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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · 5d

Happy Halloween!

The scariest thing about tonight isn't the costumes, it's the road safety stats.

Halloween sees a 30% spike in crashes involving people walking or cycling w/ 1/3 of these crashes between 4-8pm, peak trick-or-treating hours.

Drivers: slow down tonight so everyone gets home safe.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · 8d

No one send me an email! I don't want to mess up this perfect inbox number.
Also, really don't send me an email. I clearly get too many!

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Oct 1

This is remarkable!

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Oct 1

For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.

When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.

Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Oct 1

Spotted Auckland‘s new all-electric ferry the Te Komiti, in the wild!

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Oct 1

Haha - well, AI is getting wierd...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 28

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following!

Join the conversation

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Sep 30

Processing connected vehicle and crash data like it's the 1970s...

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Sep 30

The NZ Road Safety platform has been redesigned with an improved interface. I've unified the real-time road death tracker, dashboard with current and historical data, and the calendar showing daily road fatalities since 2020.

Explore the data and analysis here: nzroads.tfwelch.com

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Jun 11

4D chess move.
First, central gov't passes laws forcing contractors to use excessive road cones
Then, central gov't complains about contractors' excessive use of cones & creates a hotline to report
Finally, councils start charging contractors for excessive road cones
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Ashburton mayor plans own road cone crackdown with $10 fee

“Anything to identify the overuse of road cones is good,” Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Jun 9

Fewer than you’d think. Or hope.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Jun 7

Two orange distractions leading the news today…

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Fletchgod Apocalypse @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social · May 28

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 22

I could teach an entire course on the importance of infrastructure.

Oh wait, I do!

In fact I teach 3 courses on infrastructure and it’s still not enough to cover how important this stuff is for our cities and people.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 21

Transforming a car-dominated train station with one small project:
✓ Thousands of e-scooter/e-bike trips
✓ Hundreds of bikes parked (up from just one!)
✓ Public transport use increased
✓ 36.9 tonnes CO₂-eq emissions prevented

Partnerships + community = people-first spaces

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 12

How NOT to code in R 😬

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 12

A graphic from AT's 2016 Auckland Cycling Account.

And yet, our national government says that no one wants their rates to pay for cycling infrastructure...

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · May 11

Great example of why flex posts and paint are bullshit

Walrus 🚲 @tbw875.bsky.social · May 11

SDOT’s Georgetown to Downtown protected bike lane isn’t even open yet and it’s already failing.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 11

Auckland is wildly off track in reducing its transport emissions, which account for about 41% of its greenhouse gas inventory.

Appreciate the opportunity to add my 2¢ to this story, and if you don't already follow @eloisegibson.bsky.social, do it now!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Auckland prepares for climate change realities

However, figures show our biggest city is way off target.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · May 8

I saw a few lanes closed for resurfacing.

Traffic didn’t collapse. The city kept moving.

If this much road space can go unused without chaos, what else could we do with it?

People and place over cars and concrete.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Apr 30

📊 New Zealand Road Deaths Calendar: Visualising the human cost of road crashes day by day.

Each colored square = a day someone didn't make it home.

Explore the interactive version: nzroads.tfwelch.com/calendar/

#RoadSafety #NZ #DataViz

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Apr 24

Auckland trains have been shut down 48 days in just 4 months—40% of the time. While the network upgrades continue, buses keep the city moving. Here's what 1 hour of service looks like, animated in real time.

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Apr 23

Post-holiday traffic is back, and so are the road fatalities.
Be safe out there, please.
nzroads.tfwelch.com

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Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Apr 22

One crisis is easing.
Another rolls on — quietly, daily, and deadly.

Tim Welch @tfwelch.com · Apr 22

True — until 2025.
Now, road deaths are well ahead.

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