· by rob.webworxshop.com.ap.brid.gy ·1d ago · view on bsky.app ↗

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The weather has warmed up and it has temporarily stopped raining, so I had a brilliant ride to the library and back. Something about riding a bike to the library is #SolarPunk af. Only books were carried home today. The one annoyance was a driver yelling: "there's a car behind you" out his […]

#bike #bikes #cycling #newzealand #nz #quaxing #solarpunk

1 comments — live from bluesky

Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 · 0 · 1d ago

It wasn't safe to let the driver past, which is why I was occupying the road. Also it's not my job to ensure that they can get to the red light in front of us 1.25s faster. It's possible the guy who yelled at me may have been trying to be helpful, but it's also possible that he's just ignorant […]

Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 · 0 · 1d ago

On the up side, it looks like NPDC have upped their urbanism game. Where we see the Northern end of Queen St, around the Cenotaph, which has been converted to a largely pedestrian area, with the street being made one-way. It's just paint, plastic posts […] [Original post on fedi.webworxshop.com]

Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 · 1 · 1d ago

I find these kind of quick, "temporary" urbanism measures quite brilliant. They make a large difference to the urban environment without a huge outlay in cost and lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive remodel later. It's a great idea to get car drivers used to the idea that they can't […]

Rob Connolly 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 · 0 · 1d ago

The only disappointing things here are that no accommodation has been made for cyclists on the street (there's plenty of space for a cycle lane), whilst accommodation has been made for car parking (because $deity forbid we reduce the number of parking spaces). #Urbanism #NewZealand #NZ #NewPlymouth