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@MarkSharon_DP A safe cycling route is not performative. Would you say that about seat belts or life jackets or sunscreen…

@hamishjt Imagine if it was back to being one shared road. It's an entirely performative parade if cycling activists

Look at all these car lanes and no one using them, what a waste of money ;)

@flyer_heathrow There may be more than one set of no cars!

@hamishjt There may be more than one set of lights. 🫣

@flyer_heathrow Not so obvious, given that they were green. That’s how all the bicycles came across the intersection. 🤯

@hamishjt The traffic lights further up the road are obviously on the red phase, hence the lack of traffic. Quite simple really. A wee bit like you.

@GonesailingNZ @DPAutomation If you don’t have a residents permit it’s P120. If you can’t nip in and out of the dry cleaners in two hours then I don’t know how to help you mate. Not sure your view of K Rd is the consensus. stuff.co.nz/travel/destina…

@hamishjt @DPAutomation Most side streets are permit only parking, no point debating it they have done it, businesses will close people will lose jobs area will become like K road an area to avoid at all costs , but hey the 1 cyclist per hour will be happy if he / she can still afford a bike

@Mr_Cohen12345 New Zealand has minimum mobility parking requirements even in pedestrianised areas, and strict penalties for people who park there without a permit. Reducing car traffic by providing other transport options makes it easier for people who need to drive.

@hamishjt Disabled people also drive a lot so if we make it impossible to park anywhere. Guess who loses the most? The people that can’t just walk blocks to get into a store

@RekTradinCrypto @valkenburgh Completed last year mate. But you’re right, this is an arterial frequent bus route. The bus lane and cycle lane give lots of people the ability to avoid driving. Fantastic to have transport choice in Auckland.

@hamishjt @valkenburgh maps.app.goo.gl/qXqqARtsAFLq26… This road is under construction or was. Drivers are avoiding it.

@Mr_Cohen12345 A strange conclusion. The road has had raised table crossings installed right along it, and upgraded footpaths, separated from bikes. It’s very disability friendly. Auckland provides excellent accessible public transport which travels every few minutes down that green bus lane.

@hamishjt Now tell me why do you hate disabled people? Look how fast they say disabled people can take a bike when in reality all you need is 1 leg to drive So admit you just hate disabled people

@DPAutomation @GonesailingNZ Any onstreet parking is paid for by the Council. Their job is to ensure transport flows properly, not to subsidise parking for private enterprise on arterial roads. There is parking close to businesses on side streets. If that’s not enough then maybe the business is not viable.

@hamishjt @GonesailingNZ Businesses slready paid for it before free loading cyclists took it off them

@GonesailingNZ It’s a city fringe suburb. It will only get busier as the city gets denser. Businesses that want parking need to pay for it themselves. Or move somewhere that is not an arterial road. Arterial roads are for moving people, not storing a handful of cars for free.

@hamishjt Removed all parking most business suffering badly most if not all will be closed as soon as leases-expire if they last that long Will be a ghetto by 2030 Seen more accidents on this road in last 4 months than last 15 years your deluded , clearly got you Lycra in a wad

@TokyoWarfare A dozen people having leisurely Saturday morn cycle and you think “staged”? You need to get some joy in your life mate.

@hamishjt staged shitshow.

@GonesailingNZ The cycle lane does not impact the capacity of the road for general traffic. It just provides (plenty) of people an option to not be stuck in that bumper to bumper. Why are you so butthurt it’s a success?

@hamishjt Same thing Monday morning road bumper to bumper full of cars and maybe two cyclists and hour Zero credibility by even posting this as if you work or live in this area you know your post os a load of BS compared to reality

@GonesailingNZ I’m flattered you think I have this much pull over 20 random boomers in hi vis

@hamishjt What a load of shit , clearly staged and based on fog was Saturday morning at about 7:00am, I work on this road not that many cyclists in a whole day Clearly staged and had a group of cyclists lined up just off camera

@Ordsall_Paul Shit excuses like this?

@hamishjt Quite surprised they are using the cycle lane to be honest. Most of the time they come up with some shit excuses not to use them.

@dta1505 Quick, alert the Auckland Traffic Operations Centre!

@hamishjt No there is a Mazda 3 right there

@LeeMcClymont Look again mate.

@hamishjt Look at nobody also using the bike lane on the other side. 🤦🏼‍♀️

@RichardHills_ Yes amazing - it suddenly just cleared up and was beautiful

Jumped off the bus to a stunning day. You wouldn’t think we just had 2 months worth of rain in 24hrs Thinking of everyone north and south dealing with what looks like another climate disaster. Our whānau are okay but so many people & communities affected again. Feels relentless.

@totaraforest Interesting - is this the existing parking building they have there or is it a new one do you think? If they are worried about passenger experience think how much nicer it would be for passengers’ first close up view of the city to be a giant parking building…

Very on brand for Port of Auckland to dream up a car parking building cunningly disguised as an Overseas Passenger Terminal. nzherald.co.nz/business/busin…

@irishnosrac93 @Mikeggibbs The PM is just one MP. The PM can be dismissed (by the king!) without confidence and supply. And the PM is just one voice around the Cabinet table, which makes all important decisions. The president is virtually impossible to remove and makes de facto law by executive order.

@Mikeggibbs The monarch is a ruber stamp. It’s easy to swear fealty to someone who has NO power over you. The office of PM in a Westminster system is far more powerful than the US presidency. The king has literally no authority to act as a check and balance on parliament.

Did you notice that he's desecrated the Oval Office? The next President can't get rid of the gold on the sea shells without damaging the walls. It demonstrates how the American system of checks and balances utterly failed. Despite there being laws protecting historical spaces like the White House, when it came down to it, no one had the nerve to stop him. No one can stop an insane man from turning the office into a place fit for a tyrannical monarch basking in opulence. There's no check strong enough in the American system. Our check, ironically, is our King. Our constitutional monarch must obey and even respect, parliament, the people. The existence of King Charles means our Prime Minister, no matter how powerful the PMO is, always has an authority above them that they must consult, and swear allegiance to. That's the beauty of our constitutional democracy the Americans are sorely lacking.

@Tarkett40 @Mikeggibbs It’s not about “fealty”. It’s about the separation of powers. Not having the head of government and head of state vested in one person. The Americans supposedly didn’t like having a “king”, and then they went and created a system of government with even more concentrated power!

@Mikeggibbs So fealty to a king is good? Damn, progressives are regressing.