Author: cmih2

I’ve been cycling around many different place in New Zealand for quite a few decades now and over time I’ve become aware that there are things that cyclists can do to make themselves safer on the road.  So I thought …

Great cities allow people to get around them in many different ways and to mix and match transport forms.  Christchurch already has some facilities that allow mixing and matching to happen, so I thought I’d reflect on this for a …

I was visiting a friend’s in Christchurch and we needed to go to the supermarket. This short trip provided the opportunity for a walk for us and for the dogs. We set off across a park, onto an informal track …

Ok, so I’ve talked about the submission context and about why presenting a submission is a good thing to do.  I thought I”d mention the reasons why, despite feeling that my submissions have been ignored completely at times, I still …

To support the development of great cycling infrastructure in Christchurch, and even around New Zealand,  one of the most effective things you can do is write letters and submissions and take time to go and present your submission where you …

My first ever submission was to the Regional Land Transport Plan sometime in 2009. I learned a huge amount from writing, submitting and then presenting in support of that submission. Mostly, I realised that my submission pretty much completely missed …

What about making the Summit road a road for cyclists and pedestrians (and people with walking frames and wheelchairs) only?  The road between Rapaki and the Bridle Path reopened to foot and bicycle access only last week.  A trip up …

The University of Otago is undertaking a research project, entitled ‘The Imagined Transport Futures in New Zealand’ and we wish to recruit cyclists for a focus group being held at 5:45pm on Monday 4th November in the Riccarton area.

We …

This is a guest post from Helen Fitt who sat down to write a submission on the Curletts Road options and decided that none of them are acceptable and that we should be telling NZTA that this is the case!…

I came across this article looking at the ways in which Cities in the States are starting to rethink the use of transport spaces.

Car transport takes up a lot of space in our lives and in our cities and …

I’ve had an interesting conversation recently with someone working on a PhD at the University of Canterbury looking at transport identities.  I’m hopeful that she will write us an article or two here so I’m not going cover much of …

This is a wee collection of articles that look at the health effects of getting on your bike!

From looking at the effects of exercise on general health to understanding how having fewer people in motor vehicles has a downward …

I was reflecting the other day on the way people out there rose to the occasion and put in submissions both to the Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan and to the Three year plan to support the development of a cycle …

We’re experts at tactical urbanism here in Christchurch, so I’ve discovered.  It’s what Greening the Rubble and Gapfiller have been doing every since our earthquakes began – putting in quick, often temporary, cheap projects to make a small part of …

This post follows on from my comments about pandering the cost of catering for cars. Once again the Christchurch City Council have shown their true colours by singling cycling infrastructure out as an “extra $20 tax” to provide the …

Aaron Keown’s remarks about cycling infrastructure adding $16 to each households rates have sparked some comment!    It is interesting that there is no analysis in this discussion of the cost per household of providing roading and maintaining roads primarily for …