Tim Welch
@tfwelch.com
urban planner, educator, transport nerd, data geek, dad
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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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.
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.
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!
Also, really don't send me an email. I clearly get too many!
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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!
Also, really don't send me an email. I clearly get too many!
Spotted Auckland‘s new all-electric ferry the Te Komiti, in the wild!
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Spotted Auckland‘s new all-electric ferry the Te Komiti, in the wild!
Haha - well, AI is getting wierd...
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Haha - well, AI is getting wierd...
Processing connected vehicle and crash data like it's the 1970s...
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Processing connected vehicle and crash data like it's the 1970s...
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
Explore the data and analysis here: nzroads.tfwelch.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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
Explore the data and analysis here: nzroads.tfwelch.com
Two orange distractions leading the news today…
June 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two orange distractions leading the news today…
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
✓ 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
May 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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
✓ 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
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...
And yet, our national government says that no one wants their rates to pay for cycling infrastructure...
May 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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...
And yet, our national government says that no one wants their rates to pay for cycling infrastructure...
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.
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.
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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.
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.
📊 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
Each colored square = a day someone didn't make it home.
Explore the interactive version: nzroads.tfwelch.com/calendar/
#RoadSafety #NZ #DataViz
April 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
📊 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
Each colored square = a day someone didn't make it home.
Explore the interactive version: nzroads.tfwelch.com/calendar/
#RoadSafety #NZ #DataViz
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.
April 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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.
Post-holiday traffic is back, and so are the road fatalities.
Be safe out there, please.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
Be safe out there, please.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Post-holiday traffic is back, and so are the road fatalities.
Be safe out there, please.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
Be safe out there, please.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
One crisis is easing.
Another rolls on — quietly, daily, and deadly.
Another rolls on — quietly, daily, and deadly.
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One crisis is easing.
Another rolls on — quietly, daily, and deadly.
Another rolls on — quietly, daily, and deadly.
True — until 2025.
Now, road deaths are well ahead.
Now, road deaths are well ahead.
April 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
True — until 2025.
Now, road deaths are well ahead.
Now, road deaths are well ahead.
100 lives lost on New Zealand roads this year.
But here’s something rare: we’ve just gone 3 days without a single road death — the longest stretch in a long time.
Over Easter, just 1 fatality was recorded — still tragic, but fewer than usual.
Every day without a death counts.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
But here’s something rare: we’ve just gone 3 days without a single road death — the longest stretch in a long time.
Over Easter, just 1 fatality was recorded — still tragic, but fewer than usual.
Every day without a death counts.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
100 lives lost on New Zealand roads this year.
But here’s something rare: we’ve just gone 3 days without a single road death — the longest stretch in a long time.
Over Easter, just 1 fatality was recorded — still tragic, but fewer than usual.
Every day without a death counts.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
But here’s something rare: we’ve just gone 3 days without a single road death — the longest stretch in a long time.
Over Easter, just 1 fatality was recorded — still tragic, but fewer than usual.
Every day without a death counts.
nzroads.tfwelch.com
Hilarious headline hardly a hard-hitting happening.
April 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Hilarious headline hardly a hard-hitting happening.
Ever wonder how many bike trips happen each day or over the year on Auckland’s cycleways? Or how much CO₂ those trips are saving?
Alongside nearly every cycling stat you can think of, the NZ Cycleway Dashboard now has a live* trip counter.
Check it out: cycleway.tfwelch.com
*modelled in real-time
Alongside nearly every cycling stat you can think of, the NZ Cycleway Dashboard now has a live* trip counter.
Check it out: cycleway.tfwelch.com
*modelled in real-time
April 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ever wonder how many bike trips happen each day or over the year on Auckland’s cycleways? Or how much CO₂ those trips are saving?
Alongside nearly every cycling stat you can think of, the NZ Cycleway Dashboard now has a live* trip counter.
Check it out: cycleway.tfwelch.com
*modelled in real-time
Alongside nearly every cycling stat you can think of, the NZ Cycleway Dashboard now has a live* trip counter.
Check it out: cycleway.tfwelch.com
*modelled in real-time
Guess there’s no way this doesn’t make me sound like a creeper—but I was touring a housing development in Auckland this week and snapped a photo of a bike in someone’s bedroom… because it had @tomflood.bsky.social’s sticker on it. Cool to see that message crossing hemispheres.
April 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Guess there’s no way this doesn’t make me sound like a creeper—but I was touring a housing development in Auckland this week and snapped a photo of a bike in someone’s bedroom… because it had @tomflood.bsky.social’s sticker on it. Cool to see that message crossing hemispheres.
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery... but when GCN drops a video with almost the same title and ideas I’ve been presenting for over two years, it feels more like déjà vu than tribute.
🎥 GCN (2025): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7...
🎙️ Me (2023): soundcloud.com/university-o...
🎥 GCN (2025): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7...
🎙️ Me (2023): soundcloud.com/university-o...
April 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery... but when GCN drops a video with almost the same title and ideas I’ve been presenting for over two years, it feels more like déjà vu than tribute.
🎥 GCN (2025): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7...
🎙️ Me (2023): soundcloud.com/university-o...
🎥 GCN (2025): www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq7...
🎙️ Me (2023): soundcloud.com/university-o...
Good question. All the stats have an explanation if you hover over the title. Vulnerable road users for the KPI are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
April 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Good question. All the stats have an explanation if you hover over the title. Vulnerable road users for the KPI are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Every day without a road death counts.
I’ve built a new dashboard tracking when, where, and how people are dying on NZ roads — updated daily, freely available, and often confronting.
See the data: nzroads.tfwelch.com/dashboard
#RoadSafety #VisionZero
I’ve built a new dashboard tracking when, where, and how people are dying on NZ roads — updated daily, freely available, and often confronting.
See the data: nzroads.tfwelch.com/dashboard
#RoadSafety #VisionZero
April 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Every day without a road death counts.
I’ve built a new dashboard tracking when, where, and how people are dying on NZ roads — updated daily, freely available, and often confronting.
See the data: nzroads.tfwelch.com/dashboard
#RoadSafety #VisionZero
I’ve built a new dashboard tracking when, where, and how people are dying on NZ roads — updated daily, freely available, and often confronting.
See the data: nzroads.tfwelch.com/dashboard
#RoadSafety #VisionZero
13 days without a road fatality — our longest streak in years — happened during lockdown, when roads emptied.
The lesson isn’t about travel bans. It’s about how deadly our “normal” really is.
The lesson isn’t about travel bans. It’s about how deadly our “normal” really is.
April 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
13 days without a road fatality — our longest streak in years — happened during lockdown, when roads emptied.
The lesson isn’t about travel bans. It’s about how deadly our “normal” really is.
The lesson isn’t about travel bans. It’s about how deadly our “normal” really is.
This is the guy defunding education and healthcare, banning important initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion.
This is the guy tanking your retirement funds, killing the U.S. economy, deporting immigrants and threatening global security.
It’s this guy…
This is the guy tanking your retirement funds, killing the U.S. economy, deporting immigrants and threatening global security.
It’s this guy…
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is the guy defunding education and healthcare, banning important initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion.
This is the guy tanking your retirement funds, killing the U.S. economy, deporting immigrants and threatening global security.
It’s this guy…
This is the guy tanking your retirement funds, killing the U.S. economy, deporting immigrants and threatening global security.
It’s this guy…