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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 3h

That’s next, and Seapath to Takapuna

Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 8h

E-bikes as rapid transit. There is a sweet spot, 8-14km from the city centre, where gaps in the mass rapid transit network and slow buses can be filled by e-bikes. Map = 45 minute e-bike travel time.

Isochrone map showing area within 45-minute e-bike trip to city centre Auckland.

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 1d

15 months to get Stage 2 of Collie Battery in Australia going. 👀 Combined capacity = 560MW. esdnews.com.au/neoens-colli...

Neoen's Collie Battery Stage 2 goes operational in WA

Renewables giant Neoen has commenced operations at the 341MW/1,363MWh Collie Battery Stage 2 in Western Australia.

esdnews.com.au

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 3d

It's 2025 and our economic model is still reliant on maintaining a decent bufferstock of unemployed people. This model was *designed* to ensure that employers have the upper hand (and labour could be uberised). Govt distract us from this reality by bashing beneficiaries and abdicating responsibility

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 3d

There are a lot of these in Costa Mesa, CA. In some cases the alley was condemned and removed.

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 3d

Report “littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 6d

New NPR pitchbot

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 8d

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

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

go.bsky.app

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 15d

It's difficult to imagine Trump ruling any country other than America. If he did, he would be an international pariah. But because he is the President of the United States, foreign leaders are forced to pretend that he isn't an absolute lunatic. It's really something

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 16d

Morning rush-hour near London's Oval station. Trains pass underground every few minutes and there's a continuous flood of bicycles, but still there's one lane of gridlocked traffic. Your city will always have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 17d

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.

It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.

It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

youtu.be

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 17d

“Adding capacity for development in higher-demand locations improves commercial feasibility as developers can have more confidence in buyer interest. This approach also makes better use of existing infrastructure and services, while offering people choice to live closer to what they need.”

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 17d

Demand for housing in Auckland. knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications...

Map of Auckland showing land value differences high to low

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17d

This is Oxford Street, completely transformed & traffic-free. It was fantastic to see community spirit in the heart of the West End. By removing traffic, this created the space to stride, stroll and explore.

This street is for everyone to enjoy with music, art, food and fun.

DJ Annie Mac performing for visitors to Oxford St

Two people are preparing and serving chai at a stall called Amala Chai. One of them is pouring chai from a kettle into a cup in a dramatic, high-pour style.

A dancer is mid-air in a split leap on a colourful street performance stage, with crowds watching and cheering on both sides. The street is decorated with pink banners displaying "This is Oxford St"

A large, lively crowd fills Oxford Street, with people eating, socialising, and walking. Bright pink signs and banners read “THIS IS OXFORD STREET – MAYOR OF LONDON”.

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 17d

Volunteers step in. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/09/22/g...

Great benefits, what about the costs? - Greater Auckland

Big infrastructure projects are great if you only count the benefits and none of the costs. That seems to be the position of infrastructure lobby group Infrastructure NZ based on

www.greaterauckland.org.nz

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 19d

Central Auckland houses condemned after the biblical 2023 flood are starting to be removed

Flooded house in Auckland, surrounded by fencing, being prepared for demolition.

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 19d

No mention of overall costs, failed PPP, ongoing construction liabilities, just bEniFitS.
The sorry state of media covering infrastructure in NZ.

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · 23d

seems bad

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · Sep 6

Removal of parking mandates and zoning restrictions in Lower Hutt Wellington led to a boom in housing including council owned rentals. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

How the Hutt handled housing: The city’s bold intensification push

Behind the arguments over ‘shoeboxes’ and property values, the council-owned Urban Plus shows another side to intensification — one of stability, affordability and a sense of home.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Aug 27

One of the key elements of many European circulation plans is the use of a combination of strategies to create a large "no through traffic" core

Pedestrian and transit-only streets are complemented with loop-y patterns of circulation in isolated pockets, sending traffic back to through itineraries.

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · Sep 4

>Sydney’s CBD Light Rail project exemplified this type of risk-aversion, where guideway standards “sourced to America… that would befit a coal train” were interpreted as hard rules, excessively applied to a surface tramway – identified as a key driver of the project’s high cost

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · Sep 4

Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Good on NZ’s bipartisan housing reforms. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The ‘exceptionally revolutionary’ National Party plan heard in NZ and now Australia

Housing has been NZ’s economic drug of choice for decades. But it’s no longer giving us the buzz it once did. So how does the economy get its next shot in the arm?

www.stuff.co.nz

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Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Next year is rather vague!

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