Who knew that Cycleways in Wellington were the cause of all the problems that city is having... REALLY shitty framing from Stuff. I've just sent the owner of Chapman-Taylor's (such a Wgtn name for a cafe FFS) an email pleading them to read any of these links docs.google.com/document/d/1... - ThreadSky

paullecomtephoto.nz • 173 days ago

Who knew that Cycleways in Wellington were the cause of all the problems that city is having...

REALLY shitty framing from Stuff. I've just sent the owner of Chapman-Taylor's (such a Wgtn name for a cafe FFS) an email pleading them to read any of these links

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsWg1iw0ITTjYT9FpXPVX2A7n009TuQvpN_DbIjfaKk/edit?usp=sharing

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nug.monster•173 days ago

I mean surely you've seen the screenshot of the owner's facebook comment praising judith collins right? he ain't gonna read a single one of those links 🤣

sethbocknek.bsky.social•173 days ago

yup, shame on Stuff/Ryan Anderson for selling out to incendiary clickbait and failing spectacularly to mention the plethora of research showing the positive effects that cycling and better car-light infrastructure have on businesses and the city as a whole (or that climate crises require changes).

brycepearce.bsky.social•171 days ago

What do we think they would they say if the proposal was for another general traffic lane?

irihapeta.bsky.social•173 days ago

(At the risk of woman-splaining, the café is in a building designed by Chapman-Taylor, in his classic Arts and Crafts style.)

bauhausandmies.bsky.social•173 days ago

And also called Chapman Taylor’s Cafe & Inn.

paullecomtephoto.nz•173 days ago

no appreciate that - so it's just unfortunate that it sounds like an accountancy firm that's had a partner feel up the interns at the Xmas party?

I know the building - who knew putting a cafe at an on-ramp for a motorway would be silly.

irihapeta.bsky.social•173 days ago

Yes to your first comment (brilliant description!).

As for the second comment, it's nicely placed for the nearby public servants (MoH, Te Whatu Ora, Police) - when we had jobs!

maureen473.bsky.social•171 days ago

No one in Auckland would expect to be able to park near a cafe in the CBD. Or even in many suburbs and it’s not because of cycling

hmilnej.bsky.social•173 days ago

Cafe Classic, I believe run by the same people, closed down weeks ago. Before any of the bike lanes in their vicinity were implemented. I really, really want to support local but goddamn these assholes make it hard.

delphijunkie.bsky.social•173 days ago

Wellington businesses, bounce back from the destruction of a new cycleway with this simple hack!

kevpluck.bsky.social•173 days ago

Cyclists are more likely to stop and have a cuppa at a cafe than a person entombed in a vehicle.

paullecomtephoto.nz•173 days ago

ALL of those studies I posted in that google doc show exactly that. Some even say 'want to make money, put in a cycle lane'.

nzpom.com•173 days ago

It's total shite too.

I work in Aitken Street round the corner and it's not parking that's the issue.

Chapman Taylor's is a pub, right on the corner of the arterial road to the motorway

ninjakitty.bsky.social•173 days ago

1. I thought they sounded like an accountant’s firm.
2. That’s a shit part of town for pedestrians anyway.

kelsew.bsky.social•173 days ago

Architect / accountant ... same same 🤣

There's so little in that part of town there was great hope this might have been cool. It was def more busy when there were 100s more workers across the road from them.

Think they shld complain about govt rather than council!!

ninjakitty.bsky.social•173 days ago

Not much you can do about crappy owners who refuse to acknowledge the real issues to their business 🤷‍♀️

kelsew.bsky.social•173 days ago

Also, they have a flight of stairs which includes a step at a different height to the rest. It's definitely a hazard, and I know of three actual incidents. So maybe it's actually HSW legislation breaches they should blame 🤔

ninjakitty.bsky.social•173 days ago

They might want to yell at the people in their mirror

kenzime.bsky.social•173 days ago

To be fair, there's a lot of people around who should be doing this.

kiwiteej.bsky.social•173 days ago

There's next to no parking down the other end by Archives NZ, and sandwiched between two one ways, but the Thistle Inn seems to do a ok 🤷

nzpom.com•173 days ago

Precisely

thebasement.nz•173 days ago

It's coincidentally just up the road from Thorndon New World, the original epicentre of roadworks/cycle lane seismic activity

robdickinson.bsky.social•173 days ago

Wait, we should be driving to the pub now?

I didn't get that memo

nzpom.com•173 days ago

It makes the article even more laughable, but Stuff don't care about facts.

I wish we had more decent journalism in New Zealand.

The government wouldn't have been elected if the press were up to it IMHO

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