Not everyone can/wants to own a car/safely drive one. Not everyone can/wants to walk, bike or roll for transportation. Not everyone can/wants to take transit. When we ensure all modes are relatively safe, comfortable & efficient, people have freedom to choose for themselves.

Politics 1st, protecting health last? As Michael Baker says: “I can’t think of any justification for withholding that report given the ongoing threat of pandemics for New Zealand. I would have thought you’d be wanting to get that report released for action as soon as possible.”

When a formerly mainstream figure like Tucker chases money & power into the darkest places, like Holocaust denial, it makes those ideas more acceptable to a broader audience.

‘Asphalt aspirations’ Tim Welch on the most imbalanced transport budget ever. No $ for new walking and cycling for new projects, zero 0, zip, nada, nothing.

“This NLTP isn’t just a missed opportunity, it’s a deliberate U-turn away from the sustainable, efficient urban transit systems cities need”

Brooke van Velden plans to withhold publication of the report of the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 response for more than a year to avoid shade on the "second phase" cooker inquiry. This is utterly outrageous and seemingly unlawful. newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/04/min…

.Jessica Tarlov on Fox: A nonpartisan group put out their budget model that said Trump would add $5.8 trillion to the deficit. Goldman Sachs just said the GDP will significantly decrease under Donald Trump and continue to increase under Kamala Harris

Grenfell final report: London fire was caused by ‘systematic dishonesty’ of cladding firms, via nzherald nzherald.co.nz/world/grenfell… It's not red tape, it's not unnecessary bureaucracy, it's there to keep people alive. I am sick to my stomach (again) reading the report. Vile.

This was really inevitable. But, hey, job done.

It is absolutely hilarious to see rightoids on this website independently converge on literal USSR.

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Breaking news: Judge Chutkan just gave Jack Smith the green light to file a massive report laying out how Trump acted privately to overturn the 2020 election. Prosecutors are already writing it & promise to include a ton of exhibits. NOTUS: notus.org/courts/jack-sm…

David Seymour should take note of the report of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, which found that “the government’s deregulatory agenda… dominated the department’s thinking to such an extent that even matters affecting the safety of life were ignored, delayed or disregarded.”

By the end of today 44 of 46 councils will have retained/reaffirmed their Māori wards. A clear signal that local government values what Māori wards bring to decision making.

FYI in the article linked below, I challenge all the Government's talk about the need for spending cuts because 'the money has run out' and 'times are tough' and we need to 'tighten our belts'. Actually, the professionals who judge our Government's finances day in and day out

Not just any gun, but the one that's ubiquitous in mass shootings. Unfathomable.

From the report of the Grenfell inquiry. These things have costs. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…