After a year in which most of us have been unable to do any overseas travel, it is nice to reminisce on opportunities in the past to visit interesting new places. Regular viewer Frank Dohmen (Cyclomaniac) provided a guest post …
Category: Cycle infrastructure
Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.
Photo of the Day: Northern Motorway Ride
It’s a few days back now, but I thought I should pop in a wee post to commemorate the fun that was had last Saturday by many taking advantage of the open day on the new Chch Northern Motorway corridor…
Final Coastal Pathway section out for consultation
There are just a few days left to go (submissions closing Mon 7th), so I probably should give this a mention: The final section of the Chch Coastal Pathway, closing the gap through Moncks Bay, is now out for …
Flashback Friday: Road Works Around the Rebuild
Seven years ago, Chch was well into rebuild mode after the quakes, making for a lot of road works, closed streets, and other detours. The operational impacts of those works on people trying to bike around town weren’t always great, …
Northern Arterial Extension – Biking Opportunities Part 2
The second part of this post focuses on the benefits to those who ride a bike, as part of DEMP – Downstream Effects Management Plan. A plan developed for CCC to facilitate the smooth passage into the city of …
Northern Arterial Extension – Biking Opportunities
Part One – QE II Drive to Innes Road
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. A Tale of Two Cities – …
Photos of the Day: Nor’west Arc under construction
You might recall that a few months ago the Govt announced some additional funding to help get more Christchurch cycleways constructed. That included the Nor’west Arc, stretching from Cashmere to Ilam, and it didn’t take long at all for …
Flashback Friday: The Curletts Road Conundrum
Post-quake Christchurch wasn’t great fun for cycling, with lots of motor traffic suddenly transplanting itself to unexpected places – overnight, some roads got 10 years of traffic growth all at once. While I sympathise with the challenge created by this, …
Flashback Friday – Guest Post: Impressions from a “tourist”
Seven years ago when I was still working at university, we were fortunate to be visited by a colleague and cycling expert from the UK, Prof John Parkin (I was very pleased to be able to return the favour when …
Have your Say on north Colombo St link
Ever since the Papanui Parallel cycleway was created, it’s been a really useful way to get to the central city from the northern suburbs. There’s just been one problem: once you are south of Bealey Ave there has been no …
First Look: Little River motorway link path
I’ve been meaning to post for a couple of weeks about the great new addition to the end of the Little River Link. With the near-completion of the next stage of the Southern Motorway, a new path connection has …
Locky Dock stations popping up around town
A few months back we informed you about an exciting new development for bike parking about to happen in Christchurch – “Locky Docks“. Essentially they are free secure bike/scooter parking stations scattered around the central city that also …
Flashback Friday: The way we talk about cyclist safety
I already had this article ready to post before the unfortunate events of last night – my condolences to family and friends. I’d like to think that media reporting around cycling safety is a little more enlightened now than seven …
Photo of the Day: South Hagley Park perimeter path
After a slight false start, spring has been returning to the garden city, and the daffodils (and cyclists) are certainly out in growing numbers around the city. I had the opportunity to have a look around town the other day, …
Flashback Friday – First Look: Ilam Road Cycleway
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The other day we heard news that the next bit of the Nor’West Arc major cycle route will get under construction next week, after the extra “shovel ready” cycleway funding was announced recently. That news item takes me …
Flashback Friday: Cycleways are Go!
Earlier this week we celebrated a healthy funding injection to get six cycleway routes completed around Chch. While that is great news, it’s sobering to think that all of the 13 Major Cycleways were initially meant to have been completed …
Big funding boost for Chch cycleways
Yesterday morning, Christchurch woke to the news that the Government was investing in the completion of six major cycle routes, thanks to funding from the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure fund for COVID-19 recovery.
An extra $87 million is being pumped …
Flashback Friday: New cycle training park in Bexley?
Talk earlier this week of a new cycle skills track happening at Somerfield School brings to mind other similar tracks around the city. Seven years ago, there was discussion about another one being proposed for Bexley; this article, originally from …
Photo of the Day: Somerfield School Bike Track
My kids all went to Somerfield School; it was our local primary school. That was quite a few years back now, but it is still always interesting to see what is happening there when I go past. Lately it …
Guest post: “No bike parking” signs that don’t provide an alternative
Over at Talking Transport, Chris Morahan has been musing on a topic that annoys me too…
Something that irritates me far more than it should, is when people put up signs that say “no bike parking” but don’t tell …