Cycling behaviour regularly seems to come into the public firing line; what’s often interesting is whether the perception of what riders are doing “wrong” actually matches the reality of the law (often not). Cycling two abreast is one of those …
Tag: Cycle lanes
Flashback Friday: Cycle Lane Separators Revisited
Long before Christchurch looked seriously at using more physically separated cycleways, a simple improvement was to provide some low-cost separators on existing painted cycle lanes. Research was even undertaken to assess its effects and this post, originally from Apr 2013…
Guest Post: Innovating Streets
Local blogwatcher Ian Chesterman has spotted something rather interesting:
Last week the government very quietly launched a new programme called “Innovating Streets for People”, which is aimed at the kind of tactical urbanism projects I wrote about in this …
Flashback Friday: I Like / I Don’t Like…
At times, cycling can feel like “one step forward, one step back”; for all the nice things to like about what’s happening around Christchurch, there are still a few frustrations. This post, originally from Sep 2012, was designed to …
Flashback Friday: Going our separate ways…
They might be rather commonplace now around Christchurch, but seven years ago there weren’t too many separated cycleways of any form (Tennyson St being the notable exception). But trials were starting of simple forms of separator like posts and low-rise …
Victoria St saga continues
You might recall over two years ago the proposed plans to upgrade Victoria St, including better cycle lanes, bus priority and limiting general traffic thoroughfare. The project didn’t go down too well with many locals and, even though they …
Do closer average passes mean less safe cycling?
A recent news article (and similar variants) has been doing the rounds recently and sparked a lot of social media comment. The article reports on some recent research from Australia that measured the space given by motorists passing people …
Community Board makes walking and cycling harder
Some may recall that a Council ‘professional traffic planner’ decided the best way to deal with congestion at the corner of Memorial and Greers was to get rid of the cycle lane and narrow the footpath to make more room …
Can e-scooters and bikes co-exist?
In case you have been living under a rock lately, it’s been two months now since Lime e-scooters turned up on Christchurch (and Auckland) streets. Judging by the volume of alarmist news articles and letters to the editor, you’d think …
Photo of the Day: Cycle lanes in Wigram Skies
Biketober has finished and we can all breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate a job well done; thanks to all the many people who helped to make it happen! Now back to more “mundane” matters of biking around our …
Giving cyclists options
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With the recent opening of the next stage of the Rapanui – Shag Rock cycleway along Linwood Ave, a regular grumble heard on social media was how riders weren’t using the new central median facility, preferring instead the existing on-road …
Guest Post: On-road cycle lanes
Here’s a guest post from Darren who’s been thinking about his regular commute:
There’s an ongoing debate around the world regarding delineation of modes:
- Separate different types and speeds of travellers (think: footpaths, separated cycleways, medians, rail corridors, with signal-controlled
Cycling in Los Angeles
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So, as mentioned a couple of weeks back, I recently visited Los Angeles briefly on my return from Washington DC. Instead of the usual rapid stopover at the airport, I took the opportunity for a 24-hour stay to have …
Cycling postcards from Tauranga
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Last week I spent the week in Tauranga while attending the TRAFINZ Conference, focused around local authority transport. Staying on for the weekend, I was able to have a good look around the city (which I hadn’t visited in …
Ferry Road Streetscape Improvements at Woolston Village
The City Council is continuing to churn out new street reconstruction proposals around the city; this time it’s the turn of Woolston Village on Ferry Rd to get a makeover. As usual lately, that includes some improvements to the environment …
Where could we easily add cycle lanes?
So recently I went and changed jobs. On the upside, that means 15 minutes less biking each way; on the downside, that means 15 minutes less biking each way… 🙂 More pertinently however, it also means a change …
Photo of the Day: More new Cycle Lane Separators
We’ve waxed lyrical before about the simple tool of putting in some separator posts to keep motorists out of cycle lanes. They work just fine… when they’re there. But the new ones along Kahu Rd / Kotare St were slowly …
Photo of the Day: Cycle Lanes vs Parking
Given the recent fuss about cyclists stealing parking spaces, perhaps we should be reminded that often it’s the other way around. Memo to road designers and operations staff: if you’re going to fit a parking lane inside a cycle …
Return to Chch: Cycle lane separators on curves
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Another thing I have noticed since getting back to Christchurch is the installation of some more vertical separators on existing cycle lanes. We have previously shown you some of the ones that have been popping up at intersections, but they …
Cycling in London – More Pictures
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There was plenty of cycle-friendly infrastructure to see even in my limited time around London. So here are a few extra pics of some of the more interesting sights (click to enlarge them):
Next stop: Bristol!
Could some …