainability into question. #lime #limeshare #scooters https://t.co/rYUY81ersm

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

Why #congestionCharges can save cities from their worst possible future

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

Donald Appleyard's famous 1969 analysis of how urban traffic destroys communities. Three nearly identical streets in San Francisco, but with light, medium and heavy traffic. The less traffic the more interactions, the more friendships, the more meeting points. Cars kills cities.

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

This is big.
#Spain is leading the way on making cities livable.
Starting today—"All petrol vehicles registered before 2000 and diesel ones registered before 2006 will be banned" from the center of #Madrid. https://t.co/4Fp7nXzJyk

[Simon Wilson @simonbwilson]

Big day. @AklCouncil has voted unanimously on plan to remove non-essential cars from city centre + other urban centres and - this is the big new thing - trials will start next year. A detailed plan to be presented in March. Congrats @AklDesignChamp and all who pushed for this.

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

#Activetransport comes with it's own rewards, but this Italian scheme makes it extra clear that being #carfree has a societal value https://t.co/oGR0o92haz

[Watershitdown @watershitdown]

Maybe in the future someone will invent a system where trucks can link together and run on say, a track system ?

[nzherald @nzherald]

Speed limit to drop to 30km/h in Auckland's CBD https://t.co/DQqRFQzMLE

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

The Netherlands unveils the First Recycled Plastic #BikeLane. #whynothere? https://t.co/CSDuFRkfcB

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

‘Walking is as natural as breathing – in Wellington or Berlin’ - 'Let's bring back the dignity of walking'

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars https://t.co/ryI4pgaDP6

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars

[European Cyclists' Federation @EuCyclistsFed]

#Brussels went car free for just 9 hours yesterday, but the levels of black carbon in the city's air decreased by an astounding 80%. This confirms the importance of decreasing car use and increasing active mobility every single day 🇧🇪. #CarFreeDay https://t.co/mKrvY3FxXl

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

While you're waiting for that infrastructure. Toronto people on bikes are using #poolnoodles to combat dangerous drivers

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

What took it so long? #Scooters are finally getting electric en masse. https://t.co/KxRn0YCrUz

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

Perhaps a good prescription for the next does of NZ #bikelash? https://t.co/ByfOYIQXvJ

[Heinrich Strößenreuther @wegeheld]

Pedestrians showing how much space car users are occupying.

#Verkehrswende @greenpeace_de https://t.co/6QdfOLAVAF

[32Blocks_Melbourne_History @32_Blocks]

Road diet & linear parks for @cityofmelbourne who is investing $22.7 million expansion of Southbank Boulevard & Dodds Street to create 2 new hectares of open public space, which will help the city deliver on our Open Space Strategy @DarrenDavis10 @BrentToderian @ @AklDesignChamp

[Smart Transport NZ @smarttranz]

If you didn't already… 5 breakthroughs that could make you love the #bus. https://t.co/HHdqVjmCSz

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Utrecht reclaims urban space back that was given to car traffic in 1970s.
Why should your city not follow this example?
~ Daalsesingel, 2009 vs. 2018

(pics by @BicycleDutch; GIF by @jodigraphics15)