Jared Humm

Making progress. Can't wait to finally have the option to walk home when my train is canceled!

@StuartBDonovan @lukechristensen I honestly don't understand why brt-lite isn't an auto interim go-to. Get improvements sooner and build social and political capital for further investment. Chch mrt another case in point.

@StuartBDonovan @lukechristensen Wasn't that literally the plan before it was dunped in 2023? I struggle to see how lrt south of Newtown would be effective without spending a lot of money given how constrained the corridor is through Beramphore

Says it doesn't need drivers or a dedicated corridor but it surely needs a segregated corridor to operate with no driver, so basically its just an expensive bus? stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350270…

Te Ara Tupua continuing to progress

@OliverLewis To be fair, christchurch city is more than 50 percent bigger than wellington... Oh...

@waitbutwhy Haven't you just made it easier to have a vague "us" versus "them" fight rather than developing a tool to enrich a complex discourse for better outcomes? Because you've literally just made a box and labeled it "woke". It's still subject to the bias of your worldview.

Sure. LIBERAL SOCIAL JUSTICE : WOKE :: Pro free speech : anti free speech Achieves goals using persuasion : achieves goals using coercion Interested in dissent : tries to punish dissenters Wide and diverse : narrow and conformist Thinks America should be improved : thinks America is fundamentally evil Treats issues as nuanced : treats issues as black and white Treats people as individuals : treats people as monolithic groups Strives for unity : strives for division Fosters compassion : fosters resentment Truth matters most : activist goals matter more than truth Thinks liberalism is good : thinks liberalism is the problem Historically effective at making positive change for disadvantaged people : historically ineffective at making positive change for disadvantage people

I dont think I have ever questioned my initial opinion of a politician as much as I have of Wayne Brown: "...we’ve been subsidising trucks in Auckland. I don’t like paying rates just to have some bugger in a truck."

"It isn't the law you have to get to school in a BMW" - Wayne Brown, Mayor of Auckland. Put that on every bus and train.

@TalkingTranspo1 @jono_dw Is there a "double-decker bus effect" on patronage when they are introduced to cities?

@jono_dw Yea the general thinking at the moment is that more frequent single buses is what we need at the moment. No corridors are at peak bus capacity right yet. They are using one for the Darfield trial but I think that's just because there happened to be one floating around.

Any plans for double deckers in Chch?

Didn't Luxon say National was for devolution and localisation? This sounds like the opposite to me.

His modeling is probably "increase GST but don't say anything about it until after the election".

But he made a pledge card

This is the most "I'm not racist, but..." drivel that has ever arrived in my mailbox. It's also mostly incoherent ramblings. Yet, whilst it's easy to write off as a joke, the key themes im this waste of paper are being subtly pushed by mainstream politicians to win votes.

@SaraTempleton_ Absolutely disgraceful. I'm sorry you have to put up with that.

There are definitely parallels between #vaping and NZs BZP party-pill buzz in the 2000's. Interesting insights (and a surprise appearance from me) in this insider article.

Damien Grant is like a canary in a coal mine for these types of thing. If he's making a song and dance that a wealth tax is a bad idea then it's safe to assume it's actually a good one.

Business owner shuts down business. Blames it on a thing that hasn't happened yet. Doesn't have any evidence to back up their claim other than reckons. But let's use this headline anyway. nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-…

@FutureofWelly Providing "centralized parking options" and removing cars from the Golden Mile aren't the same thing. You can champion the former (if you want to) without shitting on the golden mile upgrade plans.

@ArtyBees @bootstheory It's frankly embarrassing to put your business's otherwise good name to this erroneous open letter and provide such a limp defence for doing so. Disappointed former fan.

@bootstheory People who sell us books. Our business relies on people being able to bring us books, often multiple boxes at a time.