Civil engineer, passionate about good urban design, efficient transport & their opportunities to improve our lives
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Every morning, every change of lights, so many bikes taking advantage of the cycleway . So good to see.
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The Elizabeth Line moves more people daily than the busiest highway on Earth. Transit solves a geometry problem cars cannot.
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Sam Hood retweeted
Apr 25
this is a pretty fun side-by-side. britomart pre-takutai square and train station. auckland 2001 vs 2026
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i hope an important part of whoever's job it is to promote city centre business should be to help turn the saturday markets at britomart into the biggest and best in the auckland region
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The Elizabeth Line has been a resounding success and has been FAR more popular than Government predictions though it would be.
We should be building far more lines up and down the country.
Fun fact: The new Elizabeth line in London moved more people in 2025 than Highway 401, the busiest freeway in North America.
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Sam Hood retweeted
Mar 20
the thing that gets people on transit isn’t free fares it’s not having to check a schedule. a bus that costs $2 and comes every 6 minutes will outperform a free bus that comes every 30 minutes every single time. frequency is the product. the fare is a rounding error
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RT @RichardHills_: Miriam has a locked account but I want to share her “I think Auckland is great” photos.
Great work from Britomart. 👏🏻💜…
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RT @RichardHills_: Imagine if the government hadn’t undermined EV incentives, cleaner vehicle regs, walking & cycling funding & focus and n…
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RT @RichardHills_: Took this on my last bus ride into the city for the year. What a busy little festive city.
I 💚❤️ Tāmaki Makaurau. http…
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Sam Hood retweeted
17 Nov 2025
Its possible that this interchange thing alone costs as much as the whole golden mile
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RT @DoctorVive: I want everyone on this website to think very carefully about this graph and then consider whether or not you need to reord…
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Sam Hood retweeted
11 Apr 2025
Sunny Saturday in Downtown which has turned into one big market ☀️🏙️
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Visitors from overseas are often quite taken with Auckland, despite what us locals tend to think
One of the common compliments is“The city centre is so green & lush”
I notice that most on on stormy days like today; Queen St really is quite stunning to walk along with fresh eyes
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New cycleway coming on Victoria St!
This key link joins Queen St (& Te HaNoa) to the West / Inner west connected network
Thx @AklTransport for finally delivering many long promised cycleways in 2025; this, Gr8 Nth, Pt Chev, Meola, Pakuranga, Pitt St, Glen Innes, Te Whau & more
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Sam Hood retweeted
31 Jan 2025
ALT Image of a street in Manhattan with the following quote overlaid: "It's unfair to have cities where parking is free for cars and housing is expensive for people." - Donald Shoup
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Sam Hood retweeted
29 Jan 2025
With the current Govt looking to increase speed limits again in the name of "economic growth and improved productivity", it's useful to remind ourselves that past and current speed limit reductions have consistently seen much greater $$ gains from fewer deaths & serious injuries
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