# Urbanerds May 2026 | Talking busses 🚌 **URL:** \ **Category:** Events\ **Tags:** urbanerds\ **Created:** [9 May 2026 05:20 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626 "2026-05-09T05:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jessica](https://spokes.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jessica](https://spokes.nz/u/jessica)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2026 05:20 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/1 "2026-05-09T05:20:42Z")
> **Event** > > **Starts:** 19 May 2026 17:30 (Pacific/Auckland)\ > **Ends:** 19 May 2026 19:00 (Pacific/Auckland)\ > **Location:** Ombrellos > > Join us Tuesday, the 19th of May at 5.30pm at Ombrellos for the next session when we are talking busses with Jack Cowie. > > You can register below. > > . Did you know that last year, total bus patronage in Otago was 28% higher than Waikato and 47% higher than Bay of Plenty, despite Otago having a significantly smaller population? Jack completed a Masters thesis in 2020, focusing on public transport and its role in cities like Dunedin. He now works as a network planner, designing public transport services in Dunedin, Queenstown, and elsewhere in Otago. He will talk about how services have changed in the past 15 years and how they may change in the future. ### Register here: > **[Registration](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ3D_7HjCBVZ5U02GhRv0trNbffOX3juzcICm1CZ97QZ299A/viewform)** > > Next Urbanerds session 19 May at 5.30pm ---
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2026 05:04 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/2 "2026-05-20T05:04:45Z")
It was really good to think busses for a change; they are a key part of the transport landscape we share. Great to see also see @adrien, @david, @mjenks, and of course @jessica there too! ---
**Author:** ![frstep](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/frstep/32/152_2.png) [@frstep](https://spokes.nz/u/frstep)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2026 06:02 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/3 "2026-05-20T06:02:48Z")
Did they talk about bikes on racks on busses? ---
**Author:** ![jessica](https://spokes.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jessica](https://spokes.nz/u/jessica)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2026 08:36 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/4 "2026-05-20T08:36:15Z")
Not particularly. @NathanK did ask a pointy question though about if they have data on how many people use the bike racks, but they dont have a tracker on there. And obviously the bike racks are mainly for non-ebikes. ---
**Author:** ![jessica](https://spokes.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jessica](https://spokes.nz/u/jessica)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2026 08:38 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/5 "2026-05-20T08:38:20Z")
Thanks for coming along. Good to have spokes there. Busses and bikes connectivity is so important, eh. Hoping that with the new government there will be funding available for an improvement of the bushub and better bike connectivity to the bushub. ---
**Author:** ![JohnJohn](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/johnjohn/32/1617_2.png) [@JohnJohn](https://spokes.nz/u/JohnJohn)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2026 22:43 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/6 "2026-05-20T22:43:07Z")
Sorry about missing this, something came up last minute and couldn’t make it, sounds like it was a great meeting though! ---
**Author:** ![jessica](https://spokes.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jessica](https://spokes.nz/u/jessica)\ **Post date:** [22 May 2026 04:26 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/urbanerds-may-2026-talking-busses/1626/7 "2026-05-22T04:26:20Z")
Hopefully we will see you next time John