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Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland

Will the budget be another missed opportunity to get more New Zealanders out of their cars?

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It would be hard to find someone who’s visited Copenhagen or Amsterdam and complained about too many bikes. And you don’t tend to hear a lot of moaning about too much public transport in Singapore or Hong Kong.

Talk to someone after a trip to Los Angeles, Moscow, Rome or Mumbai, however, and you will almost certainly get an earful about the horrendous traffic.

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