The very appropriately named Ministry of Awesome are running a competition to design a bike rack for the new Christchurch. The winning design will be made into a bike rack by The Bike Racking Company and hosted at the Re:START …
Category: Cycle infrastructure
Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.
The Orthodoxy of the Highway – The true believer’s approach to transportation planning
Back in the 1940’s urban planners found that building or expanding roading increased traffic congestion. This point was further reinforced in NY in 1973 when the West Side Highway collapsed and the predicted traffic chaos was instead a reduction in …
Vancouver: Neighbourhood Greenways
Some of the best cycle routes I encountered in Vancouver had virtually no cycle facilities on them… The City of Vancouver (pop.600,000 within the 2.2million Greater Metro area) has about 450km of bike routes. While some of that is conventional …
Advocating for Cycling
Writing a submission is really not so hard. You need only say what is on your mind, in your own words. Brevity is a virtue, but well thought out points well made are also fine. In most instances you can …
Vancouver: Separated Bikeways
Greetings from Vancouver! Actually I’m about to head home after a busy week exploring the city and meeting up with many of the world’s foremost experts on matters cycling at the VeloCity Global 2012 cycling conference.
The conference was …
Integrated yet separated cycle network for Christchurch
I spotted this cycle infrastructure plan idea over on the new Ministry of Awesome website the other day and wondered what everybody else thought.
Is this the correct layout? Do we need more? Any other stuff?…
What can we Learn from Vancouver?
Nearly three years ago, our mayor Bob Parker went on a fact-finding visit to America’s “Pacific Northwest” to check out public transport in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. The light rail debate continues to rage on back in here …
Winter Solstice Ride – Thursday 21st June
In Portland, Oregon, each February they have a Worst Day of the Year Ride, where they “celebrate” the depths of winter with a ride around town. Here in Christchurch, we want to mark the shortest day with something a …
Cycling and Snow: It’s the Little Details
The big thaw is now underway in Christchurch, and it’s time to go back to work as well. So off on my trusty steed I headed this morning. Cycling after a snowfall is “interesting” because of the potential ice hazard …
Starting with a Solid Base
For anyone who has spent the past 20-odd months living in Christchurch, the importance of a solid foundation is pretty obvious. Otherwise sturdy homes and other buildings were no match for ground conditions that turned into quicksand when the big …
I miss the old Christchurch *sigh*
Its been 15 months since the big Quake and the council and the heritage people are still debating whether to fix or replace the Antigua Boatshed Bridge – and find money to do it. Needless to say, if it had …