The other day my partner and I were biking over to Addington to attend the Christchurch Home Show. On the way, the route took us past the overbridge construction work currently underway on Brougham St, so it seemed an opportune time to capture a photo of the progress being made ...
Wanna a Biketober T-Shirt? Better get in quick…18 Oct 2026Cycle-centric ideas / EventsAs a thank you for my Biketober seminar presentation a couple of weeks ago, I got given a lovely sage green Biketober t-shirt featuring a “Tube”-style map of Christchurch’s cycle network (kudos to Adam Lines for the great design work!) and also a Biketober logo on the back. I actually already had another one that … Continue reading “Wanna a Biketober T-Shirt? Better get in quick…” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Shouldering the burden16 Oct 2026Cycle infrastructureIt was incredibly sad to hear about the death a week ago of a cyclist near Governors Bay, in what appeared to be a freak chain of events – my sincere sympathies to his family. Looking at the road in question, a key challenge in this area is a lack of any safe shoulder space … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Shouldering the burden” [...]
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Photo of the Day: Safe Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings15 Oct 2026Cycle infrastructure / Cycling routes / Photo of the DayI’ve just spent two days undertaking KiwiRail certification training for undertaking Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessments (a certain irony then that my current featured post is about safety around tram tracks…). While I have undertaken various LCSIAs in the past (incl. cycle-related ones), it was time to get recertified again. The course involved a mix … Continue reading “Photo of the Day: Safe Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings” [...]
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Photo of the Day: Bikes on Trains11 Oct 2026Bikes & equipment / Cycle-centric ideas / Photo of the DayI was up in Auckland a few days ago doing some university guest teaching. As you might expect, I took a bus and train combo from the airport to make my way into town and then back again to the airport the next day. It was definitely quite interesting trying out the new train route … Continue reading “Photo of the Day: Bikes on Trains” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast Update9 Oct 2026Bikes & equipment / Cycling routes / Cyclivism / People riding bikesThe other evening, I caught up with Steven Muir over a drink to chat about a few things biking and our respective thoughts about the current state of the world (and NZ/Chch) when it comes to sustainable transport and climate change. Steven has been involved in the cycling scene for over 20 years here, especially … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Fossil Fuel Free Coast to Coast to Coast Update” [...]
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Flashback Friday Guest Post – Cycling in London2 Oct 2026Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideasLast week I wrapped up my posts covering various places visited around Europe a few months ago; I also delivered an overview presentation about all my observations last night at the first of the Biketober seminar series. We only briefly spent time in London at the end of our trip this year, so I didn’t … Continue reading “Flashback Friday Guest Post – Cycling in London” [...]
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Cycling continues to reign in Copenhagen27 Sep 2026Cycle infrastructure / Cycling routes / People riding bikesSoon after our return from Europe, I mentioned how I had managed to snap an updated photo of cyclists while at a Copenhagen intersection in early June. Having regaled you since with posts of several other cities around Europe, it’s time to round out the journey by revisiting this Danish cycling capital. Perhaps not surprisingly … Continue reading “Cycling continues to reign in Copenhagen” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Biketober 2023 is Here!25 Sep 2026EventsHot on the heels of our announcement about next month’s Biketober 2026 programme, let’s cast our mind back to when it was last held three years ago. Not surprisingly, there were a LOT of events on that month too, as detailed in this post from Sep 2023… It’s the last day of September, which means … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Biketober 2023 is Here!” [...]
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We’re nearing the end of September – and then it will be Biketober 2026!24 Sep 2026Benefits of cycling / Bikes & equipment / Cycle-centric ideas / Events / People riding bikesSome of you may recall the very successful Biketober festivals of cycling, set up here originally back in October 2017 and continued annually for several years after that. The last one was back in 2023, after which there was a bit of a hiatus due to the ongoing workload of making these volunteer efforts happen. … Continue reading “We’re nearing the end of September – and then it will be Biketober 2026!” [...]
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Biking in Prague22 Sep 2026Bikes & equipment / Cycle infrastructure / Cycling routesIn early June, we visited one of our favourite European locations, the Czech capital of Prague. In terms of old town beauty and history, you certainly can’t go past it. The central “Old Town” of Prague is particularly noted for its mostly traffic-free streets and malls, making it a very pleasant place for people to … Continue reading “Biking in Prague” [...]
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